Mulat Kebede

Evaluating conservation tillage as a strategy for soil and water conservation and yield stability in Ethiopian dryland agriculture

Traditional agricultural management relying on intense cultivation with the conventional tillage has triggered widespread soil nutrient loss, land degradation, and rapid moisture evaporation across sub-Saharan Africa, jeopardizing food security in the fragile highland ecosystems...

The conflict and pest nexus drives the catastrophic decline of cactus pear ecosystem services in the Horn of Africa

The cactus pear ( Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.), or Beles, is a multi-purpose succulent vital for ecological and socio-economic survival in the arid highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea, serving as a primary carbon sink, soil conservation tool, and seasonal source of food securit...