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Research News Updates

March 2012

Black Inventors and their Roles in Global Scientific and Technological Revolution (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, March 2012)

Effect of trauma on quality of life as mediated by mental distress and moderated by coping and social support among post conflict displaced Ethiopians( Araya,M.,Chotai,J.,Komproe, I.H., & de Jong, J.T.(2007))

February 2012

Household food insecurity and hunger among households in Sidama, southern Ethiopia (Regassa and Stoecker, October 2011)

Volatiltiy of Foriegn Direct Investment Flows into Africa (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso kumo, Februrary 2012)

The Emergence of The Mekane Yesus church in Sidama (Dr. Arne Tolo,  Uppsala Universitet, 1998)

January  2012

Funeral Ceremony of Sidama People (South Ethiopia) (Hanna Gabriel, Hawassa University, 2011)

Nutritional status and cognitive performance of mother–child pairs in Sidama, Southern Ethiopia (Bogale et al. Hawassa University, August 2011)

Antenatal and postnatal care service utilization in southern Ethiopia (Sidama): a population-based study (Negatu Regassa, Hawassa University, September 2011)

Sidama Child Survival Programme-MidTerm Review, Goal Ethipia (GOAL Ethiopia, October 2009)

Prevalence of prenatal zinc deficiency and its association with socio-demographic, dietary and health care related factors in Rural Sidama, Southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study (Gebremedhin, Enquselassie and Umeta, November, 2011)

 Intimate partners’ violence in Southern Ethiopia: Examining the prevalence and risk factors in the Sidama zone (Dr. Negatu Regassa, November 2011, Hawassa University)

Intermarriage between Conflicting Groups: The case of Arsi Oromo and the Sidama (Girma Negash, CODESRIA, Addis Ababa, January, 2012)

The Search for a New Normativity : (Thomas Franck,Post-modern Neo-tribalism and the Law of Self-determination)

December 2011

 Democracy in Africa   (Compiled and edited by Worldview)

November 2011

Lewis's Dual Sector Model and Challenges of Economic Development in Contemporary Africa (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, November 2011)

October 2011

Investing in Africa and African Capital Markets. Why Now? (Obiageli Ezekwesili, World Bank, October 2011)

Africans Speed up Expansion of the Private Sector as Donors Seem to Faulter (World Bank, October 2011)

Food aid to millions of Ethiopians facing drought (World Bank, October 2011)

September 2011

Investment Efficiency, Savings and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, September 2011)

Tackling Root Causes of Famine in Horn of Africa (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, September 2011)

Infrastructure the bedrock of competitiveness in East Africa (World Bank, September 2011)

August 2011

Monthly Coffee Market Report (International Coffee Organisation, August 2011)

Key to African Water and Sanitation Access Lies in Completing Transition to Country-Led Service Delivery (World Bank and Australian Aid, August 2011)

East Africa Could Match Japan in Ease of Doing Business, Finds IFC-World Bank Report  (World Bank, August 2011)

July 2011

UN welcomes South Sudan as 193rd member (BBC,  July 2011)

Kenya Releases Largest Government Dataset in Africa (World Bank, July 2011)

World Bank Analysis sheds light on policies behind African development success ( World Bank, July 2011)

Youth urge African leaders to provide more jobs and opportunity (AU Press Release, Malabo, July 2011)

World Bank to provide US$500 million in Drought Emergency Aid to Horn of Africa (World Bank, July 2011)

June 2011

Sidama to Sidamo to Sidama (Luke, Third Coast Coffee, June 2011)

United States Certifies Sidama Coffee Brand (Addis Mulugeta, Capitalethiopia.com, March 2008)

How Africa Can Extract Big Benefits For Everyone From Natural Resources (The Guardian, UK, June 2011)

The Leat Developed Countries as the Net Exporters of Capital to the Developed World (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, May 2011)

May 2011

West Africa Unites to Improve Agricultural Competitiveness and Productivity (World Bank, May 2011)

Attracting Investment to Africa (Obiageli Ezekwesili , Vice President, World Bank, May 2011)

The Least Developed Countries as the Net Exporters of Capital to the Developed World (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, May 2011)

The Morphology of Global Poverty: an overview (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, May 2011)

April 2011

African Intensity: Yirgacheffe, Sidama and Environs (Kenneth Davids, Coffeereview.com, January 2011)

Coffee price reaches new highs in April, will Sidama  coffee farmers become better off? (Link to ICO Report, April 2011)

Ethiopia: World Bank Aid and Development Results (World Bank,  April 2011)

March 2011

Compact fluorescent bulbs save enregy, money in rural Ethiopia (World Bank, September 2010)

Ethiopia fights poverty with information technology (World Bank, December 2010)

Sparks of a revolution in the trade in African farm products now visible in Ethiopia (World Bank, February 2011)

The Quest for Greater Transparency in Extractive Industries in Africa (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, March 2011)

February 2011

Coffee prices up amid rising global demand (allafrica.com, February 2011)

Africa Holds Potential to Lead Global Growth in the Next Two Decades (World Bank, February 2011)

World Bank commits US$420 million for Basic Services in Ethiopia (World Bank, February 2011)

Food Price Hike Drives 44 Million People into Poverty (World Bank, February 2011)

January 2011

Hypertension, obesity and central obesity in diabetics and non-diabetics in Sidama, Ethiopia (Eth. Jo. Health Dev. 2010)

Africa: Boosting Private sector Development to Draw Foreign Investment (World Bank, January 2011)

The Global Economic Crisis alters the Pattern of FDI Flows (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, January 2011)

The G20 Seoul Development Consensus for Shared Growth (www.ausaid.gov.au)

December 2010

Sidama Coffee Union's Royal Partnership (Fairtradeusa.org, September 2010)

Sub Saharan Africa Economy will Grow by 5% in 2011 (IMF, November 2010)

The Status of Regional Integration in Africa (UNECA, 2009)

Fixing Africa once and for all (Tidjani Jeff Tall's Africa 2030.org)

Africa's Development Challenge: From Predatory to Accountable Government (Robert Guest, June 2005)

Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union Report 2009 (Foodanddrinksdigital.com)

November 2010

Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: Key factors of attraction aside from natural resources (Blancheton and Opara-Opimba, 2010)

The African development Challenge (UNECA, 2010)

Africa: either perish or industrialize and overtake advanced economies (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, Nov. 2010)

October  2010

China GDP Grows by 9.6 per cent During the Third  Quarter 2010 (Chinadaily, October  2010)

Meeting MDGs Still a Challnege in sub Saharan Africa ( Ugandan Coalition for Sustainable Development , September 2010)

Ethiopia Food Secuirty Outlook Update (USAID and WFP, September 2010)

IMF Revises Global Economic Growth Forecasts  (IMF, Septemebr 2010)

September 2010

Africa in 2020: Three scenarios for the future (Professor Herbst and Dr. Mills, 2006)

Cameroon Vision 2035-Rebranding the country (Mwalimu George Ngwane, 2009)

Proposal of translating Openoffice to Sidama langauge (native-lang) (Arade Tariku Tegen, 2009)

Coffee Review: Social Coffee and Tea: Ethiopia-Sidama (Jason Coffee, Coffee Cup News, (Watch Video), 2010)

Review of on-farm research and adoption studies on Maize in Sidama and Wolayita (Tadesse and Degu, Awassa Agricultural Research Centre, 2001)

Producer  price and price transmission in a deregulated Ethiopian coffee market (Worako, van Schalkwyk, Alemu and Ayele, 2008)

China's socialist market model of economic development: visible and invisible hands at work (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2010) 

August 2010

Economic freedom in Africa (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2010)

Africa's fastest growing low income economies: will they finally catch up? (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2010)

Coffee prices at 13-year high on low stock, high demand (Jayaramiah, J. 2010)

Humanitarian Aid in Ethiopia- Sidama Zone (Wide Horizon for Children, 2010)

July 2010

African Countries Take Lead in Overall Millennium Development Goal Progress (Joe DeCapua, 2010)

African economies to present mixed picture in 2010 (Xinhua, 2010)

AfriStock May-June 2010: Mid-Year Review of African Stock Market Performance (Hartmut Sieper, Afribiz Monthlies, 2010)

Sub-Saharan Africa: Back to High Growth? (IMF, Regional Economic Outlook, 2010)

 Public Aid, Philantrophy and Privatization of African Agricultural Development (Jonasse and Kerssen, 2010)

Adoption of maize technologies in East Africa: what happend to Africa's emerging maize revolution? (Groote et al. 2002)

Hawassa University selected to conduct research on impacts of climate change on farmers  (NewsDire, 2010) 

June 2010 

Inadequate intakes of dietary zinc among pregnant women from subsistence households in Sidama, Southern Ethiopia (Abebe et al.2008) 


Influence of genotype and processing method on the quality of Sidama and Yirgacheffe Coffee (M.Hailemichael, Hawassa University, 2009)

Fast disappearing social capital among the Sidama of southern Ethiopia and its implication on food security (Mulugeta Bakalo Daye, 2010) 

Sidama Research and Development Forum, Quarterly Newsletter, June 2010 Edition (SRDF, 2010)

May 2010

Introducing Tamirat Yohannes, a young inventor from Dalle district in Sidama  (SRDF, 2010)

Sidama Coffee won Ethiopian National Football League Title 2010: Sidama roast opponents in play off victory:  (Saint George FC, 2010)

Tamirat Yohanness, a primary student, generates electricity in rural Dalle District in Sidama: Part II Video (Diretube.com,2010) 

Tamirat Yohaness, a primary student,  generates electricity in rural Dalle District in Sidama :Part I Video(Diretube.com, 2010)

Sidama Coffee Comparison Cupping: Sidama Vs. Sidamo (CoffeeNate.com, 2010)

When Does the Development Aid Work in Africa: Lessons from the Ireland Aid in Sidama Ethiopia, Part II (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2010)

When Does the Development Aid Work in Africa:Lessons from the Ireland Aid in Sidama, Ethiopia, Part I (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2010)

April 2010

Iodine status of women from selected areas of Sidama, Southern Ethiopia (Tafere G/Egziabher, et al.  Hawassa University, 2010)

Anthropometric measures and cognitive performance of mother-child pairs from Sidama, Southern Ethiopia (Alemtsehay Bogale, et al. 2009)

Gerontocracy as a tradition and a mirror for the future: The case of Sidama (John Hammer, 1998)

Agribusiness systems: improving the lives of Ethiopian coffee farmers (Worqu Mekasha, 2005)

Udo Wotate reforestation project in Hawassa progressing well; more projects in Sidama Highlands (Edenprojects.org, 2010)

Dead Aid: Why Aid is not working and how there is a better way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo (Book review by Niall Ferguson, 2009)

Evaluation of Enset clones against Enset bacterial wilt ( Welde-Michael, et al. African Crop Science Journal, 2008)

Visit Sidama ---- A Land of Sensation (visitsidama.com,  2010)

Inadequate feeding practices and impaired growth among children from subsistence farming households in Sidama, Ethiopia ( R.S. Gibson, et al. 2008)

Smallholder poultry production and marketing system of Dale, Wonsho and Lokka Abaya districts of Sidama (Hawassa University, 2007)

Rapid health, nutrition and food security assessment of Shebedino district in Sidama (Ocha-Eth, 2005)

The Khat controversy: stimulating the debate on drugs (David Anderson, et al.  2006)

Aspects of religious syncretism in Southern Ethiopia (Ulrich Braukamper, Frankfurt, Germany, 1992)

Brucellosis in extensive management system of Zebu cattle in Sidama, Ethiopia  (K. Asmare, Y. Asfaw, E. Gelaye and G. Ayelet, Hawassa University, 2010)

An assessment of the adoption of seed and fertilizer packages and the role of credit in smallerholder maiz production in Sidama and North Omo (G. Degu,  W. Mwangi, H. Virkuiji and A. Wondimu, 2000) 

March 2010

An Ethiopian coffee advocate speaks: Ashenafi Argaw's message by Shayna Harris ( OxfamAmerica, 2007)

Farmers' local knowledge and topsoil properties of agroforestry practices in Sidama, Southern Ethiopia (Zebene Asfaw and Goran Agren,  Wondogent College of Forestry, 2007)

A Study of a Local Religious Instituion among the Sidama of Southern Ethiopia ( Dilu Shaleka Teshome, Kyoto University, 2006)

On-farm Testing of Maize Varieties under Moisture Stress Areas of Sidama Ethiopia (Y. Chiche, Nazreth Research Center, 1994)

Microfinance: International Perspective, with a Section on Sidama Savings and Credit Scheme (South African Reserve Bank, 2004)

Radio Sidama: Sidama Educational Radio on 954 kHz (Jari Savolainen, Finland,  2009)

Furra Institute of Development Studies and Education: A Brief Background (FIDSE, 2010) 

Ethiopia: Two Microfinance delivery programmes: Redd Barna and Sidama (World Bank, 1999) 

Assessment of Production and Marketing System of Goats in Dale District, Sidama (Endeshaw Assefa, Hawassa University, 2007)

Root Causes of African Underdevelopment and Opportunities for Revival (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2009)

Sidama Savanah, Panoramic Earth Travel Information (Picture by Richard Greenall, 2010)                

Sidama Region Google Map (Maplandia.com)

East African Fine Coffee Association Newsletters (EAFCA, 2010)

International Coffee Market Report, January 2010 ( International Coffee Organisation, 2010) 

International Coffee Trade Statistics (International Coffee Organisation, 2010)

Rapid Food Security Assessment of Dale District, Sidama (OCHA- ET, 2005)

Rapid Food Security Assessment of Aleta Wondo District, Sidama (OCHA-ET, 2005)

Global coffee trade set to boom in 2010 (Commodity online, 2009)

February 2010

Fabulous Festival Food: Happy New Year! Cambalaalla Iille, Iillee!  (Joshua Spier, Australia, 2009) 

The Peoples and Cultures of Ethiopia (I.M. Lewis, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1976)

A Report on Arsii Study Tour: Wondogent Observations (Mamo Hebo, 2007)

Queen Furra's Lament (Medical Missionaries of Marry, 1997)

Kush, Nubia, Ethiopia and Sudan: Ancient Civilisations and Modern Nomenclature, Part II (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2008)

Kush, Nubia, Ethiopia and Sudan: Ancient Civilisations and Modern Nomenclature, Part I (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2008)

The Kushitic Civilisation of North East Africa: An Overview (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2008)

Sidama Coffee or "Sidamo" Coffee? Implications of the Misnomer (Side Goodo, 2007)

Sidama-English Dictionary (Armido Gasparini, Bolonga, Italy, 1983)

Sidama Land: Coffee Economics, Politics and Poverty (Side Goodo, 2007)

The role of livestock in mitigating land degradation, poverty and child malnutrition in mixed farming systems: The case of coffee- growing midlands of Sidama-Ethiopia (Mauro Ghirotti, FAO, Rome, 1998) 

Bibliography of Highland East Kushitics(Professor Grover Hudson, Michgan State University, 2009) (Most 20th century research on Sidama found here!) 

 A Grammar of Sidama(Book and other articles, CV link) (Dr. Anbessa Teferra, 2000)  

Humane Development: Participation and Change Among the Sidama of Ethiopia(Book) (Professor John H.Hammer, 1987)

Money, modernisation and ambivalence among the Sidama of North East Africa (Book) (Professor John H. Hammer,  History and Antropolgy, 2009)

A Study of the Role of Civil Society-led Development in Sidama (C. Walsh and J. Phelan, University College Dublin, 1998) 

Rural Development in Sidama, Ethiopia: Participation in Practice (Book) (Joe Feeney, University College Dublin, 1997)

The Global Productivity Trends and the Changing World Economic Order (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2010)

Famine:capacities and vulnerabilities in the context of the 1999-2000 famine in the Sidama of North East Africa (Mulugeta Bakkalo Daye, 2001)

Changing process of local knowledge on genetic resources of banana-family crops in East Africa (Yasuaki Sato, Kyoto University, 2006)

Enset Culture and its history in highland Ethiopia  (Roger Blench and Mallam Dendo, 2003)

On Sidama folk identification, naming and classification of cultivated enset (Ensete Ventricosum) varieties (Bizuayehu Tesfaye, 2008)

January 2010

Uncertain food security situation for farmers in Sidama due to lack of access to farm inputs(Dechassa Lemessa , UNDP, 2002)

The Sidama Nation: An Introduction (Seyoum Hamesso; in Arrested Development in Ethiopia (edit) S. Hamesso and M. Hassan, 2006)

Students' Attitude Towards Mother Tongue Instruction As a Correlate of Academic Achievement: The Case Of Sidama (Assefa Adamu, 2002)

Ethiopia's Development Disaster: An Overview of Some Root Causes  (Side Goodo, 2007)

The Sidama People of Africa: The Institution of Cimeesa-Respected Elder (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2009)

The Sidama People of Africa: An Overview of History, Culture and Economy, part II (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2009)

The Sidama People of Africa: An Overview of History, Culture and Economy, Part I  (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2009) 

December 2009

The Environmental Performance Index and the Future of Our Planet (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2009)

Obama's Speech to Copenhagen Climate Summit (The Guardian, UK, 2009)

Peasant agriculture is incompatible with economic development; Africa needs GM crops (Professor Paul Collier, 2009)

November 2009

Land Grab or Development Opportunity? Agricultural Investment and International Land Deals in Africa (FAO, IIED and IFAD, 2009)

Sidama Coffeee Farmers Cooperative Union (SCFCU)

Falling Commodity  Prices and Industry Responses: Some Lessons from the  International Coffee Crisis (David Hallam, 2003-2004)

Responding to the Coffee Crisis: What we can learn from price dynamics- (Mehta Aashish and Chavas Jean-Paul, 2004)

 The " Tree Against Hunger" (Steven A. Brandt, et al. 1997)

Ethiopia Establishes National Commodity Exchange, Sidama Coffee Regains Its True Identity (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2008)

The Enset (Ensete Ventricosum) Gardens of Sidama: Composition, structure and dynamics of tradtional Poly-variety sytem (Bizuayehu Tesfaye, 2008)