Identification of Cutting Types for the Successful Regeneration of Two Plum (Prunus salicina Lindl) Rootstock Varieties

This study was initiated to identify the best type of cutting for the successful regeneration of two plum rootstock varieties. Three stem cutting types (hardwood, semi-hardwood and softwood) were collected from two plum rootstock varieties (Mariana GF 8-1 and Myrobalan 29C) and have been evaluated for root, shoot and leaf traits. The result revealed that semi-hardwood cuttings of Myrobalan 29C received the earliest (15 days) sprouting while the number of shoots (3.13-3.98) and length (13.63 cm) were higher in Mariana GF 8-1. The highest sprouting (93.33-96.67%) were recorded from both hardwood and semi-hardwood cuttings of Mariana GF 8-1. Hardwood and softwood cuttings of Mariana GF 8-1 had also obtained better shoot fresh (12.89-13.26 g) and dry weight (2.67-3.33 g), respectively, while leaf number was higher (43.07) in the hardwood cuttings. The widest (2.34-2.51 cm) and longest (4.80-4.81) leaves were obtained from Myrobalan 29C cuttings of all types while the maximum number of roots (37.67), root grade (7.63) and root length (12.62 cm) were recorded from semi-hardwood and hardwood Myrobalan 29C cuttings, consecutively. The highest rooting percentage (100.00%) was observed in the semi-hardwood Mariana GF 8-1 cuttings. Hardwood and softwood Myrobalan 29C plus hardwood and semi-hardwood Mariana GF 8-1 cuttings had received statistically similar and highest roots fresh weights (14.11-14.33 g). However, hardwood Mariana GF 8-1 cuttings alone had recorded the maximum root dry weight (4.00 g). Overall, cutting type particularly hardwood cutting could be considered for successful regeneration of both varieties though Mariana GF 8-1 had succeeded Myrobalan 29C in most of the parameters. Key words:Cutting, leaf, plum, root, rootstocks, shoot DOI: 10.7176/ALST/85-04 Publication date: January 31st 202

The Sustainability Framework in Anthropology:Applications to Accounting Ethics

The anthropology literature has examined sustainability within the broader context of ecological environment, and business and society. Anthropology has addressed how cultural and social forces have evolved in ecological and land ethics in accounting education and practice. The research contribution of anthropology in accounting education is that anthropology has been concerned for a long time with sustainability, ecology, environmental management, and conservation of natural resources. The purpose is to integrate ecological and land ethics to study the integration of sustainability into the accounting curriculum. When anthropology is integrated with accounting ethics, it broadens the attitudes of students and accounting professionals

Impact of Calcium Chloride Dipping and Beeswax Coating on the Sensory Quality and Shelf Life of Nectarine (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. Nucipersica) Fruits

This study was conducted to assess the impact of calcium chloride dipping and beeswax coating on the sensory quality and shelf-life of nectarine fruits. The experiment was done under Holeta, Ethiopia condition since 2018. Nectarine fruits of variety ‘89-16N’ were harvested from Holeta Agricultural Research Center orchard and subjected to the combination of four CaCl2 levels (0, 1.5, 3.0 and 4.5%) and three levels (0, 3 and 6%) of beeswax. The experiment was arranged in a completely randomized design with factorial arrangement in three replications. All the treatments were stored at ambient condition. The data were collected every five days interval. The results revealed that CaCl2 dipping and beeswax coating had positively influenced the sensory quality and shelf-life of nectarine fruits. The best results were consistently obtained from the combination of 4.5% CaCl2 and 3.0% beeswax for most of the sensory quality attributes and storage periods. Therefore, CaCl2 dipping and beeswax coating particularly, 4.5% CaCl2+3% beeswax, could be considered for maintaining the sensory quality and extending the shelf-life of nectarine fruits. Keywords: Beeswax, CaCl2, coating, nectarine, sensory, shelf-life DOI: 10.7176/FSQM/103-04 Publication date: December 31st 202

Impact of Calcium Chloride Dipping and Beeswax Coating on the Sensory Quality and Shelf Life of Nectarine (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. Nucipersica) Fruits

This study was conducted to assess the impact of calcium chloride dipping and beeswax coating on the sensory quality and shelf-life of nectarine fruits. The experiment was done under Holeta, Ethiopia condition since 2018. Nectarine fruits of variety ‘89-16N’ were harvested from Holeta Agricultural Research Center orchard and subjected to the combination of four CaCl2 levels (0, 1.5, 3.0 and 4.5%) and three levels (0, 3 and 6%) of beeswax. The experiment was arranged in a completely randomized design with factorial arrangement in three replications. All the treatments were stored at ambient condition. The data were collected every five days interval. The results revealed that CaCl2 dipping and beeswax coating had positively influenced the sensory quality and shelf-life of nectarine fruits. The best results were consistently obtained from the combination of 4.5% CaCl2 and 3.0% beeswax for most of the sensory quality attributes and storage periods. Therefore, CaCl2 dipping and beeswax coating particularly, 4.5% CaCl2+3% beeswax, could be considered for maintaining the sensory quality and extending the shelf-life of nectarine fruits. Keywords: Beeswax, CaCl2, coating, nectarine, sensory, shelf-life DOI: 10.7176/JNSR/11-21-03 Publication date: November 30th 202

An Ecological Approach to Sustainability Development: Applications of Ecological Anthropology and Organizational Ecology-Sociology to Accounting Education

Sustainability is a subject that has been researched by several interdisciplinary subjects to study the business environment in addressing economic and social development. Anthropology and sociology literature have examined sustainability within the context of evolutionary change processes. The application of the ecological framework in anthropology and sociology is an integrated approach that studies sustainability within the broader context of the environment, and business and society. Ecological anthropology has examined how cultural and social forces have evolved in ecological and land ethics in business education. Organizational ecology has related the resource-based transaction cost approach for the integration of sustainability into the accounting curriculum. The examples from sustainability accounting education from both the emerging and developed economies support the premise that when sustainability is integrated across the accounting curriculum, it can positively influence the attitudes of students, accounting professionals and policy makers. The purpose of this paper is to extend the ecology of sociological and anthropological approaches to study the integration of sustainability into the accounting curriculum in auditing and financial accounting courses, and the professional accounting community

Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services

IMPACT. 1: In 2015 we served over 3,500 individuals through programs and services that encourage sustained employment, education, wellness, community integration, and family support services. -- 2. Serves over 1,100 youth ages 5 through 24 -- 3. Adult employment: 459.OSU PARTNERS: College of Education and Human EcologyCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: New American Community; Impact CollaborativePRIMARY CONTACT: Seleshi Ayalew Asfaw ([email protected])To help facilitate new Americans integrate to central Ohio through after school tutoring, summer camp, summer employment, leadership and mentoring, employment, ESOL, civic forums and domestic violence

Assessment of local land and water institutions in the Blue Nile and their impact on environmental management

Land and water institutions play a vital role in managing and sustaining land and water resources as well as enhancing economic development and poverty alleviation efforts. While a lot has been done in terms of understanding the micro-determinants of farmers’ decisions in land and water conservation, there is little attempt to understand the broad macro-institutional and organizational issues that influence land and water management decisions. The objective of the study was to assess institutional arrangements and challenges for improved land and water management in the Ethiopian part of the Blue Nile Basin (Tana and Beles subbasins). Focus group discussions and key informant interviews were held in Amhara and Benishangul Gumuz regions with important stakeholders such as the bureaus of Agriculture and Rural Development, Water Resources Development, Environmental Protection and Land Use Administration (EPLUA), National Agricultural Research Systems, and important NGOs, operating in the area of land and water management, and selected community members. As the major findings in this study, we outlined major land and water-related institutional arrangements that are currently in place and their design features, in order to identify those institutions related to superior performance. We highlighted major institutional and policy gaps and actions that are required to respond to emerging issues of environmental degradation, upstream/downstream linkages and climate change. Such analysis of institutions and their design features provides useful insights and contributes to the debate on institutional reform for improved land and water management in the Blue Nile Basin, in general. By doing so, it identifies the gaps in institutional arrangements and policies and potential remedies.Length: pp.185-231InstitutionsOrganizationsWater policyRiver basinsWater managementLand managementWatershed management

Impact of irrigation on poverty and environment in Ethiopia. Draft Proceeding of the Symposium and Exhibition held at Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 27th -29th November, 2007

Poverty, Crop management, Irrigated farming, Rainfed farming, Irrigation systems, Food security, Water harvesting, Institutions, Environmental effects, Public health, Malaria, GIS, Remote sensing, Crop Production/Industries, Environmental Economics and Policy, Farm Management, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Food Security and Poverty, Health Economics and Policy, Institutional and Behavioral Economics, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,