Climate change is one of the most significant challenges of the 21
st
century. Ethiopia is
particularly vulnerable to climate change and variability because its economy relies heavily on
climate-sensitive agriculture ...
Despite widespread reports concerning the role of agroforestry for economic advantage, soil
protection, fuel wood, and environmental benefits, not much is known about rural households’
determinant factors of agroforestry ...
Haricot bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)is oneof the most important food and export pulse crop in
Ethiopia. However, Low soil fertility and inappropriate plant spacing are the production
constraints of common bean in the ...
Wheat is a significant cereal crop in terms of production and cultivated area. In the majority Ethiopia's highlands, crop production is severely hampered by acidity and deterioration of soil properties. As a result the ...
Wheat production plays a crucial role in global food security in Ethiopia. Understanding
the influence of seed and nitrogen rates on bread wheat yield and its components is essential
for improving agricultural productivity ...
Tef crop production and productivity are influenced by cultural practices such as appropriate
fertilizer application rates, right sowing dates, effective weed and pest control. However, in the,
Adet district, these ...
Sustainability of natural resources and agricultural production in the world has been challenged by fast population growth, urbanization, and climate change that results degradation, scarcity, and reduced agricultural land ...
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor l.) is the main crop, and mung bean is the supplementary crop in the
sorghum-mung bean intercropping system commonly practiced in the semi-arid region of Wag
Hemira Zone, Ethiopia. However, the ...
Durum wheat is one of the major cereal crops produced in Adea district of Oromia Regional
State, for both home consumption and the market. However, its productivity is low due to the
low availability of soil nutrients ...
Improved agronomic practices increases yield potential of chickpea in different agro ecology of the
Country, Crop yield decline due to climate change and improper agronomic practices are the major
bottlenecks to sustainable ...
Onion is the most important vegetable crops produced on large scale in the world.
However, the crops are attacked by several thrips species. In Ethiopia onion thrips, Thrips
tabaci L., was considered as the most dominant ...
Rice is currently considered as a strategic food security crop in Ethiopia and it is considered as
“millennium crop” expected to contribute to ensuring food security in the country. However, its
yield is very low due ...
Improved agronomic practices increases yield potential of chickpea in different agro ecology of the
Country, Crop yield decline due to climate change and improper agronomic practices are the major
bottlenecks to sustainable ...
Various adaptation options are available to the anticipated climate change and variability impacts
on potato production systems in the study area. However, impact estimation and adaptation
potential evaluation are ...
A field experiment was conducted during the main cropping season of 2014 at Koba, North
Eastern Ethiopia, to investigate the effects of seedling age and transplanting date on the yield
and yield components ofte.ff A ...
Food barley and lupine are food crops often traditionally grown in intercropping in north western
Ethiopia. But, there is no any documented information about the optimum seeding rate and time of
lupine intercropping with ...
Two sets of experiments were conducted at Adet and Burie in 2011 main cropping season
with the aim of comparing the traditional sowing practice (broadcasting) with drill method of
sowing, and of determining the effect ...
Field and laboratory experiments were conducted at Adet and Finoteselam research stations
and Bahir Dar seed laboratory in 2014 to evaluate the effects of seed priming and coating on
vigor, emergence, yield, yield related ...
In Ethiopia, bread wheat is one of the most important strategic cereal crops. Ethiopian
government is putting a great effort to increase productivity and production of bread
wheat using irrigation to narrow the gap between ...
Mungbean (Vigna radiata (L) Wilczek), is a recently introduced grain legume crop with
multiple uses for food, fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, source of animal feed and income for
small holder farmers in Ethiopia ...