September 2018

Land use change and sediment yield studies in Ghana: Review

Understanding the factors and processes controlling catchment sediment yield is crucial and fundamental to water resources management and development. This review provides an inventory on land use and sediment yield studies in Ghana and explores their existing link. The review through desktop studies analyzed the discussions and related studies on the impact of land use/cover change on sediment yield. Available...

Author(s): Ebenezer Boakye, Geophery K. Anornu, Jonathan A. Quaye-Ballard and Emmanuel A. Donkor  

September 2018

Intra- household food allocation among adolescents in coffee farming households in Jimma Zone, South west Ethiopia

There are wide ranges of factors that determine individual food insecurity within households. In cash crop area products are for market rather than for agricultural households that can cause food accessibility to a severe challenge. There is, however, a dearth of information about the food security status of adolescent living inside coffee farming households. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of...

Author(s): Getu Gizaw Haile and Kalkidan Hassen Abate