Journal articles: 'Literacy – Ethiopia'

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Dobson, Teresa M., Marlene Asselin, and Alemu Abebe. "Considerations for Design and Production of Digital Books for Early Literacy in Ethiopia." Language and Literacy 20, no. 3 (2018): 134–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.20360/langandlit29414.

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This paper considers the implications of digital text production models for the development of reading materials for emergent and early readers in the Ethiopian context. We draw from several theoretical frameworks and also from comments of Ethiopian academics, writers, and publishers to ground descriptions of Ethiopian contexts of language and literacy. We then present three different models for the production and curation of digital stories for children and contemplate how these models align with existing literacy traditions and practices. We also raise questions about the potential effects on the development of literary culture and children’s literature in Ethiopia of projects aimed at rapidly producing large corpora of literature for children. Ultimately, we pose complicated cultural and linguistic questions that need to be taken into consideration to provide appropriate and original early literacy materials in Ethiopia.

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Shany, Michal, Esther Geva, and Liat Melech-Feder. "Emergent literacy in children of immigrants coming from a primarily oral literacy culture." Written Language and Literacy 13, no. 1 (2010): 24–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/wll.13.1.02sha.

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This study examined emergent literacy skills of 61 kindergarten children whose families had immigrated to Israel from a primarily oral society (Ethiopia). Three complementary perspectives were examined: developmental patterns, individual differences, and the contribution of parent literacy. The emergent literacy skills of children whose families were from Ethiopia were compared to those of 52 children coming from a primarily literate culture. The groups had acquired less complex Hebrew literacy skills in the same order, including phonological awareness, letter naming and consonant writing. However, the Ethiopian Israeli children were less proficient on various aspects of Hebrew language proficiency, and less familiar with aspects of cultural and environmental literacy. Most were also unable to speak or comprehend Amharic. In both groups, phonological awareness explained individual differences in letter naming, but vocabulary and syntactic knowledge added to the explained variance only in the Ethiopian Israeli group. Letter naming was associated with consonant writing in both groups. Hebrew oral and written language proficiency of Ethiopian Israeli mothers was positively correlated with literacy skills in their children. The results underscore the importance of distinguishing between less complex, modularized, aspects of emergent literacy and more complex literacy skills. Here the cumulative effects of poverty, oral home culture, parental inability to mediate language and literacy, and non-optimal conditions for becoming bilingual place young immigrant children at risk for academic failure early on.

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McCann, James C. "Literacy, Orality, and Property: Church Documents in Ethiopia." Journal of Interdisciplinary History 32, no. 1 (2001): 81–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/00221950152103919.

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Manuscript documents produced by the Ethiopian church are valuable historical sources about the relations of property and politics. Historians, however, should consider them as part of a political culture in which orality and literacy operated jointly to convey meaning and political validity.

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Pontius, Anneliese A. "Impact of literacy training on spatial representation in Southwest Ethiopia." International Journal of Intercultural Relations 21, no. 3 (1997): 299–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0147-1767(97)00002-3.

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Ahlberg, Aija Katriina, Kenneth Eklund, Suzanne C. S. A. Otieno, and Lea Nieminen. "From abugida to alphabet in Konso, Ethiopia." Written Language and Literacy 22, no. 1 (2019): 1–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/wll.00018.ahl.

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Abstract This study examines the interplay between phonological awareness and orthography in Konso, a Cushitic language in Southwest Ethiopia. Thirty-two adults reading the Konso abugida but with minimal exposure to alphabetic literacy completed an orally administered phoneme deletion task. The responses were then examined using the minimal edit distance hypothesis (Wali, Sproat, Padakannaya & Bhuvaneshwari, 2009) as a framework for the analysis. The results suggest that the difficulty of a deletion was related to the way the phoneme was represented in the Konso abugida. Content-based error analysis of the incorrect responses gave indications of how Konso abugida readers’ processing of sounds is linked to Konso abugida sound-symbol relationships. The Konso language community is undergoing a change in their writing system from abugida to alphabetic writing. As abugida symbols primarily denote consonant-vowel sequences, the change requires learning new sound-symbol mappings. By examining Konso abugida readers’ phonemic awareness the study contributes to developing transfer literacy teaching methods from abugida to alphabetic writing in Konso and elsewhere.

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ELifneh, Yohannes Workeaferahu. "Financial literacy among high school teenagers in a developing country context - an empirical study with reference to high school students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia." Independent Journal of Management & Production 12, no. 5 (2021): 1436–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v12i5.1402.

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Both developed and developing countries and economies have become increasingly concerned about the level of financial literacy of their citizens. Previous studies indicate that unlike the case in the industrialized world, the issue of financial literacy is a contemporary issue in the developing world, and it is an understudied field in this context. This study was initiated to survey the level of basic financial literacy among high school students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital. Such a study corresponds to global initiatives such as by OECD requesting scholars to show case the level of financial literacy among young people in different countries/contexts. The data collection instrument was a standard questionnaire that measures the level of basic financial literacy of high school teenagers in Ethiopia. The questionnaire is based on the instrument originally developed by Lusardi and Mitchell, (2005); and this study uses the slightly updated version used by Van Rooij, Lusardi and Alessie, (2011) that measures basic financial literacy from angles of numeracy, interest compounding, inflation, time value of money, and money illusion. The study concludes that the level of financial literacy is not fairly good among the high school students. The high school students in the capital are not well versed with the basic financial literacy dimensions/measurements, mainly with the assessments of interest compounding, inflation, time value of money, and money illusion. The worst assessment results are a 90.8% failure in the money illusion question, a 70.9% failure in interest compounding assessment question, and a 62.7% failure in the time value of money assessment question. These are followed by a 58.4% failure in the inflation assessment question and a 31.3% failure in the easiest assessment question of numeracy. By and large, these findings testify that the high school students in Addis Ababa have serious deficiency in basic financial literacy. Policy makers and educators may need to seriously pay attention to this shocking deficiency in the level of basic financial literacy among the high school students and take measures to educate the youth this basic life skill at young age while they are still at school.JEL Classification Code: D14

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Regmi, Kapil Dev. "Global Construction of Literacy Policies for “Least Developed Countries”: Focus on Ethiopia, Nepal, and Sierra Leone." Adult Education Quarterly 69, no. 3 (2019): 225–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0741713619837350.

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In the context of educational globalization and increasing dominance of supranational organizations in educational governance, least developed countries (LDCs) have faced a new level of tension about whether their educational policies should follow the global educational models or seek solutions of their multifarious problems by promoting local indigenous literacy practices. This article critically analyzed key educational policy documents produced by major supranational organizations and selected LDCs and argues that the deficit perspective in education started in the colonial period and institutionalized during the structural adjustment period has shaped literacy policies and practices even after the 1990s. The article concludes with an appeal for developing contextually relevant literacy policies and programs through an asset perspective; and provides directions for further research for exploring LDCs’ literacy policies.

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McNab, Christine. "Language Policy and Language Practice: Implementing Multilingual Literacy Education in Ethiopia." African Studies Review 33, no. 3 (1990): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/524187.

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Awgichew, Sisay, and Yilfashewa Seyoum. "Integrated Functional Adult Literacy: Existing Practices and Challenges in Eastern Ethiopia." International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies 5, no. 4 (2017): 86. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.5n.4p.86.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the existing practices and challenges of Integrated Functional Adult Literacy Program in eastern Ethiopia. To achieve this objective, the researchers used mixed research design. Questionnaires, interview and focus group discussions were used as viable instrument for data collection. The questionnaires were filed by 302 adult learners and 153 facilitators. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that since the introduction of adult education programs with an integrated manner, harmful traditional practices are reduced, community participation in environmental conservation are growing; societal life skills and usage of new agricultural technologies are improved. However, dysfunctional management structure, poor institutionalization, integration and coordination among the sectors, lack of financial package, trained personnel and low and inconsistent salary were the major bottlenecks in the implementation of the program. Therefore, collaborative efforts among government, NGOs and the community need to put in place to alleviate both human and non-human related problems for the effective realization of the program with pioneering structure, financing,organization and management to achieve transformational and sustainable development goals.

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Dewau, Reta, Amare Muche, Zinabu Fentaw, et al. "Time to initiation of antenatal care and its predictors among pregnant women in Ethiopia: Cox-gamma shared frailty model." PLOS ONE 16, no. 2 (2021): e0246349. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246349.

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Background Timely initiating antenatal care (ANC) is crucial in the countries that have high maternal morbidity and mortality. However, in developing countries including Ethiopia, pregnant mother’s time to initiate antenatal care was not well-studied. Therefore, this study aimed to assess time to first ANC and its predictors among pregnant women in Ethiopia. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 7,543 pregnant women in Ethiopia using the Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey (EDHS), 2016 data. A two-stage stratified cluster sampling was employed. The Kaplan-Meier (KM) method was used to estimate time to first antenatal care visit. Cox-gamma shared frailty model was applied to determine predictors. Adjusted Hazard Ratio (AHR) with 95% confidence interval was reported as the effect size. Model adequacy was assessed by using the Cox-Snell residual plot. Statistical significance was considered at p value <0.05. For data management and analysis Stata 14 was used. Results The median time to first ANC was 5 months with IQR (3,-). The independent predictors of time to first ANC visit were primary education [AHR: 1.24 (95%CI, 1.13–1.35)], secondary education [AHR: 1.28(95% CI, 1.11–1.47)], higher education [AHR: 1.43 (1.19–1.72)] as compared to women with no formal education. Having media exposure [AHR: 1.13 (95% CI, 1.03–1.24)], early initiation of ANC increases by 25% [AHR: 1.25 (95% CI, 1.12–1.40)] in poorer, 32% [AHR: 1.32 (95% CI, 1.17–1.49)] in middle, 37% [AHR: 1.37 (95% CI, 1.20–1.56)] in richer and 41% [AHR: 1.41 (95%CI, 1.1.19–1.67)] in richest households as compared to poorest household wealth index. Living in city administration, media exposure and community women literacy were also enabler factors, while, long distance from health facility and nomadic region residency were hindering factors of early ANC visit. Conclusions The current study revealed that women’s time to first antenatal care visit was by far late in Ethiopia as compared to the world health organization recommendation (WHO). The predictors of time to first ANC visit were education status of women, having media exposure, level of household wealth index, community women literacy ad distance to health facility. It is vital that maternal and child health policies and strategies better to be directed at women development and also designing and applying interventions that intended to increase timely initiation ANC among pregnant-women. Researchers also recommended conducting studies using a stronger design like a cohort to establish temporality and reduce biases.

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Kumsa, Kassahun, Azmeraw Ayehu Tesfahun, and Habtamu Adane Legas. "Impact evaluation of Literacy Boost Project Model on reading skills of early grade students in Ethiopia." International Journal of Educational Management 34, no. 2 (2019): 335–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijem-10-2018-0304.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of Literacy Boost Project Model implemented by World Vision on reading skills of early grade students in Ethiopia. It intended to examine whether the intervention contributed to improving students’ achievement in reading comprehension. Design/methodology/approach Difference in difference with propensity score matching impact estimation model was used in the study. Baseline and end line data collected by World Vision Ethiopia in four districts in Oromia region, where the project had been operational, were used for the research. A total of 1,418 students (685 control and 733 intervention) were selected using random sampling technique and assessed based on the core reading skill components. Findings The result of the analysis indicated significant improvement in the core reading skills of treated students. The ultimate outcome of reading comprehension skill from the previous evaluation was found inflated. Variables related to the home literacy environment and community activities were found significantly impacting the students reading achievement. Research limitations/implications Policies and strategies intended to improve the quality of education, particularly the reading skills of early grade students, in the study area and scaling up the literacy boost project to areas with similar context, thus should give due attention to the variables related to the home literacy environment and community activities. Originality/value This study is important in providing valuable information on early grade education quality improvement interventions, especially to development practitioners and policymakers to make informed decisions regarding education sector reform and development in the study area.

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Warkineh, Turuwark Zalalam, Alan Rogers, and Tolera Negassa Danki. "Profiling adult literacy facilitators in development contexts: An ethnographic study in Ethiopia." International Review of Education 64, no. 1 (2017): 9–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11159-017-9686-6.

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Gebregziabher, Kidane Mariam. "Agricultural Extension Service and Input Application Intensity: Evidence from Ethiopia." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 6, no. 9 (2014): 735–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v6i9.533.

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This paper examines factors that influence agricultural input adoption in the northern part of Ethiopia. Using a 730 households survey data set, a Tobit model is estimated to explain the factors that influence farmersâ€™ decision to adopt modern inputs or not. The factors found to significantly influence included: plot size, oxen ownership, gender, age and literacy status of the household head, adult labor force, total non-farm income, extension service and location variables. The results confirm the adoption theory.

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Deyessa, Negussie, Yemane Berhane, Mary Ellsberg, Maria Emmelin, Gunnar Kullgren, and Ulf Högberg. "Violence against women in relation to literacy and area of residence in Ethiopia." Global Health Action 3, no. 1 (2010): 2070. http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v3i0.2070.

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Wilson, David N., Margareta Sjöström, Rolf Sjöström, Margareta Sjostrom, and Rolf Sjostrom. "How Do You Spell Development? A Study of a Literacy Campaign in Ethiopia." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines 20, no. 1 (1986): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/484718.

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PANKHURST, ALULA. "How Do You Spell Development: a study of a literacy campaign in Ethiopia." African Affairs 85, no. 341 (1986): 624–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a097830.

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Tilahun, Desalew, Adanech Gezahegn, Kenenisa Tegenu, and Belete Fenta. "Functional Health Literacy in Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases: Cross-Sectional Study in Ethiopia." International Journal of General Medicine Volume 14 (May 2021): 1967–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/ijgm.s304007.

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Belete, Netsanet Haymanot, and Sualih Mussa. "An Investigation Into the Implementation and Selection of Literary Texts to Teach Reading Skills in EFL Classes: The Case of Preparatory Schools in Awi Zone, Ethiopia." Theory and Practice in Language Studies 11, no. 5 (2021): 498–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1105.06.

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This study was conducted to investigate the selection and implementation of literary texts for teaching of reading skills in English as a foreign language classes in preparatory schools in Ethiopia. In doing so, descriptive survey design was employed. To collect data, observation, questionnaire, interview and text analysis were used as data collection tools. Using simple random sampling technique, 30 grade 11 English teachers for questionnaire and 6 teachers for observation and interview were selected. Text analysis was also used to evaluate the suitability of literary texts. The study revealed that literary texts designed in grade 11 English textbook are not suitable for the students’ age, interest, cultural background, social background, linguistic proficiency and literacy background. The reading tasks have almost no pre-reading activities, some while-reading activities and plenty of post-reading activities which are not well designed. Besides, EFL teachers perceived that literary texts are important to facilitate the students’ reading classes but they were limited in using literary texts meaningfully. The study also revealed that difficulty level of literary texts, unfamiliarity of the cultures from texts, lack of interest, lack of reading experience and students’ limited vocabulary were the major difficulties that hindered the proper use of literary texts in reading lessons.

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Mammo, Abate. "Factors responsible for childhood mortality variation in rural Ethiopia." Journal of Biosocial Science 25, no. 2 (1993): 223–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932000020514.

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SummaryThis paper uses the 1981 National Rural Demographic Survey to document childhood mortality variations in rural areas of Ethiopia. Four significant findings are highlighted. (1) Health status of parents is identified as an important determinant of childhood mortality. (2) Religion, region of residence and ethnicity interact in their effects on childhood mortality and the effect of ethnicity varies in different regions for the same religion; in some areas ethnicity may serve as a proxy for economic and cultural differences. (3) Childhood mortality is inversely related to literacy status of parents, which may also reflect socioecomic status. (4) The data show a clear difference in childhood mortality between the famine-prone areas and the rest.

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Mengestie, Nebyu Demeke, Tesfahun Melese Yilma, Miftah Abdella Beshir, and Genet Kiflemariam Paulos. "eHealth Literacy of Medical and Health Science Students and Factors Affecting eHealth Literacy in an Ethiopian University: A Cross-Sectional Study." Applied Clinical Informatics 12, no. 02 (2021): 301–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1727154.

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Abstract Background eHealth literacy is individual's ability to look for, understand, and evaluate health information from electronic sources. Integrating eHealth literacy to the health system could help lower health care costs and ensure health equity. Despite its importance, the eHealth literacy level in Ethiopia has not been studied on medical and health science students, who are important parties in the health system. Understanding their level of eHealth literacy augments practice of health care, efficiency in education, and use of eHealth technologies. Objective This research study aims to determine eHealth literacy level and identify its associated factors among medical and health science students in University of Gondar (UoG). Methods An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March to May 2019 among undergraduate medical and health science students in the UoG. Stratified multistage sampling was used. The eHealth literacy scale was used to measure eHealth literacy. A binary logistic regression model was fitted to measure association between eHealth literacy and the independent variables. Results A total of 801 students participated in this study with a 94.6% of response rate. The majority (60%) were male and previously lived-in urban areas (68%). The mean eHealth literacy score was 28.7 and 60% of the participants possessed high eHealth literacy. Using health-specific Web sites (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.84, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.86–4.33), having higher Internet efficacy (AOR = 2.26, 95% CI: 1.56–3.26), perceived usefulness of the Internet (AOR = 3.33, 95% CI: 1.95–5.69), medical app use (AOR = 1.70, 95% CI: 1.13–2.55), being female (AOR = 1.55, 95% CI: 1.08–2.22), and being health informatics student (AOR = 2.02, 95% CI: 1.149–3.148) affect a high eHealth literacy level. Conclusion The level of eHealth literacy in this study was moderate. Using specific reputable health Web sites, using smartphone medical applications, and Internet efficacy determine eHealth literacy significantly.

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Lanza, Elizabeth, and Hirut Woldemariam. "Multilingualism and Local Literacy Practices in Ethiopia: Language contact in regulated and unregulated spaces." Multilingual Margins: A journal of multilingualism from the periphery 1, no. 1 (2018): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.14426/mm.v1i1.22.

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The study of the linguistic landscape has provided a new dimension to theories andissues related to multilingualism, including language policy. In this growing field ofinquiry, however, not enough attention has been given to the linguistic landscape insites in the Global South. Since one of the aims of literacy studies is to reveal the varietyand social patternings of practices, there is a need to compare linguistic landscape datawith other various textual materials. In this article, we present linguistic landscape datafrom two federal regional capitals in Ethiopia that demonstrate multilingual languageuse. We also compare the linguistic contact patterns with those found in schoolbooksused in the same region. Such a comparison involves language use in unregulatedas well as in regulated spaces (see Sebba 2009). Regional ethnically based languagesare now being used in new arenas, including the linguistic landscape and educationbecause of a new language policy promoting the use and development of regionallanguages. The two regional capitals provide privileged sites for examining theproducts of local literacy practices, involving values, attitudes, ideologies, and socialrelationships. We discuss the results in light of various ideologies and argue for thespeaker-writer’s active mobilisation of multilingual resources in new language arenas.

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Matewos, Tafesse. "Climate Change-Induced Impacts on Smallholder Farmers in Selected Districts of Sidama, Southern Ethiopia." Climate 7, no. 5 (2019): 70. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli7050070.

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Different factors control the types of adaptive strategies and likelihoods of experiencing climate change-induced impacts by smallholder farmers. By using a mixed research method, this study examines the types and determinants of climate change-induced impacts on smallholder rural farmers in drought-prone low lands of Sidama, Southern Ethiopia. Randomly selected (401) households were surveyed on climate change-induced impacts. Longitudinal climatic data were also collected from the Ethiopian National Meteorological Agency to assess the trend of rainfall (RF), temperature and drought incidents. The analyses of the data revealed that RF and temperature had shown decreasing and increasing trends, respectively, during the three decades under consideration (1983–2014). These changes in RF and temperature exposed farmers to climate-related epidemics, drought, harvest loss, and hunger. The logit model results revealed that different factors control the likelihood of exposure to climate change-induced impacts. The findings revealed that literacy level, involving women in family decisions and farmers’ involvement in adaptation planning, reduces the likelihood of exposure to climate change-induced hunger. Therefore, there is a need to work on human capital of the farmers through expanding education, strengthening women’s participation in family decision-making, and by improving public participation in climate change adaptation undertakings to minimize climate change-induced impacts.

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Abebe, Sintayehu, Muluken Dessalegn, Yeshitila Hailu, and Misrak Makonnen. "Prevalence and Barriers to Ending Female Genital Cutting: The Case of Afar and Amhara Regions of Ethiopia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 21 (2020): 7960. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217960.

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Female genital cutting (FGC) remains highly prevalent in Ethiopia, in spite of a slowly decreasing trend over the last decade. In an effort to inform and strengthen FGC interventions in Ethiopia, this study aimed to assess FGC prevalence in cross-administrative border* districts and to explore barriers to ending FGC. A mixed methods, cross-sectional study was employed in three districts in the Afar and Amhara regions in Ethiopia. A sample of 408 women with female children under the age of 15 were included in the study. Additionally, 21 key informant interviews and three focus group discussions were held with local government officials and community stakeholders. The study found that the prevalence of FGC among mothers interviewed was 98%. Seventy-four percent of the female children of participants had undergone FGC. Of the youngest (last born) female children, 64.7% had experienced FGC. The participation of respondents in cross-administrative FGC practices ranged from 4% to 17%. Quantitative analysis found that knowledge and attitude towards FGC, level of literacy, place of residence, and religious denomination were associated with FGC practice. The study also found that the lack of participatory involvement of local women in programs that aim to end FGC and the lack of suitable legal penalties for those who practice FGC exacerbate the problem. A significant proportion of participants support the continuation of FGC practices in their communities. This finding indicates that FGC practice is likely to persist unless new approaches to intervention are implemented. It is recommended that a comprehensive response that couples community empowerment with strong enforcement of legislation is administered in order to effectively end FGC in Ethiopia by 2025, in alignment with the national plan against Harmful Traditional Practices. * Cross-administrative border means a border between two regional states in Ethiopia. In this document, it refers to the movement of people between Amhara and Afar regional states.

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Heugh, Kathleen. "Shades, Voice and Mobility: Afar pastoralist and Rift Valley communities (re)interpreting literacy and linguistic practices." Multilingual Margins: A journal of multilingualism from the periphery 1, no. 1 (2018): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.14426/mm.v1i1.20.

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In this paper, narrative data from remote communities in Ethiopia reveal in intimateways how ‘linguistic citizenship’ (Stroud 2001) is claimed and exercised to resisteducational decisions which are insensitive to the rhythms of pastoral or rural life.Even where communities are distant from the discourses and resources of the centre,individuals and community spokespersons express powerful views which resonate withcontemporary global and local concerns of linguistic diversity, literacy and migration.While conventional representations suggest that such communities lack agency andvoice, are require externally delivered aid and to be ‘spoken for’, this article revealsa matrix of articulate positions on language/s, literacy/ies and participation in bothprimary school and adult education. Amongst the challenges of (re)interpretationfor the researcher is a discordant intersection of fluid temporal and spatial positionsof researcher and respondent, simultaneously translocal and transnational. Agitatedshifts in time and space recast shades and voice for both respondent and researcher.This paper raises questions for research procedures and interpretation of narrativeaccounts of literacy(ies), linguistics and educational practices on the margins. Inparticular, the discussion suggests that an understanding of and sensitivity towardsthe linguistic citizenship of informants as well as the multilayered positions of theresearcher, including the researcher’s own linguistic citizenship, offer productivetheoretical and methodological approaches to ethnographic research.

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Kassa Tekile, Abay, Ashenafi Abate Woya, and Garoma Wakjira Basha. "Determinants of early marriage among female children in Amhara Region, Ethiopia." African Health Sciences 20, no. 3 (2020): 1190–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v20i3.22.

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Background: Early Marriage is one of the global problems that undermine the personal development and the rights of women seriously. It is delicate among the developing countries such as Ethiopia. It has major consequences for public health, national security, social development, human rights, economic development, and gender equality. Methods: The analyzed data were obtained from the 2016 EDHS and 1120 samples were considered in this analysis. Both bivariate and multivariable binary logistic regression model were used to identify the determinants of early marriage practice. Results: The prevalence of early marriage practice was 48.57% in the study area. The odds of early marriage practice were 2.04(AOR=2.04, 95% CI: 1.88, 2.45) times higher among rural residents compared to urban. The odds of early marriage practice was 0.94(AOR=0.94, 95%CI: 0.57, 1.98) times lower among women who had primary education compared to un- educated women. Those who did not know the legal marital age were 1.61(AOR=1.61, 95%CI: 1.26, 2.07) times more likely to practice early marriage compared to parents who knew the legal marital age. Conclusion: Education level, family monthly income, residence, literacy level and knowledge of legal marital were signifi- cant determinants of early marriage practice. Keywords: Early Marriage; Female; Amhara Region; Ethiopia.

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ESHETU, Jemal Mussa, Çiğdem AYTEKİN, and Hikmet TOSYALI. "INVESTIGATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA LITERACY IN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY: THE CASE OF TURKEY AND ETHIOPIA." TURKISH ONLINE JOURNAL OF DESIGN ART AND COMMUNICATION 10, no. 2 (2020): 127–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.7456/11002100/006.

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Wald, Marlena. "Information and literacy in a time of AIDS: observations of Ethiopia today: a case for grey literature." International Journal on Grey Literature 1, no. 2 (2000): 87–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14666180010327456.

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Shelemay, Kay Kaufman, Peter Jeffery, and Ingrid Monson. "Oral and written transmission in Ethiopian Christian chant." Early Music History 12 (January 1993): 55–117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0261127900000140.

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Of all the musical traditions in the world among which fruitful comparisons with medieval European chant might be made, the chant tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church promises to be especially informative. In Ethiopia one can actually witness many of the same processes of oral and written transmission as were or may have been active in medieval Europe. Music and literacy are taught in a single curriculum in ecclesiastical schools. Future singers begin to acquire the repertory by memorising chants that serve both as models for whole melodies and as the sources of the melodic phrases linked to individual notational signs. At a later stage of training each one copies out a complete notated manuscript on parchment using medieval scribal techniques. But these manuscripts are used primarily for study purposes; during liturgical celebrations the chants are performed from memory without books, as seems originally to have been the case also with Gregorian and Byzantine chant. Finally, singers learn to improvise sung liturgical poetry according to a structured system of rules. If one desired to imitate the example of Parry and Lord, who investigated the modern South Slavic epic for possible clues to Homeric poetry, it would be difficult to find a modern culture more similar to the one that spawned Gregorian chant.

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Mishore, Kirubel Minsamo, Abebaw Demissie Woldemariam, and Solomon Assefa Huluka. "Emergency Contraceptives: Knowledge and Practice towards Its Use among Ethiopian Female College Graduating Students." International Journal of Reproductive Medicine 2019 (January 1, 2019): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9397876.

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Introduction. Ethiopia has a high incidence of unwanted pregnancies and incomplete and unsafe abortions, particularly among adolescents. This can be avoided by using different contraceptive methods including emergency contraceptives (EC). This study aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of EC among female college graduating students in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia. Methods. Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted on 214 female students selected from two randomly selected colleges. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS for Windows version 20.1. Level of significance was taken at P <0.05. Results. The mean (±SD) age of the participants was 21.06 (±2.14) years. Of the 200 (93.5%) study participants who had ever heard of ECs, 140 (70.0%) had good knowledge. Among the 214 graduating female students, 66 (33.0%) had ever used EC. Being above the age of 20 years old, father’s and mother’s literacy were found to be determinants of knowledge of EC. Moreover, knowledge was the only determinant factor of practice of EC. Conclusion. Most of the respondents had relatively good knowledge of EC. The study revealed that female students of older age and higher educational status of parents had higher knowledge and practice of EC.

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Tiruaynet, Kassahun. "Determinant Factors of Women’s Participation in Functional Adult Literacy Programme in Bahir Dar Zuria Woreda, North West Ethiopia." OALib 02, no. 06 (2015): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1101618.

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Stringer, Andrew, Rob Christley, Catriona Bell, et al. "Associations between sources of information and animal health knowledge of rural farmers in central Ethiopia." International Journal of Agricultural Extension 7, no. 2 (2019): 125–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.33687/ijae.007.02.2857.

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This study explored the information sources through which working donkey owners and users in Ethiopia acquire knowledge about donkey health and husbandry practices. Individual interviews, a Participatory Situation Analysis (PSA) and a cross-sectional study with rural farmers were utilised to develop an understanding of the existing sources of information concerning donkey health and husbandry, and determine the association with the knowledge of farmers. Numerous sources were utilized by owners for information regarding health and husbandry advice for donkeys. Most owners reported that the sources were unreliable with regards to the information they provided on donkey health and husbandry. Knowledge score of participants increased as the number of information sources contacted increased. Knowledge score also increased with increasing education level, literacy ability and radio access. A significant association between knowledge score and age was identified, with knowledge score decreasing in older individuals. Multilevel linear regression models revealed a number of variables, including formal education level and cattle ownership to be significantly associated with knowledge score. We conclude that a range of factors can affect the knowledge level of an individual concerning donkey health and husbandry, and that individuals with more diverse knowledge sources have higher knowledge scores. The relationship between specific farmer variables and animal health knowledge is complex, and it may be necessary to use different sources and channels to transfer and disseminate information to individuals living in rural Ethiopia.

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Mohamed, Abdulahi Abdi, and Prof K. V. Aiayanna. "Literacy as a Parameter for Development Case Study of East African Countries Special Reference: Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti." International Journal of Learning and Development 3, no. 6 (2013): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijld.v3i6.4842.

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Mohammed, Ebrahim, Gashaw Andargie, Solomon Meseret, and Eshetu Girma. "Knowledge and utilization of computer among health workers in Addis Ababa hospitals, Ethiopia: computer literacy in the health sector." BMC Research Notes 6, no. 1 (2013): 106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-106.

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Tesfaye, Fikru, Alemu Tamiso, Yemane Birhan, and Tariku Tadele. "Predictors of Immunization Defaulting among Children Age 12-23 Months in Hawassa Zuria District of Southern Ethiopia: Community Based Unmatched Case Control Study." International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) 3, no. 3 (2014): 185. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijphs.v3i3.4692.

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<p>As part of the overall package of maternal and child health services in Ethiopia, all children are provided with free immunization services and it is available in all government health facilities, both in rural and urban areas. But significant number of children was defaulted from Immunization schedule, even after the health extension program was launched. Therefore, the study was assessed predictors of immunization defaulting among children age range of 12-23 months, in Hawassa Zuria district of southern Ethiopia. Unmatched case control study was conducted in six Kebeles which were selected from 26 kebeles by simple random sampling techniques. Cases were children in the age ranges of 12 - 23 months who did not complete the recommended immunization. All cases (105) and controls (209) in the kebeles were identified by using health posts Vaccine registration book. Bivariable and multiple logistic regression model were used to identify important predictor of immunization defaulting. P-value of less than 0.05 was considered as the level of significances. The study identified educational status, place of delivery, immunization related knowledge, ANC follow up and household wealth status as significant predictors of defaulting from immunization schedules. Sustained health education on vaccination related knowledge and institutional delivery services utilization will be needed. The household literacy and economic status should also get emphasis so as to decreases defaulting of children from immunization schedule.</p>

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Tesfaye, Fikru, Alemu Tamiso, Yemane Birhan, and Tariku Tadele. "Predictors of Immunization Defaulting among Children Age 12-23 Months in Hawassa Zuria District of Southern Ethiopia: Community Based Unmatched Case Control Study." International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) 3, no. 3 (2014): 185. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/.v3i3.4692.

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<p>As part of the overall package of maternal and child health services in Ethiopia, all children are provided with free immunization services and it is available in all government health facilities, both in rural and urban areas. But significant number of children was defaulted from Immunization schedule, even after the health extension program was launched. Therefore, the study was assessed predictors of immunization defaulting among children age range of 12-23 months, in Hawassa Zuria district of southern Ethiopia. Unmatched case control study was conducted in six Kebeles which were selected from 26 kebeles by simple random sampling techniques. Cases were children in the age ranges of 12 - 23 months who did not complete the recommended immunization. All cases (105) and controls (209) in the kebeles were identified by using health posts Vaccine registration book. Bivariable and multiple logistic regression model were used to identify important predictor of immunization defaulting. P-value of less than 0.05 was considered as the level of significances. The study identified educational status, place of delivery, immunization related knowledge, ANC follow up and household wealth status as significant predictors of defaulting from immunization schedules. Sustained health education on vaccination related knowledge and institutional delivery services utilization will be needed. The household literacy and economic status should also get emphasis so as to decreases defaulting of children from immunization schedule.</p>

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REGASSA, NIGATU, and BARBARA J. STOECKER. "CONTEXTUAL RISK FACTORS FOR MATERNAL MALNUTRITION IN A FOOD-INSECURE ZONE IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA." Journal of Biosocial Science 44, no. 5 (2012): 537–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002193201200017x.

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SummaryThis study examined the nutritional status of mothers in one of the most populous food-insecure zones in southern Ethiopia, the Sidama zone. The study used primary data collected from 1094 households with a child under 24 months located in ten kebeles (the smallest administrative district). Households were selected using multi-stage probability sampling techniques. The mothers' nutritional status was estimated using both body mass index (BMI) and mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC). The results from the BMI analysis revealed that 28.1% of the women were malnourished (BMI <18.5) and 67.5% were normal (BMI 18.5 to <25.0), while the remaining small proportion (4.5%) fell in the overweight or obese categories. Similarly, the computation of maternal nutritional status by MUAC analysis showed that 31.4% of the women were malnourished (MUAC <22). Further analysis of the main predictors of maternal malnutrition using logistic regression showed that three individual-level variables and three household-level variables predicted maternal malnutrition: woman's age, duration of breast-feeding, literacy status, marital form, land size and intra-household food distribution. The study concludes that maternal malnutrition is a serious problem in the study area and that there are contextual risk factors that could be addressed to partially tackle the problem.

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Wetter, Andreas. "Rhetoric Means of a Didactic Amharic Poem from Wärrä Babbo." Aethiopica 15 (December 4, 2013): 176–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.15460/aethiopica.15.1.665.

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This article describes aspects of an Amharic manuscript from Wärrä Babbo written in aǧäm, i.e. in the Arabic script. Since this kind of literature is quite widespread in the eastern parts of Wällo and in Yifat, the article begins with an introductive overview of aǧäm literature in Ethiopia and the special position of eastern Wällo as centre of Islamic scholarship and its role for the development of religiously inspired literacy. The philological and linguistic aspects of this type of Amharic literature are exemplified with a tawḥīd poem from eastern Wällo. Besides a detailled treatment of peculiar linguistic feature of the language used in the poem the analysis of the linguistics means that are used by the author to convey his intentions, i.e. the teaching of the basic Islamic tenets to his illiterate co-religionists, form the central content of the article.

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Taddia, Irma. "Ethiopian Source Material and Colonial Rule in the Nineteenth Century: The Letter to Menilek (1899) By Blatta Gäbrä Egzi'abehēr." Journal of African History 35, no. 3 (1994): 493–516. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021853700026803.

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Despite his important political and literary activities, Blatta Gäbrä Egzi'-abehēr is almost unknown to scholars of Menilek's Ethiopia. This historical period is not particularly well researched, and the author stands out as one of the few Ethiopian intellectuals to have written such an important number of literary works focused on nationalistic and anti-Italian feelings. The Amharic/Ge'ez text under discussion, his letter to Menilek written in 1899, is a remarkable document from this point of view because it reveals a strong opposition to colonialism and the Italian occupation of Eritrea. This document is one of the first Ethiopian sources to testify to the growing nationalism and the growth of concepts of unity and independence. It allows us to consider more carefully the beginning of an Ethiopian secular ideology of the modern state. And such an ideology must be placed in the colonial context. The letter to Menilek raises some important questions regarding the new source material in the late nineteenth century available to historians of modern Ethiopia. A translation of the text is given as well as a comment on its historical significance.

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Petrone, Michele. "Ethiopian Tiǧāniyya in Context." Aethiopica 19 (October 2, 2017): 165–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.15460/aethiopica.19.1.1134.

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The presence of the Tiǧāniyya in Ethiopia is well attested since the mission of Enrico Cerulli in early twentieth century.Since then the studies about the presence and diffusion of this order in Ethiopia have been based mainly on oral sources and fieldwork. The aim of this study is to present a very first overview of Tiǧānī literature in Ethiopia as found in the recent missions of the Islam in the Horn of Africa Project.Local literary production shows that Ethiopian masters and authors aimed to show to their disciples and readers a broader picture of the ṭarīqa, counterbalancing the local dimension of devotional piety.

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Kelkay, Bayew, Eshetie Kindalem, Animut Tagele, and Yohannes Moges. "Cessation of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Determining Factors at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia." International Journal of Pediatrics 2020 (March 20, 2020): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8431953.

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Background. Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is the gold standard of infant feeding practice which lasts up to 6 months postpartum. Not all infants are exclusively breastfed in developing countries, including Ethiopia. This study, therefore, assessed the magnitude and determining factors of EBF cessation practice among mothers at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. Method. Institutional-based cross-sectional study design using a systematic random sampling technique was applied to select 344 mothers of infants aged 9 months came for measles vaccination. Pretested structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data were entered, cleaned, and analyzed by using SPSS version 21. Independent variables with a P value of <0.05 indicated association. Result. The magnitude of cessation of EBF was 21.5% with 95% CI (17.24-25.76). Maternal age ≤ 19 years [AOR=5.53; 95% CI (1.07-28.57)], civil servants [AOR=4.73; 95% CI (2.20-10.19)], illiterate husbands [AOR=3.76; 95% CI (1.13-12.49)], primi-para [AOR=2.42; 95% CI (1.22-4.79)], no postnatal follow up [AOR=2.62; 95% CI (1.44-4.80)], and having poor knowledge on breastfeeding benefits and composition of breastmilk [AOR=3.15; 95% CI (1.56-6.35)] were independent factors significantly associated with cessation of EBF. Conclusion and recommendation. The magnitude of cessation of EBF was high. Maternal age, parity, employment status, postnatal follow-up, and breastfeeding knowledge as well as spouse literacy level were independent factors significantly associated with cessation of EBF. Our study provides further impetus for empowering young and primi-para with breastfeeding knowledge, an extension of maternity leave time, and support for breastfeeding at the workplace.

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Legese, Kassaye Gurebiyaw, Taye Melese, Tadie Mire, Abebe Birara, and Kefale Eniyew. "Adoption Decision and Sustainable Utilization of Soil Conservation Technologies: Empirical Evidence from North West Ethiopia." JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN AGRICULTURE 10 (October 10, 2019): 1853–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.24297/jaa.v10i0.8283.

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Soil is a crucial and precious natural resource that govern numerous ecological processes. However, in Ethiopia particularly in north Gondar zone, soil erosion is a severe problem and a major cause of the decline of agricultural productivity. The adoption and diffusion of soil and water conservation practices (SWC), as a way to tackle this challenge, has become an important issue in the development policy agenda in the zone. Therefore, this study was to identify factors affecting Soil conservation investments in the North Gondar zone. Data was collected through interviewed schedule, filed observation and focus group discussion. The multistage sampling technique was employed to select 206 sample households. Both descriptive and econometrics model was used to analyze the collected data. A multivariate profit (MPV) model was used to analyze the effect of demographic, socioeconomic, market, institutional and biophysical related factors on the interdependent investment decisions of SWC practices using household survey. The MPV model analysis indicates that farmers invest a combination of practices at parcel level by considering substitution and complementarity effects of the practices. The results also revealed that age of household heads, literacy status of household heads, off-farm activity, distance of farmlands from homesteads, tropical livestock unit, and access to training were influence farmers’ investments in SWC practices. The overall results indicate that the identified physical, socioeconomic, and institutional factors influence promote or hinder investments in SWC practice so, policymakers should take into consideration these various factors in designing and implementing SWC policies and Programmers.

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Baylie, Melese Mulu, and Csaba Fogarassy. "Examining the Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Net Crop Income in the Ethiopian Nile Basin: A Ricardian Fixed Effect Approach." Sustainability 13, no. 13 (2021): 7243. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13137243.

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Climate change affects crop production by distorting the indestructible productive power of the land. The objective of this study is to examine the economic impacts of climate change on net crop income in Nile Basin Ethiopia using a Ricardian fixed effect approach employing the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) household survey data for Ethiopia in 2015 and 2016. The survey samples were obtained through a three-stage stratified sampling technique from the five regions (Amhara, Tigray, Benishangul Gumuz, Oromia, and Southern Nation Nationality and People (SNNP) along the Nile basin Ethiopia. There are only 12–14% female household heads while there are 80–86% male households in the regions under study. In the regions, more than half of (64%) the household heads are illiterate and almost only one-tenth of them (12%) had received remittance from abroad from their relatives or children. Crop variety adoption rate is minimal, adopted by the 31% of farmers. Only 30% of the surveyed farmers mentioned that they planted their crop seeds in row whereas the rest 70% had not applied this method. The regression results from the fixed effect least square dummy variable model showed that literacy, household size, remittance, asset value, and total land holdings have significant and positive impacts on the net crop income per hectare. The regional dummy variables estimate indicated that all the regions are negatively affected by climate change at varying levels. Strategies to climate change adaptation have significant and positive contributions in leveraging the damaging effects of climate change. The results also showed that increased winter and summer temperature and rainfall increase net crop income per hectare. The estimated coefficient of the interaction term of spring temperature and rainfall is significant and negative. On the other hand, while the mean annual temperature is damaging to crops, annual rainfall is beneficial. It can be deduced that, while increased temperature and rainfall in summer and winter increase the net crop income, the converse is true for winter and spring seasons. The study also proposes a specific, context-dependent, farm-level adaptation analysis of how farmers cope with the different climatic impacts of the Nile Basin and maintain the income levels that they have previously enjoyed.

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Dafursa, Karisa, and Samson Gebremedhin. "Dietary Diversity among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Aleta Wondo District, Southern Ethiopia." Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism 2019 (November 13, 2019): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2869424.

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Background. Dietary diversity (DD) is among the core infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicators. However, in many developing countries, meeting the minimum standards of DD is challenging and information concerning its determinants is limited. Objective. To assess the level and predictors of DD among children aged 6–23 months in rural communities of Aleta Wondo district, Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia. Method. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in rural Aleta Wondo in February 2016. Multistage sampling was employed to recruit 502 children aged 6–23 months. DD was assessed by asking the mother whether the index child had received food from the standard seven food groups in the previous day, without setting minimum intake restrictions. Ultimately, the dietary diversity score (DDS) was rated on a 7-point scale, and it was modeled using linear regression analysis. The outputs are presented using adjusted regression coefficients (β). Results. Only 12.0% (95% confidence interval: 9.0–15.0%) of the children met the minimum recommended DD, receiving from four or more from seven food groups. The analysis identified eleven significant predictors of DDS. As the maternal knowledge of IYCF increases by a unit, DDS raised by 0.21 units (p=0.004). Unit increment in the husband’s involvement in the IYCF score was linked with 0.32 units improvement in DDS (p=0.016). One unit change in the ordinal category of household food insecurity was associated with 0.13 reduction in DDS (p=0.001). Similarly, household wealth index (β = 0.54, p=0.041), father’s literacy (β = 0.48, p=0.002), ownership of home garden (β = 0.38, p=0.01), mother’s participation in cooking demonstrations (β = 0.19, p=0.036), and child age in months (β = 0.04, p=0.001) were all positively associated with DDS. Furthermore, receiving IYCF information via mass media (β = 0.04, p=0.001) and during antenatal (β = 0.91, p=0.022) and postnatal checkups (β = 0.21, p=0.043) were positive predictors of DDS. Conclusions. Promoting the socioeconomic status of the community, strengthening of home gardening, involving husbands in IYCF, and enhancing maternal knowledge of IYCF may advance DD.

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López, Dina. "Hidden Literacies: Ethnographic Studies of Literacy and Numeracy Practices - By Rafat Nabi, Alan Rogers, and Brian Street Everyday Literacies in Africa: Ethnographic Studies of Literacy and Numeracy Practices in Ethiopia - By Alemayehu Hailu Gebre, Georg." Anthropology & Education Quarterly 41, no. 4 (2010): 392–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1492.2010.01103.x.

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Cheber, Debebe, Fekadu Beyene, Jema Haji, and Tesfaye Lemma. "Analysis of Households Food Insecurity in the Face of Climate Variability: Evidence from North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia." Sustainable Agriculture Research 9, no. 4 (2020): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/sar.v9n4p43.

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Food insecurity is more worrisome now than ever before due to unprecedented climate variability and widespread rural poverty. Research-based and policy relevant empirical evidence is crucial to design strategies to address food insecurity in the face of climate variability. Thus, this study examines the status of food insecurity among households&rsquo; and its determinants in North Shewa Zone of Amhara Region using cross-sectional data collected from 382 sample households. Households&rsquo; food insecurity status was determined by comparing the total calorie available for consumption per adult equivalent to the minimum level of subsistence requirement per adult equivalent of 2200 kcal. Logistic regression model was used to identify factors that influence food insecurity status of households in the study area. Accordingly, the results of the study show that majority (56.28%) of the sample households in the study area were food insecure. In addition, results revealed that age, literacy, cultivated land size, soil fertility status, number of oxen owned and irrigation water use were the major factors negatively associated with food insecurity. In contrast, sex, household size, distance to the main market and rainfall variability have increased the probability of being food insecure. The findings imply that majority of the households are food insecure where its improvement can be addressed through appropriate policy, institutional and technological options.

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Tafla, Bairu. "Production of Historical Works in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Some Notes on the State of Recent Publications 1991-97." Aethiopica 1 (September 13, 2013): 176–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.15460/aethiopica.1.1.628.

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As the random samples in the preceding notes show, publications of various kinds and qualities have been continuously produced (albeit obvious financial, political and technical difficulties) in Ethiopia and Eritrea in Amharic, English, Gǝʿǝz, and Tǝgrǝñña throughout the decades of this century, and particularly in the present one. In the field of history, which has been taken as a point of focus in this article, conspicuous progress seems to have been made in the last half a dozen or so years as a result of the enhancement of historical consciousness promoted partly through education and partly through the prevailing political circumstances which awakened many, at least in the case of Ethiopia, to the uncertainties that have been looming up on the horizon. In the case of Eritrea, the primary drive seems to have been the search for identity and self-assertion following the attainment of sovereignty. Another factor is the rise of a relatively vast and rapacious readership in both countries evolving from the educational efforts of the last half of a century and the general literacy campaign which accompanied formal schooling. Furthermore, there has been a marked expansion of printing facilities, bookshops and libraries, as well as some pioneering publishing houses – all of which might have provided an impetus in their own way. The production of some works critical of the contemporary government may also reflect the existence of a relative relaxation in censorship, at least in the early years of the decade, a unique situation which was unthinkable under the monarchy and the Marxist regime.Two significant aspects of the recent production of historical works in Ethiopia and Eritrea have been the marked improvement in quality as well as the increase in thematic variety. Episodic, epochal, biographical and autobiographical studies are prevailing over the traditional tendency of commencing history with Adam and Eve. Likewise, the narrative and/or collective method of history is gradually giving way to the interpretive, but not at the expense of source materials which are also being sought, collected and published.Most of the works have a touch of originality, as they incorporate, consciously or otherwise, materials derived from oral traditions and personal observations of the authors. It is, therefore, time for scholars, reviewers, bibliographers and librarians outside those countries to take these works seriously into account.

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Aynalem Abejew, Tessema, and Zeleke Mekuriaw Zeleke. "Study on the Beekeeping Situation, the Level of Beekeepers Knowledge Concerning Local Honeybee Subspecies, Their Productive Characteristics, and Behavior in Eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia." Advances in Agriculture 2017 (2017): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6354250.

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The study was undertaken in Amhara National Regional State, northeastern zones of Ethiopia in 2013/2014. The objectives of the study were to identify the existing local honeybees and their productive characteristics and behavior and generate baseline information for further research and development. Out of two zones, three potential districts have been purposively selected based on their potential. A total of 260 beekeepers personal interviewees were administered using structured and semi-structured questionnaires. The study was designed to address behavioral characteristics and productivities of different local honeybees. About 98.8% of interviewees were male and about 73.9% were at stages of literacy ranging from read and write to diploma level. Nearly 73.4% of beekeepers have more than 5 years of beekeeping experience. The average honeybee colony holding was 4.6 in highlands, 2.8 in mid altitude, and 2.7 in lowlands. About 34% of respondents harvest honey more than two times a year. Based on the honeybees individual color appearance, aggressiveness, and honey productivity, about 36.7% of the respondents have identified three local honeybee types, namely, brown red, black, and mixed. Brown red colored honeybee ecotype has been selected as best due to their better honey production, low aggressiveness, and relatively high reproductive swarming tendency.

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Heugh, Kathleen. "Into the cauldron: An interplay of indigenous and globalised knowledge with strong and weak notions of literacy and language education in Ethiopia and South Africa." Language Matters 40, no. 2 (2009): 166–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10228190903188559.

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Gori, Alessandro. "The Study of Arabic Grammar in Ethiopia: The Case of two Contemporary Muslim Learned Men." Aethiopica 11 (April 26, 2012): 134–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.15460/aethiopica.11.1.152.

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The article deals with the contribution of two contemporary Muslim Ethiopian scholars (šayḫ ʿAbd al-Bāṣiṭ b. Muḥammad b. Ḥasan al-Mināsī and šayḫ Muḥammad Amīn b. ʿAbdallāh al-Iṯyubī al-Hararī al-Muḥammadī) to the study of Arabic grammar. The position of this subject in the curricula of traditional Islamic education in Ethiopia is shortly described from both a diachronic and a synchronic perspective. The biography of the two learned men is analyzed with a special emphasis on the different phases of their training and on the literary outcomes of their activity. Finally, the main handbooks used in the Islamic educational centres in Ethiopia are listed to give the reader a clear idea of the frame in which the aspiring šayḫ-s and their masters study and teach.

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Getachew, Fikreselassie, and Damtew Solomon. "Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and associated factors towards Self-Insulin Administration among Diabetic Patients in Hawassa Referral Hospital, Southern Ethiopia." Recent Research in Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorder 1, no. 1 (2019): 10–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.33702/rremd.2019.1.1.3.

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Diabetes Mellitus which is a heterogeneous clinical syndrome secondary to defects in insulin secretions recognized as one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Knowledge about Diabetes Mellitus is a prerequisite for individuals and communities to take action for control the diabetes, but there is inadequate knowledge and poor practice level on insulin self-administration among Diabetes Mellitus patients. To assess the knowledge, Attitude and practice of self-insulin administration and associated factors among diabetic patient in Hawassa referral hospital. Institutional based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 180 diabetic patients by systematic random sampling technique, in Hawassa referral hospital. Structured and pre tested questionnaire was used to collect the data. The collected data was processed and analyzed using manual and computer software. Chi square test was done between two variables and P-value less than 0.05 were taken as statistically significant. A total of 180 people were included in the study of which the majority 107(59%) were men and in the age group of 35-44 years (23.9%).One hundred twenty-seven (70.6%) of the participant were married followed by single 40(22.2%).As to their occupation government employee accounts (25%) and above half (52.8%) of the respondents gets >1200 birr per month. One hundred twenty eight (71.1%) participants had favorable attitude. Literacy and marital status were significantly associated with good knowledge with p-value of 0.001, 0.011 and x2= 10.401, 6.467 respectively. The current study was identified the gap in knowledge regarding diabetes. The gap might be due to high illiteracy rate of the study participants, less devoted time by physicians to the patients, and less participation of media and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in awareness creation about diabetes in our setting.

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