The study was conducted in 2019 at Ada’abrega sub-centre of Holetta Agricultural Research. A total of eighteen posts weaned female Jersey calves (weighing, 72 ± 1.33 kg, mean ± SE) were selected and randomly assigned in two sample T-test each having nine calves. The treatments were control diet consisting of natural pasture hay (50%) basal diet and...

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...

Enset is a perennial, drought-tolerant, banana-like plant that used for food, fodder, fiber production, fuel, traditional medicine, and for other different cultural practices. The enset production system of Gedeo expresses complex interrelationships between humans and biological diversity. Majority of research studies focused on higher altitudes, where...

Biodiversity in urban gardens can play a vital role in the fight against hunger and diet-related health problems. A study was undertaken to assess the species composition and diversity of homegardens in Bahir Dar City. Interviews were administered to 178 sample households residing in 7 Sub-cities covering 12 former kebeles, and inventories made on fruit...

Knowledge of phenotypic diversity is important for devising the breeding strategy for faba bean (Vicia faba L.) program in Ethiopia. This study was conducted to determine phenotypic diversity among 50 faba bean genotypes collected from the major faba bean growing areas of Ethiopia and International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas...

Soil fertility depletion is a serious problem in the highlands of Ethiopia. A field experiment was conducted for two consecutive cropping seasons (2009-2010) on farmers’ fields in Degem Wereda, North Shewa, Oromiya Regional State. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of crop residue, compost, inorganic fertilizer and cropping system as...

Seed germination of lentil as affected by seed priming

The objectives of this study were to determine estrus (ER), conception (CR) and pregnancy rate (PR) of dairy cows after synchronization of estrus and the relationship between synchronization method and vaginal electrical resistance (VER). A total of 52 Holstein Friesian (HF) females were synchronized with Select-Synch or Select-Synch + CIDR protocols....

Assessment of the genetic variability of soybean genotypes under low soil phosphorus (P) conditions provides an understanding of the genetic potential of the genotypes to improve the crop for low P tolerance. The study was designed objectively to estimate the extent of genetic variability of soybean genotypes for low P tolerance. Thirty six soybean...

Fifteen tagasaste varieties including the standard check variety (MoA) were evaluated for forage dry matter yield, nutritional profiles, disease and insect pest reaction, and other agro-morphological characteristics at Holetta and Jeldu research sites during the main cropping seasons of 2008-2011. Based on the overall performance, three best performing...

This study was conducted with the objective to assess the performances of hybrids developed from early and medium maturing lowland adapted Ethiopian sorghum inbred lines. A total of 95 hybrids and three checks were tested using alpha lettuce design with two replications at Meiso and Sheraro. All agronomic practices were done on time as recommended. Based...

Field experiments were conducted at Welenchity experimental field site, Melkassa Agricultural Research Center from June to October during the years 2010 and 2011 cropping seasons. The aim of the study was to determine optimum time of intercropping haricot bean into the maize based cropping system under conservation tillage practices, Tied-ridge and...

3 yrs data

The use of crop models as decision support tools for exploring the consequences of various management decision options that interact with weather and soil factors are limited in Ethiopia. This study aimed to apply crop simulation CROPGRO-faba bean model in determining site-specific crop management practices to close the yield gaps. A total of 432...

The effect of vermicompost on the effectiveness of Rhizobium inoculation on nodulation, yield and yield traits of fava bean at Haramaya, eastern Ethiopia, was investigated. Ten treatments were made by afactorial combination of five levels of vermicompost (0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 ton ha-1) and two levels of Rhizobium inoculation (inoculated anduninoculated. The...

This study was conducted to examine the effect of different levels of vetch hay (Vicia dasycarpa) supplementation on feed intake, milk yield and milk composition of 50:50 Boran-Freisian crossbred dairy cows fed a basal diet of Napier grass (Penissetium purpureum). Five crossbred dairy cows at an early stage of lactation with average milk yield of 6 – 8...

Genome-wide knowledge about the nature and extent of genetic diversity present in tef (Eragrostis tef), the most consumed food grain in Ethiopia is limited. Adopting next generation sequencing (NGS) protocols to enhance its genomics and breeding is essential. Here, we applied the Restriction Site Associated DNA (RAD) sequencing protocol and surveyed the...

Mechanization is very critical operation for rice production.

Sorghum Measso data

Field experiment was carried out at Melkassa Agricultural Research Center in 2012 and 2013 off-seasons using furrow irrigation with the objectives of evaluating the effect of four inter-row spacings (70, 80, 90, and 100 cm) and three intra-row spacing (20, 30 and 40 cm) on yield losses of tomato growing under open field production with fresh market...