Datasets
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The Effect of Iron Fertilization on Nodulation, Yield and Yield Traits of Soy... N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)Iron (Fe) deficiency is the major constraint for soybean cultivation in calcareous soils. Its availability affects symbiotic association of the host plant and the endosymbiont and eventually the yield of soybean. However, the effectiveness of integrated application of Bradyrhizobium and Fe fertilizer on nodulation and yield of soybean genotypes with...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Selected Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Soils of the Middle Awash Irri N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)The irrigation based cotton production system in the Middle Awash basin has got progressive productivity decline in the present times. A study was made to provide basic information with regard to the present fertility status and physical characteristics on the soils of the basin. Based on soil color, texture, and land use, 12 pedons were opened in...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Groundwater and Surface Water Quality Status and Its Spatial and Seasonal F... N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)Irrigated agriculture is a major human activity, which often leads to secondary salinization of land and water resources in arid and semi-arid conditions. Soil salinity is an enormous problem for agriculture under irrigation as it affects the growth and development of plants in Ethiopia; the problem is widespread in the rift valley areas where middle...Created August 7, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Integrated use of organic and inorganic fertility Management N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)Integrated use of organic and inorganic fertilizer rates on barley production in Liben JawiCreated August 7, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Black Soldier Fly (Hermetiaillucens) Larvae as a Sustainable Source of Protei... N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)Currently, poultry producers in developing countries are facing problems of high cost and poor quality of poultry feed. Insects are one of the potential protein sources for poultry feed. The use of insects as poultry feed is not in direct competition with human for food consumption. The objective of this paper is to review the current work related to the...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Coffee Quality Profile Mapping of BenchMaji and Sheka Zones in Southwestern E... N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)Southwestern part of Ethiopia is believed to be the origin of Arabica coffee which possesses the country to have the largest diversity in coffee genetic resources. Coffee quality determines the relative price as well as the usefulness of a given quantity of coffee. Therefore, the experiment was conducted to evaluate coffee quality of BenchMaji and Sheka...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Grain Yield and Economic Importance of Bio Fertilizer Rates of Soybean at Be... N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)A field experiment was conducted on Nitisols of Asossa Agricultural Research Centre during 2017/18 to 2018/2019 cropping season toinvestigate the response of yieldpartial budget analysis to biofertilizer rates.The N fertilizer treatments considered in the study consisted of six levels (rates) of biofertilizer, one nationally recommended inorganic N and...Created August 7, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Fodder Yield and Nutritive Values of Hydroponically Grown Local Barley Landraces N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)Significant fodder production cannot easily be realized mainly due to the pressure on land for the production of staple food crops to feed the ever increasing human population in Ethiopia. To meet the parallel increasing demand for green fodder, one of the alternatives is hydroponic fodder to supplement the meager pasture resources. A study was conducted...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Effects of Spacing of Elephant Grass and Vetch Intercropping on Agronomic Per... N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of different spacing of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) and vetch (Vicia dasycarpa and Vicia villossa) intercropping on plant height, leaf to stem ratio, tillering, stand count, and subsequent dry matter yield (DMY) of elephant grass. The forages for field experiment were evaluated during the...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
ATA_balanced fertilizer_crop response dataset N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)Although soil and agronomy data collection in Ethiopia has begun over 60 years ago, the data are hardly accessible as they are scattered across different organizations, mostly held in the hands of individuals (Ashenafi et al.,2020; Tamene et al.,2022), which makes them vulnerable to permanent loss. Cognizant of the problem, the Coalition of the Willing...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Evaluation of Tradecorp AZ Bentley plus Fertilizer for Tomato Crop Yield Impr... N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)Ethiopia was using urea and DAP fertilizers as sources of nitrogen and phosphorous nutrients for a long time. However, the crop and agro-ecology diversity in the country demand more multi-nutrient blends including micronutrients than nitrogen and phosphorus. This increasing demand requires evaluation of different fertilizer resources based on soil type,...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Comparison of Lime Requirement Determination Methods to Amend Acidic Nitisols... N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)Liming acid soils is one of the available intervention options to amend soil acidity and increase crop production and productivity. Nevertheless, selection of lime requirement determination method suitable to the soil conditions in a particular area is a pressing issue. Therefore, this research was carried out to evaluate lime requirement determination...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Mela organics Liquid fertilizer testing result N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)New fertilizer testing field evaluationCreated August 7, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Seed-Business Oriented Demonstration Trials: An Efficient Option to Promote T... N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)Tef (Eragrostis tef) is extensively cultivated by over 6.5 million smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. However, the productivity of the crop remains low mainly due to the limited use of improved technologies including seeds. In this study, three recently released and one old (as a check) tef varieties were evaluated on 254 lead farmers’ fields with the main...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Yield Response and Nutrient use Efficiencies of Maize (Zea mays L.) As Determ... N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)This activity was implemented to identify the most important plant nutrients in 2020 cropping seasonCreated August 7, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Technical Efficiency of Lowland Rice Production in Northwest of Ethiopia N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)This study employed the Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function to measure the level and determinants of technical efficiency of smallholder rice producers in the Fogera district of Amhara Region, Ethiopia. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select 202 rice producers sample farmers in 2016. The result of the analysis showed that the...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Cascape crop response to fertilizer application dataset N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)Although soil and agronomy data collection in Ethiopia has begun over 60 years ago, the data are hardly accessible as they are scattered across different organizations, mostly held in the hands of individuals (Ashenafi et al.,2020; Tamene et al.,2022), which makes them vulnerable to permanent loss. Cognizant of the problem, the Coalition of the Willing...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Response of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to Indigenous Rhizobial Isolates In... N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)A field experiment was conducted at Vertisol of Ginchi, Dandi district, West Shewa, Ethiopia during 2015/16 and 2016/17 cropping seasons to study the effect of different indigenous rhizobial isolates on the yield and yield components of chickpea. Eight rhizobial isolates (CP-5, CP-7, CP-9, CP-10, CP-11, CP-17, CP-100 and EAL-004), one positive control (18...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023 -
Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Yield and Yield Components as Influenced by Inocula... N3 | TTL | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)This study was carried out to evaluate the response of yield and yield components of faba bean to indigenous rhizobial isolates in Welmera and Ejere Districts. The response of faba bean to five indigenous rhizobial isolates were assessed under field condition against the reference faba bean rhizobial inoculants as well 100 kg ha-1 DAP as positive control...Created March 18, 2023 • Updated December 30, 2023