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HwU’s CASCAPE project holds a high profile delegation site visit

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Ambassadors, delegates from around 30 embassies, numerous staff from the Embassy of The Kingdom of the Netherlands in Addis Ababa, national and regional project coordinators of CASCAPE, heads of major stakeholders the likes of AGP and representatives from Regional Agriculture Bureau attended the field day and site visit event organized by HwU’s CASCAPE project at one of the five Project sites- MelgaWoreda (Guguma Kebele) of Sidama Zone. The event which was  held on 30 October 2014 was adorned by poster presentations on the activities of the HwU’s CASCAPE project by its coordinator Dr. Tesfaye Abebe, PhD, Vice President for Research & Technology Transfer and its assistant coordinator Dr. Tewodros Tefera. During the event, a welcome speech was addressed to the participants by the Worada Administrator.  The delegation visited the project sites for malt-barley pilot-scaling, faba bean pre-scaling, sheep breed improvement, and cattle feed improvement (desho grass) guided by th

3D Map of Sidama

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Physical 3D Map of Sidama

Economic Cost of Malaria on Sidama Zone

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Abstract:        Malaria remains one of the major health problems in Ethiopia as in Sidama Zone, Southern People’s Nations and Nationalities Region. Though it fairly gets attention as a health problem, its cost on the economy stayed unnoticed. In the thesis, ‘Economic Cost of Malaria on Sidama Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia’, an attempted has made to investigate and estimate the economic cost of malaria morbidity and mortality on households and public Health institutions in Sidama Zone. To conduct the study, cross sectional household survey of randomly selected 100 households from rural setting of Sidama Zone has been done.  Data collected by interview using the structured questionnaire and interviewing key informants from March 15 – April 01, 2011. Desk review done using checklist. The study area was chosen based on the agro-ecological feature and malaria prevalence of the Zone. The collected data analyzed using SPSS software; the findings were presented using tables and graphs. It was

ነዳጅ ቀነሰ… ትራንስፖርትስ?

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በዓለም አቀፍ ደረጃ የነዳጅ ዋጋ እየቀነሰ ነው፡፡ ካለፉት ሦስት ወራት ወዲህ የታየው የዋጋ ቅናሽ ያልተጠበቀ ነው ተብሏል፡፡ በአሜሪካ መሪነት ኢስላሚክ ስቴት (አይኤስ) ከተባለው ጽንፈኛ ቡድን ጋር እየተደረገ ያለው ፍልሚያ፣ የነዳጅ ዋጋን ያንራል ተብሎ ቢጠበቅም እውነታው ግን የተገላቢጦች ሆኗል፡፡ ከአይኤስ ጋር የሚደረገው ፍልሚያ የዓለም የነዳጅ ዋጋን ያንራል በማለት ከተለያዩ አቅጣጫዎች የተነሰነዘሩ ትንታኔዎች በግምት ቀርተዋል፡፡ አንቱ የተባሉ የኢኮኖሚ ባለሙያዎችና ተቋማት የነዳጅ ዋጋ ይሰቀላል በማለት ሰፊ ትንታኔ የሰጡትም ከዚህ ቀደም በተመሳሳይ መንገድ ያጋጠሙ ክስተቶችን በመተራስ መሆኑ ይነገራል፡፡ በተለይ ዓለም አቀፉ የገንዘብ ድርጅት ከወራት በፊት ይፋ እንዳደረገው፣ ከአይኤስ ጋር የሚደረገው ፍልሚያ በዚሁ ከቀጠለ የነዳጅ ዋጋ ጭማሪ አይቀሬ መሆኑን ነበር፡፡ ነገር ግን እንደተገመተው ሳይሆን የነዳጅ ዋጋ ያልተጠበቀ ቅናሽ አሳየና የብዙዎች ግምት እንዳይሰምር አደረገ፡፡ የነዳጅ ዋጋ ሊጨምር ይችላል ሲባል ሊቀንስ የቻለው ደግሞ አሜሪካ ከፍተኛ ነዳጅ በማምረት ወደ ገበያው ማስገባትዋ ስለመሆኑ አንዳንድ መረጃዎች ያለመክታሉ፡፡ ከአይኤስ ጋር በሚደረገው ፍልሚያ ምርታቸውን ይቀንሳሉ የተባሉ አንዳንድ ነዳጅ አምራች አገሮች እንደተጠበቀው ሳይቀንሱ በመቅረታቸውና አሜሪካ ባልተጠበቀ መንገድ ምርቷን መጨመሯ ለነዳጅ ዋጋ መውረድ አንኳር ምክንያት ሆነው ይቀርባሉ፡፡  የነዳጅ ገበያ ተለዋዋጭ ባህሪይ ያለው ነው፡፡ ከጥቂት ወራት በፊት የታየው ቅናሽ እስከመቼ ይቀጥል ይሆን? የሚለውን ጥያቄ ለመመለስ ቢያስቸግርም፣  ሰሞናዊው የነዳጅ ዋጋ ቅናሽ በተለይ ለነዳጅ ግዥ ከፍተኛ የውጭ ምንዛሪ ለሚያወጡ አገሮች መጠነኛ እፎይታ የሰጠ ነው፡፡ የነዳጅ ዋጋ መጨመርና መ

OMN: Amharic Interview with Sidama activist Bekele Wayu (part one) Novem...

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