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Background Unresolved sexual issues can have an impact on a person’s wellbeing, social interactions, or even medication compliance. Given the enormous global demand to enhance and preserve sexual health, faculty members have a specific goal of developing nursing workforce who are truly prepared to work with clients who have sexual health issues. Hence, the study’s purpose has been to evaluate the current state of attitude and belief of nursing students toward sexual healthcare and the factors that influence it in Southwest Ethiopia. Methods An online cross-sectional survey was conducted in Mizan-Tepi University involving 134 undergraduate nursing students from February 1 to March 10, 2022. The Sexual Attitude and Beliefs Scale (SABS) were used to assess the level of attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual care. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 26 was employed for data analysis. Multivariable linear regression analyses was conducted to identify predictors of attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare. The significance level was set at p<0.05. Results The mean age of the nursing students participating in this study was 28.47±5.2. In our study, mean SABS score of the nursing students was found as 42.3 ± 2.1. The mean score of the SABS items ranged from 1.68±0.93 to 4.37±1.48. Having receiving sexual health education (p<0.001) was significantly associated with attitude and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare. Conclusions Ethiopian nursing students have been found to have a negative attitude and beliefs about sexual health care. Because comprehensive sex education is sorely lacking in nursing schools, this scrutiny prevents student nurses from receiving an adequate education. As there is a lack of appropriate sexual health subject matter, it is critical to standardize sexual health education in nursing programs so that nursing students can learn to provide comprehensive care to clients.

Replicable Business Models (RBMs) focus on reducing economic coordination, opportunism, and price risks but pay less attention to risks from natural shocks. A simulation game was designed to capture the impact of variable rainfall on teff production and commercialization in South Wollo Zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia. The game captured farmers' decision-making for three rainfall scenarios and three levels of market prices. The results showed that variable rainfall had little impact on the levels of teff production or commercialization. The exception was the scenario where rainfall failed in both crop seasons; however, the probability of this scenario was low. If rains failed in the first wet season (Belg) or if rains in the second and main wet season (Meher) were late, farmers maintained teff production by increasing the area planted and the share of teff that received inorganic fertilizer. Resource constraintsparticularly shortage of landlimited farmers' production of teff. Despite these constraints, the simulation revealed that farmers will increase teff sales in response to higher prices. The risk simulation game provides a diagnostic tool to evaluate the performance of the RBM and the potential for smallholder commercialization in the face of natural shocks.

Uniform stand establishment of wheat is considered one of the most important yield-contributing factors in semi-arid areas. A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of seed priming media and priming durations on seed germination, vigor, and yield of bread wheat. The experiment was conducted with a wheat variety, 4 levels of priming media (Distilled water, KNO3 @0.1%, Mannitol @2%, Salicylic acid @0.06%, and unprimed control), and 2 priming durations (12 and 24 hours) in factorial arrangement using CRD for lab tests and RCBD for field experiment with three replications. Results showed significant (P<0.05) effects of priming treatments on germination percentage, seedling vigor, fertile spikes m-2, yield, and year. Effects were non-significant (P>0.05) for heading date, plant height, thousand seed weight, and hectoliter weight among the tested media and duration but among the growing seasons. Priming with distilled water (93.58%) followed by KNO3 @0.1% (92.62%) resulted in the highest germination. Vigor indices I was not improved by priming as unprimed control exhibited the highest (1803.80%cm) followed by that of KNO3 @0.1% (1741.10%cm). The highest Vigor index II (1069%mg) was observed in seeds primed in KNO3 @0.1% at 24 hours but, it was not significantly different from the unprimed control (989%mg). Priming in KNO3 @0.1% at 12 hours showed significantly higher fertile spikes m-2 (487) and yield (51.2 kg ha-1) as compared to the unprimed control. However, this similar priming media resulted in the lowest yield (40.3 kg ha-1) at 24 hours. Seed primed in KNO3 @ 0.1% for 12 hours resulted in a 19% yield increment as compared to the unprimed control. Salicylic acid @ 0.06% was not the desired media for the improvement of seedling vigor, yield, and yield component of wheat in a semi-arid environment. In conclusion, KNO3 @ 0.1% contributed to the improvement of germination, early seedling establishment, and yield of wheat under moisture-stress conditions.

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