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Assessment of the Effect of Consumption of Lake Rice on Food Security of Households in Lagos State, Nigeria
No full textIn Nigeria, food insecurity is still a critical challenge among rural and urban households. To enhance the country’s food security status, a novelty was introduced to the nation’s drive towards self-sufficiency in food production in 2016 when Lagos and Kebbi States launched the much-awaited Lagos-Kebbi Rice, christened LAKE RICE. Thus, this study assessed the effect of the consumption of Lake Rice on food security of households in Lagos state, Nigeria. Random sampling technique was used to pick 200 farming households for this study. The analytical tools include: descriptive statistics, likert scale, food security index and logistic regression. The result implied that majority of the sampled respondents were male with an average household size of 6 persons. The food insecure and secure households’ were 26% and 74% respectively when Lake Rice was consumed. On the other hand, the percentage of food insecure and secure households was 29.5% and 70.5% respectively when other rice was consumed. The result indicated that the introduction of Lake Rice has to certain extent reduced the food insecurity of households. This is probably because Lake Rice is readily accessible, available and highly consumed than other rice. The logistic regression suggested that age of the respondents, family size, income and amount of Lake Rice consumed were the critical determinants of food security among households. The most effective coping strategies adopted by the respondents are reduction in daily/monthly spending. The government should encourage the production of Lake Rice by given soft loans to farmers. Policies and strategies that reduce household size should be enthusiastically pursued to reduce food insecurity
Topic in Hadiyya
No full textAbstractThis study analyzes and describes topic in Hadiyya (Highland East Cushitic) fromthe perspective of the theory of Functional Grammar (Dik 1997). Based on dataobtained from native speakers and exploiting introspection, the study investigateshow a topic is introduced, maintained, and reintroduced as well as how a subtopic isassociated with a given topic. Hadiyya marks topic morphologically, lexically andsyntactically. Phonology plays little role. The syntactic mechanism involves basicword order change, topicalization, dislocation, and passivization.Keywords: [Hadiyya, Cushitic, topic, topicalization, information structure
Effect of International Remittance Inflows on Investment and Economic Growth in Ethiopia
No full textAccording to the World Bank migration and development report, Ethiopia is among the top remittance-receiving countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. But little attention was given to evaluating the effect of remittance inflows on the Ethiopian economy. Therefore, this paper investigated the relationship between international remittance inflows, private investment, and economic growth in Ethiopia over the year 1991-2020. This study has applied ARDL methods of co-integration to explore the relationship between these economic variables. The result from the econometric analysis indicated that international remittance has a significant positive effect on both private investment and economic growth in the long run. But its effect was found to be statistically insignificant in the short run, though the coefficients are positive. The descriptive analysis also clearly shows that remittance inflow to Ethiopia continuously declined after 2014, though the total number of migrants leaving the country is increasing. This could be mainly because of political instability and the current COVID-19 pandemic effect
Exploring Routes and Consequences of Small Arms and Light Weapons Trafficking in Selected Areas of Ethiopia
No full textSmall Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) trafficking become a great threat to the peace and security of Ethiopia. Throughout the whole year of 2020, in all parts of the country, the seizure of illicit firearm is the agenda of many Medias, security organs, and the people. Thus, this study aims to examine the routes, and consequences of illicit firearms trafficking. It covered purposively selected areas parts of Ethiopia. The study used qualitative research approach and exploratory design. The study samples were 19 inmates detained due to the firearm trafficking, 32 police officers, 9 militias, and 9 community leaders who were selected through purposive sampling technique. Data were collected through interview and FGD, and then thematically analyzed. The finding of the study showed that the major routes of firearm trafficking linked to and followed the course from border areas to the central areas of Ethiopia, specifically from neighbor countries like Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, and Somalia to Addis Ababa. The traffickers or brokers used central areas like Addis Ababa and its surrounding cities as depository spaces to recirculate illicit SALW to areas where there are high needs in the country. Study also revealed that illicit SALW trafficking leads to increment of armed groups and number of conflicts to broke out. As a result, many people were injured, and loss life and millions were displaced from their homes. It also triggered the impediment of peace and security; psychological impact and threat; socioeconomic obstruct; political instability and fueled the commission of firearms supported crimes like homicide, robbery and kidnapping in the study populations. Therefore, the study recommends that the security sectors should aware and updated of modus operandi used by illicit SALW traffickers through continues trainings; porous and wide border of the country should subject to regular control and inspections through advanced technology products; there should be regulation that governs antisocial behaviors (i.e. harmful networks and corruptions) of law enforcement organs used to permit inflow of illicit SALW to the country; and creating awareness to all concerned law enforcement agents and stakeholders on the consequences of illicit SALW trafficking to the country. 
Ethnic Peace vs. Ethnic Conflict: A Tale of Two Resorts from Experiences in Tanzania and Ethiopia
No full textWhile questions of identity more define politics in the twenty-first century than economic or ideological concerns, what leads some nations down a spiral of violence/’ethnic conflict’/ while others can foster peaceful coexistence/’ethnic peace’/ is an unsettled issue. Much has been documented as to the negative impact of ethnicity and its politicization in Africa. But, are any arrangements more likely than others to contain and defuse or reduce the destabilizing political and social tendencies of ethnic pluralism in ethnicallysplit African societies? This article, by exploring the experiences of two purposefully selected case studies (Ethiopia and Tanzania), strives to locate factors that lead these nations to an opposite outcome in their ethnic pluralism. The study relied on extensive secondary sources and employed an interpretative approach. The study’s finding shows that Ethiopia’s and Tanzania’s marked difference in patterns of violence and instability in SubSaharan Africa is not just a coincidence. Instead, the different choices in their ethnicity handling during their critical juncture were pivotal to the opposite outcome. Based on lessons from the two countries, the article made imperative the importance of re-constituting ethnic relations and crafting a civil society to foster peaceful co-existence
Aspects of Traditional Culture in Modern Ethiopian Novel in English: with reference to Shinega’s Village and The Afersata
No full textThis paper examines some prominent aspects of traditional Ethiopian culture depicted through modern Ethiopian long fiction in English. Ethiopia has a long history of literary tradition in its indigenous languages, mainly in Geez and Amharic. However, the history of Ethiopian creative literature in English is slightly over half a century old. In this sense, it can be considered as a more recent development when compared to the tradition of Ethiopian literature written in Geezand Amharic. Moreover, the output of literature in English in Ethiopia is quite scanty, compared to the output in other African countries such as Nigeria and South Africa, for instance. Although limited in quantity, Ethiopian literature in English comprises important works in fiction, poetry, and drama. One striking feature of Ethiopian creative literature in English, particularly that of long fiction is its fusion with aspects of indigenous traditional culture. This article attempts to explore some salient aspects of Ethiopian traditional culture reflected in Ethiopian literature in English through the analysis of two novels by Sahle Sellassie Berhane Mariam, namely Shinega’s Village and The Afersata. Textual analysis has been used as a basic method to explore the aspects of traditional culture in the novels. A close reading and analysis of the novels revealed four major aspects of traditional culture. These are mystical world view, traditional dispensation of justice, infusion of folklore, and a sense of continuity
የመልክዓምድር እሳቤ እና አዕምሯዊ ውክልና፤ በድሬ ሼኽ ሁሴን መካነ ቅርስ
No full textየዚህ ጥናት ዋና ዓላማ መልክዓምድር በአዕምሯዊ ውክልና ውስጥ ያለውን እሳቤ መመርመር ነው፡፡ ጥናቱ በኦሮሚያ ክልል፣ በባሌ ዞን፣ በጎሎልቻ ወረዳ፣ በአናጂና ቀበሌ ውስጥ በሚገኘው የድሬ ሼኽ ሁሴን መካነ ቅርስ ላይ ያተኮረ ነው፡፡ ጥናቱ አይነታዊ የምርምር ስልትን የተከተለ ሲሆን፤ ምልከታ፣ ቃለመጠይቅና የንጥል ሁነት ማሳያ የመረጃ መሰብሰቢያ ዘዴዎችን ተግባራዊ አድርጓል፡፡ የተሰበሰቡት መረጃዎች ያላቸውን ትርጉም በፍከራ ለመመርመር የኮግኒቲቭ ንድፈ ሃሳብ ዘርፍ የሆነው አዕምሯዊ ካርታ አስተሳሰብ ጥቅም ላይ ውሏል፡፡ በጥናቱም የድሬ ሼኽ ሁሴን መካነ ቅርስ መገኛ ቦታ ስያሜ፣ የቦታው ቅዱስነት እሳቤ፣ ሰው ሰራሽ ግንባታዎች፣ ተፈጥሯዊ ገጽታዎች፣ እንዲሁም በመልካነ ቅርሱና በሼኽ ሁሴን ባህርያት መካከል ያለው እሳቤያዊ ትስስር በሼኽ ሁሴን ተከታዮች ዘንድ የፈጠሩትን አዕምሯዊ ውክልና ተዳሷል፡፡ በመልክዓምድራዊ ገጽታዎቹ መሰረት ስፍራው ያለው አዕምሯዊ ውክልና በአምላክ ምርጫ የተመሰረተ ቅዱስ ስፍራ፣ የምድር እምብርት፣ የሕዋ ማዕከልና ከምድር በታች፣ በምድር ላይና ከምድር በላይ ያሉ አካላትን የሚያገናኝ እንደሆነ ጥናቱ አመላክቷል፡፡ ይህም በመሆኑ ስፍራው ግለሰብን፣ ማህበረሰብን፣ ሼኽ ሁሴንን እና ፈጣሪን በአንድ በማገናኘት የአራትዮሽ ትስስር የፈጠረ ተደርጎ እንዲታሰብ ምክንያት ሆኗል፡፡ ከአዕምሯዊ ውክልና አንጻር በስፍራው የሚገኙ መልክዓምድራዊ ገጽታዎች ምድርን፣ ከምድር በታች ያለን አካልና ከምድር በላይ ያለን አካል የሚያገናኙ የምድራዊና የሰማያዊ ጀነት (ገነት) አምሳያዎች እንደሆኑ ጥናቱ አመላክቷል፡
Pandemic Schooling and Teachers’ Professional Identity in the Era of COVID-19 in Ethiopia: Summer-in-Service Trainees in Focus
No full textThe global COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in widespread school closures, impacting teaching and learning across countries. At the epicenter of the virus, in Ethiopia, students and teachers were obliged to stay at home where remote learning was not arranged well. After a few months of school closures, classes were reopened with emergency measures in place. However, the teaching and learning process faced significant challenges, and the professional identity of teachers was adversely affected during the pandemic schooling. This study aims to explore the professional identity of in-service teachers in this context. The study utilized a narrative inquiry approach and involved purposefully selected summer-in-service teacher trainees based on three criteria. Data were collected using four instruments: documents, in-depth interviews, reflective journals, and a questionnaire. The findings indicate that the arrangements made for remote teaching or e-teaching had a detrimental impact on the effectiveness of pandemic schooling. Teachers' adoption of pedagogy suitable for the pandemic was also found to be limited. The study further confirms that COVID-19 has influenced the identity formation of teachers, as they experienced concerns and panic regarding their health security. Based on these results, conclusions were drawn, and implications for teachers' professional development programs were presented
Assessment of Challenges and Performance of Ethiopian Export Market
No full textExport is an important ingredient for country’s economic growth and sustainable development, like in Ethiopia; it is the back bone of the country’s economy. The main objective of the study was to assess challenges, opportunities and performance of Ethiopian export market in the past three years (2015 -2017). The study was conducted by the relevant primary and secondary data from the key staff member of the exporting companies, their associations and the government bodies through questioners and deep interviews. After the data has been collected, it was analyzed by using simple statistical techniques which is tables and percentages. The findings of the study showed that, there are many challenges in the internal and external environment of the exporters. The major factors are strong international competition, high transportation costs and ineffective national export promotion programs. In the overall export performance as country wide was deteriorating year after year and the firm’s perception about their performance was extremely dissatisfied. However, the country has opened many doors for promoting the sector in many incentive packages. Finally, based on the findings, results and analysis of the study a general and policy implication recommendations are forwarded. In general recommendations, top management of the company should work on the improvement of their product quality and uniqueness, the firm should be cost sensitive for their products by minimizing costs and increase their competitive advantages in the global market. In additional, the policy implications to increasing the availability of credit facilities, simplifying export sector regulations and formulation short-term and long-term export growth policies are essential to improve export performance of the country