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...

Salmonella is one of the major foodborne pathogens worldwide that fish food as one of the vehicles for its transmission. The study was conducted to estimate the occurrence, drug-resistant profile, and associated risk factors of Salmonella isolated from the fish value chain in Northwest Ethiopia. A multistage sampling technique was applied to select study...

This study was carried out in and around intensive suppression area of the Southern Tsetse Eradication Project in Gamo Goffa Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and people`s Region of Ethiopia. Assessment of the dynamics of the disease trypanosomosis was done by epidemiological surveys between December- Jan, 2008 (dry season) and April-May, 2009 (wet...

A study was conducted to evaluate Trifolium species for their agronomic traits in two agro-ecologies of Benishangul-Gumuz region, North Western Ethiopia. The experiment was carried out at Tongo, Assosa, and Kamash forage research stations of Assosa Agricultural Research Center, which were purposively selected to represent highland, mid and lowland...

In Ethiopia, before starting research and development on any genetically modified organisms (GMOs), approval and written permission must be obtained from the Ethiopian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). The Authority derives this power from the Biosafety (Amendment) Proclamation No. 896/2015 ratified by the House of Peoples Representatives. EPA...

This study was carried out using progenies of 5 Parent-Stock (PS) chicken breeds introduced from 3 European companies and 1 local breed. The imported PS was Dominant Red Barred (DR), Dominant Sussex (DS), Lohmann Brown (LB), Novogen-Brown (NB) and Novogen-Color (NC). Koekoek (KK), a dual-purpose breed widely adapted in Ethiopia, was used as a local...

An experiment was conducted at Guduru Animal Production and Research Center (GAPRC) of Wollega University to evaluate effects of different levels of formulated concentrate supplementation on milk yield, milk compositions, feed intake and body weight gain of Horro cows. Sixteen early lactating Horro cows with the same body weight and condition were...

Phosphorus (P) is often found in forms that are inaccessible to plants, as it forms precipitates with cations or is locked in phosphorylated organic compounds. Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms have been considered as options to alleviate a deficiency of plant-available P in soils, and this experiment is conducted to make use of this microbial...

Use of appropriate varieties and balanced fertilizer application are major agronomic practices to improve the productivity and quality of durum wheat. Hence, a field experiment was carried out to determine the effect of blended nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and boron (NPSB) fertilizer rates on yield and yield components, and grain quality of selected...

This research was designed to study the association of various agronomic and fiber quality related traits and the relative importance of fiber yield attributes. The experimental design used was Randomized Complete Block Design of three replications. The result showed a positive and significant association among four agronomic traits (fiber yield, ginning...

This study was designed to evaluate the efficiency, select the best performing bacteria and fungi isolates for phosphate solublization and yield attributes of coffee seedlings under nursery condition. The study was conducted at Jimma Agricultural Research Center during February to August 2019, in plastic pots. This study was carried out in CRD in three...

The highly competitive, adaptable and allergenic weed Parthenium hysterophorus (Composite) is an invasive annual weed believed to be introduced to Ethiopia in 1970s. Field surveys, plant biodiversity impacts, and analysis of secondary plant compounds in P. hysterophorus and its possible impact on human health have been studied in Ethiopia since 1998. The...

Field and laboratory studies were conducted in split plot design of three replications to determine effects of four sowing rates (50, 75, 100, 125 kg ha-1) and three row spacing (10, 20, 30 cm) on seed multiplication ratio, seed yield, and seed quality of wheat at Kulumsa and Assasa from 2012 to 2014. Results indicated that lower seed rates gave better...

This paper examines the tradeoff between commercial orientation and crop productivity among smallholder farm households living in drought risk-prone areas of the central rift valley of Ethiopia. The study was built on the hypothesis that there is a one-way causation between commercial orientation and productivity. The relationship between commercial...