Mitigating Land Degradation and Improving Livelihoods

1. Introduction Feras Ziadat, Wondimu Bayu, Michael Devlin, Rolf Sommer and Theib Oweis Part 1: Combating Land Degradation, Water Harvesting and Supplemental Irrigation 2. Selection and Socio-economic and Biophysical Characterization of the Gumara-Maksegnit Watershed Research site, North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia Wondimu Bayu, Feras Ziadat, Birru Yitaferu, Theib Oweis, Andreas Klik, Hailu Kendie, Fawzi Karajeh, Yonas Worku and Rolf Sommer 3. Socio-economic Characterization of the Gumara-Maksegnit Watershed Yonas Worku, Teferi Alem, Solomon Abegaze, Hailu Kendie, Ambachew Getenet and Yigezu Yigezu 4. Predicting Soil Attributes for Environmental Modeling Nurhussen M.N. Seid, Birru Yitaferu, Feras Ziadat, Andreas Klik and Wondimu Bayu 5. Assessment of Forest Cover Change and its Environmental Impacts using Multi-temporal and Multi-spectral Satellite Images Kibruyesfa Sisay, Birru Yitaferu, Efrem Garedew and Feras Ziadat 6. Crop type Identification using Multi-temporal and Multi-spectral Satellite Images Kibruyesfa Sisay and Feras Ziadat 7. Assessment of Current Land Use and Potential Soil and Water Conservation Measures on Surface Runoff and Sediment Yield Andreas Klik, Hailu Kendie, Stefan Strohmeier, Georg Schuster, Hans-Peter Nachtnebel and Feras Ziadat 8. Monitoring of Surface Runoff and Soil Erosion Processes Andreas Klik, Stefan Strohmeier, Christoph Schuerz, Claire Brenner, Ingrid Zehetbauer, Florian Kluibenschaedl, Georg Schuster, Wondimu Bayu and Feras Ziadat 9. Demonstration and Evaluation of Water Harvesting and Supplementary Irrigation to Improve Agricultural Productivity Ertiban Wondifraw and Hanibal Lemma Part 2: Improving Land Productivity 10. Performance Evaluation of Bread Wheat Varieties Melle Tilahun and Wondimu Bayu 11. Chickpea Participatory Variety Selection for the Vertisol of the Watershed Tewodros Tesfaye, Getachew Tilahun and Kibrsew Mulat 12. Participatory Variety Selection on Improved Food Barley Varieties Teferi Alem, Wondimu Bayu and Melle Tilahun 13. Demonstration and Promotion of Improved Food Barley, Bread Wheat, and Faba Bean Technologies Andualem Tadesse and Wondimu Bayu 14. Effect of Compost and Chemical Fertilizer on Wheat Production and Soil Properties Nigus Demelash, Sitot Tesfaye, Wondimu Bayu, Rolf Sommer, Debra Turner 15. On-farm Evaluation and Demonstration of Animal Drawn Moldboard and Gavin Plows Worku Biweta, Awole Muhabaw, Rolf Sommer 16. Participatory Evaluation of Mobile Tree Nursery Abate Tsegaye, Elias Cherenet, Hadera Kahesay Part 3: Livestock and Forage Improvement 17. Characterization of Goat Population and Breeding Practices of Goat Owners Surafel Melaku, Alayu Kidane, Aynalem Haile 18. Adaptability of Vetch (Vicia spp.) Alemu Tarekegn, Tikunesh Zelalem and Aynalem Haile