Projects
Return and Reintegration of Ethiopian Forced Returnees From the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Northern Wollo, Ethiopia: Processes, Challenges and Impacts Ghent University
Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Wollo University
The study intends to contribute to the literature on return migration and reintegration by raising following underexplored questions: what happens to Ethiopian forced returnees from Saudi Arabia, what determines their reintegration and what impacts it has to the households and rural
communities of Northern Wollo. Survey, interviews, focus groups and Life history methods will be used to answer these questions.
Wildlife crime in Ethiopia: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Poaching Activities in Ethiopia’s National Parks and Implication for Crime Prevention Ghent University
Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law, Jimma University
Poaching occurs at various times and places in protected areas, and it is the second biggest threat to animal species after habitat destruction. Therefore, understanding its behavior and mapping the spatiotemporal patterns of poaching would enable effective patrolling and law enforcement in the future, and potentially reduce the declines in wildlife populations in protected areas and lowering crime in society.
Isolation and Characterization of Circulating Bovine viral diarrhea virus of Ethiopia for candidate vaccine strain selection and development as an appropriate control option toward a more sustainable dairy sector in Ethiopia KU Leuven
Summary Bovine viral diarrhea is a disease caused by the Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) in the genera Pestivirus, Family Flaviviridae. The disease has a significant economic impact on cattle-producing industries (Dairy and Beef) and highly prevalent disease worldwide, and becomes an emerging disease in Africa, particularly in Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, the dairy industry is growing; however, diseases such as BVDV are becoming a bottleneck to ...
Does small-scale fortification hold the key to improved micronutrient status in Ethiopia? The case of folic acid in teenage girls in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. Ghent University
Department of Soil Management, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Addis Ababa University
In Ethiopia, 67% of women of reproductive age group have folate levels that put them at risk of giving birth to a child with neural tube defects. Rural populations have limited access to commercially fortified foods. The study aims to evaluate the feasibility of a small-scale fortification model and its effectiveness in improving folate status and anemia among teenage girls in Ethiopia.
Contract agreement between The Ministry of Transport of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and UH (IMOB) for Delivery of a Master of Transportation Sciences program by Distance Learning to Employees of MOT and affiliated Institutions in Ethiopia Hasselt University
The objective of this agreement is to establish a cooperation between parties that allows MOT employees to apply for enrolment in the Master of Transportation Sciences Program by Distance Learning at UHasselt.
Technology, value chains, and development: Evidence from Ethiopia. KU Leuven
LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, Research Centre of Development Economics, Leuven
The four chapters in this dissertation rely on unique data from a large-scale survey of the different value chain actors in Ethiopia for teff and coffee-arguably the most important crops in Ethiopia. While teff is the most widely grown cereal -accounting for about 24% of total crop area by itself (CSA, 2017/18), coffee is by far the most important single export item - accounting for about 30% of total export over last decade (NBE, ...
Foot-and-Mouth disease Epidemiology and Vaccinology in Ethiopia KU Leuven
Ethiopia has the largest livestock inventories among African countries. Recent reports showed that, 56.71 million heads of cattle, 29.33 million sheep, 29.11 million goats and 54.5 million chickens are found in Ethiopia ( Agricultural Sample Survey 2015/16). Even though the country is endowed with this wealth, it happens to be the corridor of many internationally important livestock disease among others foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) (Ethiopia ...
Analysis of pesticide residueas in major food items and consumer risk assessment in Ethiopia Ghent University
Consumer exposure to pesticides may cause a health risk for the people living in Ethipia. pesticide residues analysed on selected food items may exceed internationally safety leveld. Sepcific objectives -To initiate the determination of type and resudues levels of pesticides in teff, maize, coffee and cow milk - to investigate fot the first time the effect of local food processing on the elimination or reduction of pesticide residues in food ...
Improving the evidence base for diagnosis and management of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia Institute of Tropical Medicine
Johan Moons, Johan van Griensven
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease caused by infected sandflies, leading to skin lesions that may inflict significant psychosocial suffering. Different Leismania species are present in different parts of the world, and Leishmania aethiopica is the main species causing CL in the Ethiopian highlands. Although the disease is common in Ethiopia, and L. aethiopica is known to cause severe and poorly healing lesions, evidence ...