Abstract: The study was conducted at Haramaya University Poultry farm to evaluate the effect of finisher feed restriction on subsequent growth performance of broiler chicken. A total of 180 unsexed cobb 500 day old broiler chickens were randomly allocated to four dietary treatment groups such as no restriction as control treatment (T1), and 20% (T2), 40% (T3) and 60% (T4) feed restriction of the control feed consumption with Complete Randomized Design. The treatment was applied from day 22 t...
Abstract: This study explored agronomic characteristics of desho grass (Pennisetum glaucifolium Hochst. Ex. A. Rich.) and its feeding value for lactating dairy cows in Ethiopia. The study consisted of experiments conducted to generate information on agronomic characteristics of desho grass; effect of fertilizer application on herbage yield and quality; compatibility and effect of growing desho in binary mixtures with potentially compatible forage legumes (Desmodium unicinatum and Stylosanthe...
Abstract: Potato is the second most important and co-staple crop in eastern Ethiopia. However, the average tuber yield is low as compared to the potential yield of the crop. The use of proper types and rates of fertilizer is one of the measures to increase productivity of the crop in the region. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of combined application of blended NPS and Urea fertilizers on growth, yield components, tuber yield and tuber quality of potato at ...
Abstract: The study was conducted to assess cattle production practices in the Kembata Tembaro Zone and to evaluate the meat quality of cattle slaughtered in four local municipal abattoirs (Durame, Damboya, Kedida, and Angecha). A total of 457 respondents were interviewed, including 401 cattle producers, 29 traders,and27 abattoir workers. Atotal of 48 meat samples were collected from four abattoirs to evaluate meat quality. The samples were taken from the longissimus-dorsi (LD) muscle (locat...
Abstract: Maize is one of the most important cereal crops in Ethiopia. However, the yield of the crop is low mainly due to low soil fertility problems. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the effect of blended NPS fertilizer supplemented with inorganic N and to estimate the economically feasible fertilizer rate for higher yield of maize. The experiment consisted of four levels of NPS fertilizer (0, 50, 100 and 150 kg ha-1) each supplemented with four levels of N (0, 32, 64 and 96...
Abstract: Wheat is the most important staple cereal crop in most parts of Ethiopia.However, appropriate management practice that combines improved varieties and NPS fertilizer is lacking in Gewane. Thus, field experiment was conducted from November 2018 to February 2019 to assess the effects of NPS fertilizer rates on growth, yield components and yield of bread wheat varieties; and to evaluate the cost-benefit of NPS fertilizer rates for production of bread wheat under irrigation at Gewane A...
Abstract: Maize is the major food crop in western Ethiopia and is produced in a number of agro- ecologies. However, its productivity is constrained by erratic and low amount of rain fall and little availability of high yielding variety applications. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted during the 2019 main cropping season in Haramaya University of eastern Ethiopia on rare research field. The objectives of the study were to determine the effect of different tied ridge planting methods ...
Abstract: A study was conducted to determine the effect of feeding Rhodes grass (RG; Chloris gayana), elephant grass (EG; Pennisetum purpureum), guinea grass (GG; Panicum maximum) and bermuda grass (BG; Cynodon dactylon) supplemented with a similar amount of concentrate mixture (CM; wheat bran (WB) and noug seed cake (NSC) at 67:33 ratio) on performance and economy of fattening of Black Head Ogaden sheep. The study consists of a feeding and digestibility trials of 90 and 7 days long, respect...
Abstract: The amount of local and commercial yoghurt provided to the urban market, particularly to the capital, has expanded as a result of the dairy processing industries' recent growth. However, the physicochemical and microbial quality of these products is poorly understood. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the physicochemical and microbial properties and antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogenic bacteria from different yoghurt types sold in Addis Ababa. A total of 40 (20 ...
Abstract: Low soil fertility and poor crop management practices are among the major constraints limiting the productivity of bread wheat in Ethiopia in general and Hulbareg District in particular. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted in Hulbareg District during the 2019 main cropping season to evaluate the effect of blended NPSB fertilizer rates on yield and yield components and to determine the economically feasible rates for bread wheat production. Factorial combination of three imp...
Abstract: Intercropping is one of the intensive cropping systems which ensure sustainable utilization of limited land resources. Maize-common bean intercropping is often considered to be the best strategic cropping system to overcome the problems of adverse effects of shortage of rainfall. Cereal-legume intercropping is common in Ethiopia but intercropping of common bean and with maize (Zea mays L.) is a recent practice in maize based cropping system of many areas in Ethiopia. The objective ...
Abstract: The objective of this study was to compare the characteristics of exotic chickens' eggs and their crosses. For this, the qualities associated with egg quality were assessed in 240 eggs from each genotype, totaling 2400.Eggs' weight, length, width, albumen height, yolk height, albumen weight, yolk color, eggshell weight, and eggshell thickness were all measured. SAS was used to analyze the data, and a substantial difference was found. The Duncan Multiple Range Test was used to disti...
Abstract: Maize is becoming an important cereal crop in Ethiopia due to its use as sources of food security and generated income. However, its productivity is constrained by insufficient application of NPS fertilizer rate and different inter row spacing. Thus, afield experiment was conducted at Haramaya to assess the effects of application of different rates of blended NPS fertilizer and inter- row spacing on growth, yield components and yield of maize and to estimate the cost benefit analys...
Abstract: Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is one of the most important cash oil crops for smallholder farmers in semi-arid parts of eastern Ethiopia. However, its productivity is low due to biotic and abiotic stresses as well as poor agronomic practices. Suboptimal plant population and soil fertility depletion are among the major constraints to sustainable groundnut production in the semi-arid ecology of Ethiopia. This problem is aggravated by lack of application of fertilizers at appropriat...
Abstract: Bread wheat is one of the major crops in the study area cultivated both for home consumption and market purposes. However, its productivity is mainly constrained by poor soil fertility and lack of site specific fertilizer (NPSB) recommendation. Therefore, field experiment was carried out to assess the effect of blended NPSB fertilizer rates on yield, and yield related traits on selected bread wheat cultivars during the 2018/2019 cropping season on farmer training center (FTC) in Ke...