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| Titel |
Implementation of Risk Management Tools to improve Soil fertility in Ethiopian Agro Systems |
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Rosario García Moreno, Natalia Ramos Fuentes, Samuel Gameda, M. Cruz Díaz Álvarez, Yihenew G. Selasie |
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EGU General Assembly 2013
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 15 (2013) |
| Datensatznummer |
250078818
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Agriculture is one of the activities with the highest degree of edaphoclimatic risk exposure in
Ethiopia. The survival of 80The analysis showed that for most of the medium small farmers it
is absolutely necessary the use of risk management tools to mitigate or prevent the
consequences. A case that has been very interesting is the use of index insurance based on
rain and temperature index as indicators of drought. But these projects have several
limitations that make difficult its large-scale development. The main problem is to obtain
meteorological data, both by the poor infrastructure and the lack of historical records in
many parts of the country. The lack of a legal framework at a national level is also a
great barrier for the development of these instruments. In addition, the need of
further information on the knowledge and opinions of farmers is also fundamental,
as well as the implementation of best soil management practices. The results of
the project indicated the needs of obtaining information directed from producers,
for that reason a questionnaire was developed according to universities working
with the producers, introducing the need of doing a regular survey to get the basic
information about the area where we plan to make management improvements. In any
case, it was found that to get a better performance on the index insurance projects
together with the introduction of best management practices at a large-scale, they
must be accompanied by social protection programs. This project is financed by the
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, through the PCI funding AP/038205/11 and the
economical support of the FES though the Program Angeles Alvariño 2013 of Xunta of
Galicia |
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