The leguminous tree tagasaste is highly productive in the Ethiopian highlands. However, its nutritional value, as affected by the different agronomic practices is not fully understood under the tropical highland conditions. This study investigated the quality profile of tagasaste forage harvested at different re-growth stages by measuring the chemical...

Integrated nutrient management, which primarily involves the combined application of organic and inorganic nutrient sources, is one of the simplest approaches to handle declining soil fertility challenges and increase crop productivity and production. Keeping in view this fact, a pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of compost and...

P calibration data for chickpea on vertisol of Dendi district

Common bean variety selection within its production environment is often challenged by the occurrence of significant genotype-by-environment interactions (GEI) in the variety development process. Grain yield performance of 16 navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines was tested in a multi-environment variety trial during 2010 and 2011 main growing seasons...

As drought is the major bottleneck for the rain fed tef (Eragrostis tef) production, developing workable strategy that can mitigate its impacts is mandatory. To draw this strategy knowledge on how the rainfall behaves in the past decades is important. The central theme for this paper is studying the rainfall behavior over the past six decades in relation...

Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] is the most important food crop in Ethiopia. It is annually cultivated on over three million hectares of land, which is equivalent to 30% of the total area allocated to cereals in the country. Compared to other cereal crops, such as wheat and maize, tef has higher tolerance to unfavorable environmental conditions,...

Climate related risks highly influence crop performance and thus water productivity in different eco-regions of Ethiopia. In view of its low rainfall and short growing period, the semi-arid eco-regions like the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia (CRV) are the most affected. A study was conducted in Bofa, CRV to utilize climate information in guiding cropping...

Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter], is a staple food crop of Ethiopians that originated and diversified in Ethiopia. It has existed in Ethiopia throughout recorded history. Annually, it occupies 3.02 million hectares thereby ranking first among all cereals cultivated in the country. However, the national average yield of tef is low 1.6 t ha-1. The use...

This study evaluated the effect of bovine breed on milk composition under the same environmental conditions. Thirty two dairy cattle breeds of Holstein Friesian, Ethiopian Ogaden cattle, Jersey x Horro crosses, and Holstein Friesian x Jersey x Horro crosses were used in the study. Eight cows in early lactation stage and with the same parity were...

The study was conducted to evaluate peach varieties for their growth, yield and quality performance under Holetta condition. The treatments consisted of six peach varieties including McRed (standard check). The trial was laid in randomized complete block design with three replications. The result indicated statistically similar tree height across the...

The aim of this study was to select the most effective water-saving techniques and improve the water use efficiency of irrigated onions under limited agricultural water availability. The experiment was conducted in split plot design with three types of furrow irrigation methods and mulch types in three replications. The result revealed that different...

New fertilizer testing result

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the growth performance and carcass yield of Arsi-Bale sheep fed on lentil straw with concentrate supplementation. The dietary treatments were: lentil straw with concentrate supplement at 250 (T1), 300 (T2), 350 (T3), 400(T4) and 450 (T5) g lamb/day. Thirty-five yearlings Arsi-Bale lambs with initial body weight of...

raw data collected to select salt tolerant wheat varieties

Tef is one of the main cereal crops and its injera is the major staple food for the majority of Ethiopians. Tef grain physical quality especially color is an important attribute influencing preference of consumers, the market prices and nutritional quality. However, the effect of the growing environment and the genotype on its physicochemical quality is...

Research experiment conducted for the evaluation of vermicompost rates and period of application on hot pepper and soil fertility status after the harvesting at Asossa, Western Ethiopia

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Many plant virus diseases that have either newly emerged or expanded their distribution in the last two decades are causing tremendous crop losses to Ethiopian agriculture. The eight most significant of these are maize lethal necrosis (MLN), sweet potato virus (SPV), tobacco bushy top (TBT), tomato yellow leaf curl, legume stunt, faba bean necrotic...

The potentials of lime to restore soil health and fertility of the acidic soils is one of the best options of sustainable soil fertility management practices. However, the liming effects depend on its source, composition, purity, and fineness. The study initiated to evaluate the effectiveness of different lime materials produced in Ethiopia. Lime samples...

ABSTRACT Rice storage has significant effect on rice quality. During storage rice undergoes a process called rice ageing. Rice ageing is a complicated process which is classified as natural ageing and artificial ageing process, during this process changes in the physical, chemical and physicochemical properties of rice occurs. This research mainly focused...