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Ethiopians find common ground with coffee

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  – Described by many experts as the birthplace of coffee , Ethiopians are hopeful that one of their ancient traditions can help bring the country together even as it becomes more and more divided politically, socially and economically. Villagers in Ethiopia say the act of drinking coffee “is transformational as each cup changes the inner persona of the one who drinks it.” It is usually drunk strong and brown with sugar or salt or sometimes without any flavoring agent. The coffee, grown on the higher slopes of Ethiopia, has a delicate and pungent flavor that is destroyed if over-boiled. For Halle and her friends, when classes are over they come together to brew a large pot of coffee as they watch the latest news and entertainment on television. “It’s a way to come together,” she told  Bikyanews.com . “I don’t think our parents’ generations paid much attention to what was happening culturally and socially and they allowed the country to be run by a dictat

Assessment of Production and Marketing System of Goats In Dale District, Sidama Zone

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Assessment of Production and Marketing System of Goats In Dale District, Sidama Zone Endeshaw Assefa M.Sc Thesis In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Animal Production Submitted to The School of Graduate Studies Department of Animal Production and Range Sciences AWASSA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY OF HAWASSA AWASSA, ETHIOPIA June 2007Awassa Acknowledgements I would like to express my deepest gratitude and heartfelt thanks to my advisor, Dr Girma Abebe, for his invaluable comments, supports and follow up from the preparation of the proposal up to the end of the research work. His careful follow up and guidance through out the study period has contributed a lot to cover and complete timely the wider area coverage of the study site. I also extend my sincere thanks to my co-advisor, Dr Yosef T/ Georgis, for his support in providing valuable comments through out the study period and his important guidance during data an

Sheep fateening, Sidama, Ethiopia

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Sheep fateening, Sidama, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia Livestock and irrigation value chains for Ethiopian smallholders (LIVES) project baseline survey, Sidama, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Kettema Yilma). http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilri/8242922513/in/photostream/

Farmer intercropping cabbage and Enset, Sidama, Ethiopia

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Farmer intercropping cabbage and Enset, Sidama, Ethiopia Livestock and irrigation value chains for Ethiopian smallholders (LIVES) project baseline survey, Sidama, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Kettema Yilma). http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilri/8242931437/in/photostream/

Poultry for smallholder women, Sidama, Ethiopia

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Poultry for smallholder women, Sidama Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia Livestock and irrigation value chains for Ethiopian smallholders (LIVES) project baseline survey, Sidama, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Kettema Yilma). http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilri/8242923977/in/photostream/lightbox/