Sorghum yields in Ethiopian highlands could fall by 40%
To assess the influence of drought on sorghum yields, researchers employed a computer model that links plant growth to weather conditions. (Physics World) – Sorghum […]
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Combating drought and climate change in Ethiopia
On World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, Trócaire’s Seán Farrell reports about his visit to a life-changing water project in Ethiopia, and the need […]
In Ethiopia, climate change leads herders to retrain as farmers
In the Hamar area, 1.5 million of the 3 million animals that herders owned perished during the particularly brutal 2015-2016 drought, when the region saw […]
Climate change and deforestation are putting more than half of the world’s wild coffee species at risk, scientists said
Action is urgently needed in specific tropical countries, particularly in Africa and particular in forested areas which are being hit hard by climate change and […]
The Unequal Burden of Rising Temperatures: How Can Low-Income Countries Cope?
The effects of higher temperatures will not be equal everywhere and the brunt of the adverse consequences will be borne by those who can least […]
Ethiopia’s gift to the world – is it too late to save coffee?
In a ground-breaking paper published in June 2017, Kew scientists, along with collaborators in Ethiopia, describe the impact of climate change on coffee farming in […]
Ethiopia Launches 15-Year National Adaptation Plan to Address Climate Change
ADDIS ABABA (ENA)–Ethiopia has launched a fifteen-year National Adaptation Plan (NAP-ETH) that will cost about USD 6 billion annually to address climate change. NAP-ETH plans […]
VIDEO: Ethiopia’s Coffee Industry Threatened by Climate Change
Ethiopia’s Coffee Industry Threatened by Climate Change By Charles Stratford (Al Jazeera News) SIDAMA, Ethiopia–Global warming is affecting the lives of an estimated 15 million […]
Warmer Climate Threatens Malaria Spread in Ethiopia: Study
(AFP)–Cool, high-lying areas of Ethiopia hitherto shielded from heat-loving malaria mosquitoes are increasingly exposed to the disease as the climate warms, researchers said Thursday. Most […]
Ethiopia to Introduce “Climate Change” in Schools, Teacher Training Institutes
Climate change will be taught as a subject in the above educational institutes as of the middle of this Ethiopian academic year, it was indicated. […]