Time Series Analysis and Forecasting of Covid-19 Number of Daily Cases and Deaths in Ethiopia Using Autoregressive Moving Average models

COVID-19, which is caused by 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), was unexpected challenge to the Globe. After taking hundreds of thousands of lives, millions of people are infected by this virus worldwide.  Since the first covid-19 case in Ethiopia was detected on 21-April-2020, more than 470,000 people have been infected by the pandemic with a total Read More …

Effects of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizer Rates on Growth, Yield and Yield Components of Garlic (Allium sativumL.) in Debark District, North Western Ethiopia

Garlic is one of the crops widely cultivated in the world including Ethiopia. The inadequate application of inorganic fertilizer could be one of the constraints for garlic production. The field experiment was conducted in Debark district of North Western Ethiopia in 2019 under irrigation to investigate the effect of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer rates on growth, Read More …

Predictions of Reaction Cross-section Induced by Alpha Particle on 55Mn Isotopes using TALYS 1.95 and COMPLET computer codes

To study the role of equilibrium and pre-equilibrium emissions of the nuclear particle(s) on the excitation functions in α + 55Mn system, an experiment has been performed using an alpha particle from 10MeV-200MeV energy range. This study is aimed to compare the correlation between the theoretical and experimental excitation functions of alpha-particle-induced reactions on manganese. Read More …

Does Wonka Irrigation Scheme enhance the income of smallholders in North West Ethiopia?

Despite the undeniable agricultural potential, a large proportion of the population of Ethiopia has been faced with food insecurity and poverty. So, an irrigation scheme is among the feasible way in which agricultural production and productivity can be boosted to meet the ever-growing food demand, and all over livelihood. Therefore, this study attempts to answer Read More …

The agricultural development policy of Ethiopia under the consecutive Growth and Transformation Plans (GTPs)

Agriculture, the backbone of the Ethiopian economy, determines the growth of all other sectors. There have been policy focuses by the Ethiopian government on encouraging productivity growth in rural smallholder agricultural intensification. To overcome food problems through crop production and intensification, the Federal government initiated the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP I and II) emphasizing on Read More …