The seed yield of hybrid maize varieties relies on the traits of their parental inbred lines.
However, inbred lines are susceptible to environmental factors due to inbreeding challenges
in field establishment, stand ...
Rice crop is considered as a food security crop which is expected to contribute ensuring food
security in Ethiopia. Despite its importance, research on its seed systems is limited,
emphasizing the need to improve ...
Sorghum is the fourth most widely produced cereal in Ethiopia. Despite its coverage and
importance, the productivity remains low due to several constraints, notably the use of
poor-quality seed, limited availability of ...
Finger millet, a nutritious crop grown in Africa and India, holds significant cultural and
economic value in Ethiopia. Despite its importance, research on its seed systems is limited,
emphasizing the need to improve ...
Finger millet, a nutritious crop grown in Africa and India, holds significant cultural and
economic value in Ethiopia. Despite its importance, research on its seed systems is limited,
emphasizing the need to improve ...
Bread wheat is a key cereal crop in Ethiopia, playing a crucial role in ensuring food security and
generating income for the country. Regarding production volume and area coverage, Ethiopia is
the second-largest ...
Apple-based agroforestry plays a vital role in enhancing farmers' socioeconomic well-being.
This study investigates the adoption of apple-production and assesses impact on household
income in Banja district, using data ...
Agriculture is the pillar of Ethiopia’s economy. However, it is constrained by soil acidity. Soil
acidity is one of the problems that have resulted in low productivity in the country. Researchers
and development practitioners ...
Modernizing the vegetable advisory service has significant promise in enhancing the
production and profitability of smallholder vegetable farming in Ethiopia. However, current
agricultural advisory service (AAS) operates ...
Lake Tana has played an important role as a major livelihood source for many households, and
contributed as a protein source by its fish stock. However, in Lake Tana, overfishing is the
biggest problem that results from ...
Poultry production plays an important role in the human economy, supplying food, creating
wealth through job creation for the booming population. In the study area (South Gonder
zone of Amhara region), livestock, and ...
This study investigates the determinants of rural households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for
Briquette producing machines using a Seemingly Unrelated Bivariate Probit model. Survey
data from 383 respondents were analysed, ...
small-scale irrigation is a means of increasing production, improving food nutrition and achieving
resilient food security. These irrigation technologies empower smallholder farmers to increase
productivity and better ...
Cluster farming practice is importance to increase wheat productivity, the Ethiopian government has
implemented a cluster farming system for high-potential agricultural commodities to address this issue
and increase crop ...
Dairy cooperatives play a vital role to dairy farmers in overcoming production and marketing
risks, enhancing milk output, and improving dairy farm income. However, evaluation of the
determinants and impact of dairy ...
This research aimed to assess the economic, allocative, and technical efficiency levels and their
determinants among small-scale onion farmers in the Mecha and Fogra districts of Amhara
region, Ethiopia. The data was ...
The issue of fertilizer nowadays is the important question which needs further investigations and this
study conducted to explore the economic evaluation and its determinants of fertilizer use in the dryland
parts of ...
Fresh water is essential to human life and known by their richest species diversity and but
pollution from different sources is one of major stressor. The aim of this study was to assess
thewater quality in some selected ...
This study investigates the financial profitability of two competing land use choices: Annual
crops and Eucalyptus globulus production systems in the Bassona Werana district of the North
Shewa zone, Amhara region. ...
The introduction and promotion of agroforestry in Zegie peninsula would not be a new idea
since farmers have been practicing the act of keeping trees together with food crops and/ or
animals on their farms.The major ...