Theme I: Productivity & Environmental Sustainability
Research Theme I

Productivity and Environmental Sustainability for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation

About The Theme

The Ethiopian government has identified ensuring food security, conserving and sustaining the resource-base, and eradicating poverty as major issues of national priority. The goal is to ensure the attainment of a middle-income status for a better life for all Ethiopians.

In these endeavors, rural and poor communities must access innovations, attain food security, and experience accelerated development. The program aims to provide new and more effective solutions than those utilized previously in national development efforts.

Given the broad nature of this theme, priority is given to basic, applied, and development research in agriculture, environmental & natural resources, climate change, agro-pastoralism, veterinary medicine, and land use management.

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Research Interests

Insect Ecology Insect-Plant Interactions & Co-evolution Parasitoids (Third Trophic Level) Insect Biodiversity Phylogeography DNA-Barcoding (Pest Species) Insect Behavior

Selected Publications & Priorities

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Research Priorities Archive

2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Research Sub-themes

Research Sub-themes

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Sub-theme 1.1

Animal Production and Health

Focusing on sustainable livestock management, disease prevention, animal welfare, and enhancing productivity in local contexts.

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Sub-theme 1.2

Plant Production and Health

Innovations in crop science, pest and weed management, soil biology, and resilient crop varieties to ensure sustainable yields.

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Sub-theme 1.3

Environment, Natural Resources & Climate Change

Addressing biodiversity, nature-based solutions, ecosystem management, and climate resilience in vulnerable regions.

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