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THE ROLE OF LIVESTOCK IN MITIGATING LAND DEGRADATION, POVERTY AND CHILD MALNUTRITION IN MIXED FARMING SYSTEMS: THE CASE OF COFFEE-GROWING MIDLANDS OF SIDAMA - ETHIOPIA MAURO GHIROTTI Central Technical Unit, Directorate General for Cooperation and Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, via S. Contarini 25,00194 Rome - Italy Introduction Land degradation in the tropics is strongly associated with human population growth. The latter phenomenon is quite marked in humid areas and in the temperate highlands (Jahnke 1982). Notably in the plateaux of Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, several pastoral systems have gradually evolved into mixed farming, in order to cope with such pressure (Ruthenberg, 1980). Land is more intensively utilized as population density increases since mixed systems are more efficient than specialized crop or livestock systems (McIntire et al.,1992). In fact, livestock crop integration allows: to diversify production, to distribute labour and harvest bet

HEA LZ Profile - Awassa Chat and Enset Livelihood Zone (AEC), SNNPR, Ethiopia 2005 DOWNLOAD REPORT This is a densely populated, midland (woina dega) livelihood zone, located in the eastern half of Awassa woreda of Sidama Administrative Zone. The information presented refers to July 2003-June 2004, a relatively average year by local standards (i.e. a year of average production and rural food security, when judged in the context of recent years). Provided there are no fundamental and rapid shifts in the economy, the information in this profile is expected to remain valid for approximately five years (i.e. until 2010). ምንጭ፦http://www.heawebsite.org/countries/ethiopia/reports/hea-lz-profile-awassa-chat-and-enset-livelihood-zone-aec-snnpr-ethiopia-0

HEA LZ Profile - Sidama Maize Belt Livelihood Zone (SMB), SNNPR, Ethiopia 2005 DOWNLOAD REPORT The Sidama Maize Belt covers the lowest areas of Sidama Administrative Zone, including parts of Awassa, Dale, Aleto ondo, Dara, Bensa and Aroresa woredas, and most of Boricha woreda. The information presented refers to the consumption year from July 2003 to June 2004, which was a relatively average year by local standards (i.e. a year that was neither especially good nor especially bad in terms of food security, when judged in the context of recent years). Provided there are no fundamental and rapid shifts in the economy, the information in this profile is expected to remain valid for approximately five years (i.e. until 2010). ምንጭ፦http://www.heawebsite.org/countries/ethiopia/reports/hea-lz-profile-sidama-maize-belt-livelihood-zone-smb-snnpr-ethiopia-2005

ባለፈው ሳምንት መጀመሪያ ላይ የፌዴራል ዋና ኦዲተር መሥሪያ ቤት ለፓርላማው ባቀረበው ሪፖርት፣ በበርካታ መንግሥታዊ ተቋማት ውስጥ የበጀት አጠቃቀም ግድፈትና ብክነት መኖሩን አስታውቋል፡፡ ይህ በተደጋጋሚ የሚታይ ችግር እየተባባሰ መምጣቱን በመጠቆም ፓርላማው አፋጣኝ የሆነ ዕርምጃ እንዲወስድ ጠይቋል፡፡ በመንግሥት በጀት የሚያዝላቸው ብዙዎቹ መንግሥታዊ መሥሪያ ቤቶች በዕቃ ግዥዎችና በግንባታ ፕሮጀክቶች ላይ ደንብና መመርያ እንደሚጥሱ ስም ዝርዝራቸው ተጠቅሶ ተገልጿል፡፡ የአገር ሀብትን ከጥፋት ለመታደግ ሲባልም በአስቸኳይ ዕርምጃ ይወሰድ ዘንድ ለፓርላማው ጥሪ ቀርቧል፡፡ ይህ በባለሙያዎች ከፍተኛ ጥንቃቄና ሙያዊ ትንተና የቀረበ ሪፖርት በፓርላማውም ሆነ መንግሥትን በሚመራው አስፈጻሚ አካል ከፍተኛ ትኩረት እንደሚያሻው ጥርጥር የለውም፡፡ ከበጀት አጠቃቀም ግድፈትና ከብልሹ አሠራር በተጨማሪ በአሁኑ ጊዜ ተንሠራፍቶ ያለው ኃላፊነትን በአግባቡ ያለመወጣት ችግር ነው፡፡ ከብቃት ማነስ በተጨማሪ ግድ የለሽነትና የአገልጋይነት መንፈስ መጥፋት በየቦታው ተንሠራፍቷል፡፡ በበርካታ መንግሥታዊ ተቋማት ውስጥ የሥነ ምግባር መርሆዎች በሚያማምሩ ኅብረ ቀለማት በተዋቡ ሰሌዳዎች ላይ በግልጽ ቦታ ላይ ተጽፈው ቢታዩም፣ እነዚህን መርሆዎች የሚቀናቀኑ በርካታ እኩይ ተግባራት ይፈጸማሉ፡፡ የመንግሥት ፖሊሲዎችን በአግባቡ እንዲያስፈጽሙ ኃላፊነት የተሰጣቸው የተወሰኑ ወገኖች ለዜጎች ቅሬታና ምሬት ምክንያት እየሆኑ ናቸው፡፡ አገልግሎት ፈላጊዎች ወደተለያዩ መንግሥታዊ ተቋማት ሲመጡ ግብር ከፋይ ዜጎች መሆናቸው፣ ሕጉ በሚፈቅደው መሠረት አገልግሎት የማግኘት መብት እንዳላቸውና ጥያቄዎቻቸውም በአግባቡ መስተናገድ እንዳለበት ሊታወቅ ሲገባ እንግልት ነው የሚጠብቃቸው፡፡ በአሁኑ ጊዜ በብዙዎ

Compared to last year, Ethiopia's export has shown decline this year  on major export commodities of the country including coffee and gold, which fall  25% and 27%, respectively. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn told Parliamentarians on Thursday  while presenting his report of the past nine months. He attributed the  decline to gold and coffee prices fall globally. "Though we have witnessed 9% increase in agricultural commodities  export, because coffee represents a major portion in the export, we  didn't achieve necessary result from our agriculture which constitutes  80% of our export," he said. Total export growth of the country is now  stood at only 2% compared to last year. During the fiscal year concluded July 7, 2013, Ethiopia has earned  $3.15 billion by exporting agricultural commodities, minerals and  manufactured goods to 133 countries. Out of the total earnings coffee  covers around $745 million. On the other hand, the premier also mention