Browsing by Author "Alemu Mulugeta"

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    Assessment of Employee Relation Practice (In Case of National Tobacco Enterprise (Ethiopia) S.C)
    (Addis Ababa University, 2014-05) Alemu Mulugeta; Waktola Gemechu
    This research work is designed to assess employee relation practices of National Tobacco Enterprise (Ethiopia) Share Company. 248 employee and management members are selected using cross sectional sampling methods. In this research with the objective of assessing employee relation practice the following questions are raised: existence policy and procedure to guide the practice, Major employee relation issue that affect employee relation, how conflicts are resolved, how does the tripartite agreement help in resolving conflict. To gather information for the study questionnaires with close and open ended are used. Accordingly, a total of 248 questionnaires were distributed both to the management and employees and interview was conducted with six top management members (Department managers and service heads) and four labor union representatives (Labor union head and other executive committee members) the data collected were analyzed using SPSS software. On the basis of the data obtained from the respondents, the study identified: the enterprise has employee relation polices and procedure and the enterprise has also place importance to employee relation issue, employee relation issues like health and safety, learning & development, fair and just treatment and financial benefit are found to be very important for employees, the enterprise also has good employee relation practice. The study also identified existence of tripartite agreement in the enterprise that manifested by respecting and understanding the concern of each parties and maintaining honesty and openness among both employer and employee and trade union. In light of the findings, the following recommendations were forwarded. The enterprise need to enhance key employees relation issues related to health and safety, financial benefit, trust and confidence, learning and development; NTE need to prepare implementation strategies for effectively putting in to practice those employee relation issue which causes conflict and also for enhancing issue which strength the employee relation practice; the enterprise need to create awareness as to the importance of tripartite relationship and need to build trust of employee and labor union.
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    Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata (L.) Walp.) (Fabaceae) Landrace Diversity in Northen Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa Universty, 2015-07) Alemu Mulugeta; Asfaw Zemede (Professor)
    The study was carried out to identify and document the landrace diversity and ethnobotany of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) (Fabaceae) in northern Ethiopia. Ethnobotanical data were collected using semi-structured interview, field observations (guided field walk) and market surveys. A total of 54 germplasms and representative voucher specimens were collected from different geographical locations ranging in altitude from 1260 – 2140 m.a.s.l. Of these, 45 were local farmers’ varieties (83%) and nine were commercial varieties (17%) introduced by Melkassa Agricultural Research Centre. The majority of farmers (75%) preferred the erect type of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica (L.) Verdc. farmers’ variety KIMITE and subsp. cylindrica (L.) Verdc. farmers’ variety CHEKELE) because of many reasons such as ability of the crop to be harvested before the cereal crops are ready, high grain and straw yield, organoleptic character, early maturity, feed value, adaptability to all types of soil, disease resistance, drought tolerance and market value. The spreading type of cowpea (subsp. unguiculata farmers’ variety JERGADIE) produced much more leaves than grains and mainly the farmers use it for improving soil fertility. These local farmers’ varieties contribute to smallholders’ income as a higher-value crop like cereals and to diet as a cost effective source of protein intake especially in Central Tigray, South Wello and Oromia Special Zones of northern Ethiopia. In Amhara Region, cowpea is mainly used for human food in the form of boiled grain (NIFRO), baking bread (KITA) and sauces (SHIRO WET). There is high potential area for cowpea production; but the actual production by local farmers is restricted to some areas. Therefore, the responsible body (Ministry of Agriculture and Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research) needs to enhance and/or distribute the important cowpea landrace varieties to the areas where the crop can be suitably grown. Key words: Cowpea, Ethiopia, ethnobotany, farmers’ knowledge, landrace