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Africa faces over the next decade an ever-increasing need to achieve sustainability in agricultural production. In the Horn of Africa one of the primary obstacles to sustainability has been the threat of famine. Yet, as this important booklet shows, there are parts of Ethiopia that survived famine during the 1980s because of the utilization of enset as part of the subsistence system. Also known as the false banana, enset is very likely the most unstudied domesticated crop in Africa. It helps to feed approximately ten million people in Ethiopia and Eritrea (in restricted pockets). Given that it figures so importantly in the diet of contemporary Ethiopians and that it has acted as a famine buffer, why has it been so neglected? The answers are complex. They are partly related to cultural perceptions, politics, and history. This short monograph unwraps much  of the mystery surrounding enset. It explores its history, noting that enset was once much more widespread in Ethiopia. It also

Recién nacido en Aroressa (©F. Schwieker-Miyandazi). አዋሳ መስከረም 16/2006 በሲዳማ ዞን በአንድ ለአምስት አደረጃጀትና በጤና ልማት ሰራዊት የተቀናጀ ጥረት በተከናወኑ ስራዎች በጤና ተቋም የሚወልዱ እናቶች ቁጥር እየጨመረ መምጣቱን የዞኑ ጤና መምሪያ ገለጸ፡፡ በመምሪያው የጤና ልማት እቅድ የስራ ሂደት ባለሙያ አቶ አበበ በካዬ ትናንት ለኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎት እንደገለጹት እናቶች በጤና ተቋም እንዲወልዱ በማድረግ የእናቶችና ህፃናትን ሞት ለመቀነስ የሚደረገው ጥረት አበረታታች ነው፡፡ በዞኑ ሁሉም ወረዳ በአንድ አምስት አደረጃጀት፣ በጤና ልማት ሰራዊትና በጤና ኤክስቴንሽን አማካኝነት ህብረተሰቡን በማስተባበር የተከናወኑ ስራዎች በተጠናቀቀው በጀት ዓመት ከ40 ሺህ በላይ እናቶች በጤና ተቋማት የወሊድ አገልግሎት ተጠቀሚ መሆን በመቻላቸው ከአምናው ተመሳሳይ ወቅት ጋር ሲነፃፀር በ10 ሺህ ብልጫ አለው ብለዋል፡፡ መምሪያው የወሊድ አገልግሎቱን በሁሉም ጤና ተቋማት በነፃ እንዲሰጥ በማድረጉ ወደ ጤና ተቋም ሄደው የቅድመ ወሊድ፣ የወሊድና የድህረ ወሊድ እንዲያገኙ ድጋፍ መደረጉ ለቁጥሩ መጨመር አስተዋጽኦ ማበርከቱን ተናግረዋል፡፡ የወሊድ አገልግሎት ካገኙት እናቶች መካከል 11 ሺህ በአዋላጅነት በሰለጠኑ የጤና ባለሙያዎች ሲሆን ቀሪዎቹ በጤና ኤክስቴንሽን አማካኝነት መሆኑን ጠቁመዋል፡፡ በየቀበሌው የተመደቡ የጤና ኤክስቴንሽን ሰራተኞች ከአከባቢው ህብረተሰብ ጋር በመተባበር ሁሉም እናቶች ከጤና ተቋም ውጭ እንዳይወሊዱ የሚያደርጉት ሁሉ አቀፍ ጥረት ከፍተኛ ነው ብለዋል፡፡ በዞኑ በጤና ተቋም የሚወልዱ እናቶች ቁጥር ባለፉት ሶስት ዓመታት በከፍተኛ ፍጥነት እያደገ መጥቷል፡፡ የቅድመ ወሊድና ድህረ ወሊድ አገልግሎቱን በማጠናከር ከወሊድ ጋር በ

  Dunnigan pastor hopes to weld ties with Ethopia A Dunnigan pastor is raising money - and prayers - to establish a church in Ethiopia. Pastor Lashanna Ingraham, 27, of Dunnigan's Body of Jesus the Christ Church has been invited on a two-year mission trip to Hawassa, Ethiopia by Pastor Bereket Asnake of Hawassa's Siloam Reformation Messenger's Church. "On this mission I will be teaching, counseling and spreading the Gospel of Jesus the Christ to the people who live in Hawassa," Ingraham explained. "(I will be) visiting their local churches and college, where approximately 3,000 locals and students gather on the college grounds every Friday for the opportunity to hear the word of God." Ingraham needs to raise $10,000 for the overseas trip, which is not the first exotic location to which Dunnigan's Body of Jesus the Christ's church has spread. Dunnigan's leader and founder, Pastor Herman Brown, works to train mini

Abstract An ethnobotanical study was carried out in Sidama to document and analyze the local system of naming, identification and classification of the cultivated varieties of enset used by farmers. The results revealed much information of biological and cultural value which can aid the botanical and genetic study and improvement of enset. Farmers recognized a total of 119 different infra-specific units of enset. The locally perceived biotas are partitioned into three well-recognized groups, namely sub-variety, variety, and supra-variety. Taxa assigned to the three groups have nomenclatural and ethnobotanical features that mark them as members of a separate group. A description and analysis of the nomenclatural and ethnobotanical features of taxa assigned to each of the three groups is presented with emphasis on the nature of the characters used for identification and grouping. A folk biological classification system of enset consisting of four taxonomic levels is proposed. The

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