Publications

Policy briefs

Posters

1. Temperature variability over Africa during the 20th Century

2. Empirical downscaling of rainfall in the upper Blue Nile Basin for use in hydrological modeling

3. Comparison of regional climate change scenarios in the upper Blue Nile basin

Journal articles

1. McCartney, M. P., & Michael, M. 2012. Evaluating the downstream implications of planned water resource development, under current and projected future climate, in the Ethiopian portion of the Blue Nile River. Water International. 4(37): 362-379. [Paper]

2. Tilanun, H., Teklu, E., Michael, M., Fitsum, H., and Awulachew S. B. 2011. Comparative performance of Irrigated and Rainfed Agriculture in Ethiopia. World Applied Sciences Journal. 14(2): 235-244.[Paper]

3. Teklu Erkossa, Michael Menker Girma, and Getenet D. Betrie, 2010. Effects of bed width and planting date on water productivity of wheat grown on Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands. Irrigation and Drainage, DOI: 10.1002/ird.608.[Paper]

Other articles

1. Michael Menker Girma, Brigitta Schutt, Seleshi B. Awulachew, Matthew Mccartney and Solomon S. Demissie. 2010. Downscaling rainfall in the upper Blue Nile basin for use in hydrological modeling. Paper presented on the conference, the global dimensions of change in river basins: Threats, Linkage and Adaptation. December 6-8, 2010.Bonn,Germany.[Paper]

2. Michael Menker and Teklu Erkossa. 2006. Rainwater management: An option to increase crop production in Ethiopia. In: Proceedings of the Eighth Ethiopian Soil Science Society Conference, EIAR,(Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [Paper]

3. Paulos Dubale, Michael Menker, Moltot Zewdie and Lijalem Zeray. 2002. Agriculture, irrigation and drainage research in the past and future. In:McCornick P. G., Kamara A.B. and Girma Tadesse. (eds). 2003. Integrated water and land management research and capacity building priorities for Ethiopia. Proceedings of a MoWR/EARO/IWMI/ILRI international workshop held at ILRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2-4 December 2002. IWMI (International Water Management Institute), Colombo, Sri Lanka, and ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), Nairobi, Kenya. [Paper]

4. Teklu Erkossa and Michael Menker(Eds.). 2006. Soils for sustainable production. Proceedings of the Eighth Ethiopian Soil Science Society Conference, EIAR, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.