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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Africa: El Nino Sending Droughts and Floods to Africa
El Nino, a natural weather pattern linked to extreme droughts, storms and floods, could be one of the strongest on record this year. Parts of Africa are already facing hunger, disease and water shortages.
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From Libya to El Nino, U.N. experts warn: there's worse to come
A group of U.N. experts tasked with forecasting the next disasters likely to require billions of dollars in humanitarian aid has warned of deepening crises in global hotspots from Burundi to Afghanistan
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Worrying aid shortages as malnutrition hits record high in Ethiopia
Donors are not responding fast enough to urgent calls for more aid to drought-stricken Ethiopia where record-breaking numbers of children are suffering malnutrition, the United Nations said on Monday.
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Ethiopia Experiencing 'Worst Drought in 30 Years' Due to El Niño Conditions- UN Report
Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in 30 years according to the United Nations, with levels of acute need across all humanitarian sectors having already exceeded levels seen in the Horn of Africa
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Ethiopia's agriculture boom yields a bare harvest for poor as El Niño bites
Ethiopia may be portrayed as an emerging African powerhouse, but prolonged drought has left 8.2 million people facing a major food security crisis On a bright afternoon in east Ethiopia, Mohammed Jibril’s
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Ethiopia, a Nation of Farmers, Strains Under Severe Drought
MIESO, Ethiopia — Every day, Yasin Mohammed Aliye stakes out a spot on his small farm to chew khat leaves, a stimulant, and guard against intruders. The khat, he explains, helps to dull the hunger.
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Local and social facets of planetary boundaries: right to nutrients
<p>Anthropogenic nutrient flows exceed the planetary boundaries. The boundaries and the current excesses vary spatially. Such variations have both an ecological and a social facet. We explored the spatial
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Effects of land use changes on the dynamics of selected soil properties in the Northeast Wollega, Ethiopia
<p>Land use change can have negative or positive effects on soil quality. Our objective was to assess the effects of land uses changes on the dynamics of selected soil physical and chemical properties.
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Assessment of knowledge and practice of menstrual hygiene among high school girls in Western Ethiopia
<p>The issue of menstrual hygiene is inadequately acknowledged and has not received proper attention. Use of sanitary pads and washing the genital area are essential practices to keep the menstrual hygiene.
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Ethiopia appeals for int’l community support to victims of El Nino weather
The Ethiopian government’s Communication Affairs Office says the level of support the nation is getting from the international community to assist victims of the El Nino weather conditions in the country