Abstract: Production of mungbean has been increasing in Ethiopia because of its high importance as a source of protein and foreign exchange earnings. Determination of appropriate plant density for the varieties of mungbean can increase its productivity. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to determine the effect of inter and intra row spacing on growth, yield components and yield of mungbean varieties under irrigation during 2016 cropping season at Gewane, Northeastern Ethiopia. The treat...
Abstract: As history tells us, poverty in South Wollo including the study area Kalu district, is deep rooted and worse that the majority of people have suffered from poverty and poverty related problems for a very long period of time. Albeit there were decades of national and international funded development programmes in agriculture and rural development, sustained inflow of food aid and emergency relief operations, object poverty still characterize the lives of a large proportion of the po...
Abstract: The study was aimed at analyzing ware potato value chain in Tiyo district. The objectives were identifying ware potato value chain actors, linkages and their roles; estimating marketing margin; identifying determinants of market participation and extent of participation; and determinants of marketing channel choices. A two-stage random sampling procedure was employed to select 126 households from 5 kebeles. The data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. The data w...
Abstract: This study aims at analyzing the value chain of coffee in Seka Chokorsa district of Jimma Zone in Oromia Region with specific objectives of mapping coffee value chain and examining the performance of actors in the chain; analyzing the determinants of coffee marketed surplus in the study area; identifying marketing channels and factors determining channel choice decision of farm households; and exploring opportunities and constrains along the coffee value chain. The data were collec...
Abstract: Sheep production is an integral part of the subsistence crop-livestock systems of Ethiopian highlands and plays crucial role in economic development and poverty reduction. In Ethiopia, there is a general increase in demand for sheep and goat meat both in the domestic and export markets. However, the supply of small ruminant markets is not well strategized as production is not market-oriented. Moreover, there is no livestock market information system that informs farmers about which...
Abstract: Livestock plays important economic contribution both at national and household level in agriculture sector. This study measures the level of technical efficiency of smallholder cow milk producers using stochastic production approach of Cobb-Douglas production form and identified the possible cause for inefficiency in cow milk production. The study was based on cross sectional data collected from 177 sample household randomly selected from pastoral and agropastoral kebeles of Yabelo...
Abstract: To improve the productivity of poultry thereby increase farmers’ and national income, adoption of exotic poultry breeds is one of the alternatives that are undertaken in different parts of the country. However, the adoption and dissemination of these breeds are constrained by different factors. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess farmers’ perceptions towards the benefits and constraints of rearing exotic poultry, assess the contribution of exotic poultry breeds to the sma...
Abstract: Onion plays a significant role in enhancing food security and generates income for the poor farmers of Ethiopia. This study attempted to analyze onion market chain in Gemechis District, Oromia Region of Ethiopia and tries to sort out the marketing problems which discourage smallholder farmers to invest on onion product. Specifically, the study aimed at analyzing the structure, conduct and performance of onion market, to identify market chain actors and their respective roles, to id...
Abstract: Medium and large scale flour factories in Ethiopia operate by less than half of their full capacity due to lack of market or non-market coordination along bread wheat value chain. The objective of this study was to analyze value chain of bread wheat grain in Minjar Shenkora Woreda. Interview schedules, questionnaires and key informants were used to collect primary data. Multi stage sampling method used to select 152 bread wheat produces, 25 traders, 17procossers and 12 consumes. De...
Abstract: Gamo Gofa zone is the second largest cotton growing area in the country after the Amhara Region, but cotton marketing had been a challenge for the farmers as they were getting low prices from the local middlemen. Value chains can be seen as a vehicle by which new forms of production, technologies, logistics and organizational relations and networks are introduced. This study was conducted on cotton value chain analysis the case of Arbaminch Zuria district of the zone with general o...
Abstract: Appropriate planting pattern and suitable variety of mungbean are important agronomic practices to increase the productivity of mungbean and sugarcane. Hence, a field experiment was conducted from June to August 2018 at Metahara Sugar Estate under irrigation to evaluate the performance of mungbean varieties intercropped in different planting patterns with sugarcane varieties; and to assess the effect of intercropped mungbean varieties on early growth and development of the associat...
Abstract: This study attempted to identify teff market actors and their roles, analyze structure-conduct and performance of teff market, identify problems and opportunities in teff production and marketing, and analyze determinants of teff market supply. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used for this study. To analyze the data, both descriptive statstics and OLS methods were used. The study indicated that in the district, input suppliers, producers, village collectors, urban a...
Abstract: Wheat is one of the major crops in the study area cultivated both for home consumption and market. However, low soil fertility and use of inappropriate seeds rates are among the major constraints limiting the productivity of wheat in Ethiopia in general and in the study area in particular. Thus, field experiment was conducted to assess the effect of rates of seed and nitrogen fertilizer on yield related traits, yield, and protein content of bread wheat and to identify economically ...
Abstract: Maize and climbing common bean intercropping is one of the major maize based cropping system in Haro Sabu District. The field study was conducted at Haro Sabu Agricultural Research Center, during 2018 with the objective of assessing the effects of varieties and relative planting date of climbing common bean intercropping with maize on yield and yield related traits of the component crops and productivity of the system. The experiment was laid out in Randomized complete Block design...
Abstract: Realizing the importance of developing appropriate cultural practices for maize in Jijjiga area, a study was conducted for one season in 2016 with the objectives to (1) assessing the effect of intra-row spacing and in-situ moisture conservation methods on yield components and yield of maize; and (2) estimate the economically feasible intra-row spacing and in-situ moisture conservation methods for higher productivity of maize. Three intra-row spacing (20, 25 and 30 cm) and four in-s...