Climate risk profile: Ethiopia
This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Ethiopia, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture and crop production, livestock, water resources and human health. The
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Ethiopia: As Food Emergency Intensifies in Drought-Hit Ethiopia, UN Appeals for More Resources
Despite the well-coordinated response already under way to offset the impacts of an El Niño-induced drought in Ethiopia, the United Nations humanitarian wing has warned that the scale of the developing
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“Real-time” monitoring of under-five mortality: Lessons for strengthened vital statistics systems
<p>Civil registration and vital statistics systems are increasingly recognized as drivers of human rights, health, and development programs—especially for women and children. Vital statistics systems
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Stop ignoring costs of smaller disasters: U.N. risk chief
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Governments around the world are underestimating the costs of disasters, particularly smaller ones triggered by weather and climate extremes, which is undermining
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Ethiopia rejects new Egyptian suggestions on renaissance dam structure
Ethiopia has rejected Egypt’s suggestion to redesign parts of the water outlets of the controversial Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), an Ethiopian official disclosed here Thursday. The Public Relations Director
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Weather, war threaten to leave millions more hungry in 2016- aid agencies
Millions more people globally are facing the threat of severe food and water shortages in early 2016 as droughts and flood devastate crops and strain a humanitarian system already struggling to meet needs,
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Exploration and collection of root and tuber crops in East Wollega and Ilu Ababora zones: Rescuing declining genetic resources
<p>Root and tuber crops play significant role in the food security of the local people. Especially, in South and Southwestern parts of Ethiopia, there is a long history of cultivation and use of the crops.
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Agrarian change in tropical landscapes
Agricultural expansion has transformed and fragmented forest habitats at alarming rates across the globe, but particularly so in tropical landscapes. The resulting land-use configurations encompass varying
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East Africa: Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt Reach Agreement On Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
Ministers of water and foreign affairs of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on Tuesday (December 29) have reached agreements pertaining to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) following 3-day talks in Khartoum.
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Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan sign new Grand Renaissance Dam agreement
Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan signed an agreement on Tuesday finalizing the two firms tasked with carrying out studies on the potential impact of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam on the flow of the Nile,
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Ethiopia to provide 300,000 solar-powered potable water facilities- Official
Ethiopia’s rural localities without access to the power grid are to get potable water facilities powered by renewable energy sources, APA learns here Monday. According to Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water,