Abstract: A study was conducted in Gode district of Somali Regional state, with the objectives of generating baseline information and the effect of season of the feed resources, to identify the quality and quantity of feed resource and identify the coping strategies adopted by pastoralists and agro-pastoralists during drought. The study was undertaken in seven purposely selected Rural Kebeles (RK’s) of the study area based on accessibilities of the road, population size and feed resource a...
Abstract: Accurate estimation of crop water requirements is crucial for better water-use efficiency and better planning of irrigation water resources. A crop water requirement is estimated using 'Kc ETo' approach. However, locally determined Kc information is not available for many crops in Ethiopia. In view of this, an experiment was conducted to determine the crop water requirement and crop coefficient of wheat during cool cropping season from lysimeter study. The study was carried out at ...
Abstract: This study was conducted to asses dairy cattle feed resources and their mineral status in Kachabirra,Hadero Tunito Zuria, and Doyogena districts, Kembata Tembaro Zone, Southern Ethiopia.Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to collect primary data from dairy cattle producers. In the first stage Kachabirra, Hadero Tunito, and Doyogena districts were purposively selected based on their dairy cattle production potential. In the second stage, three kebeles were selected from each of ...
Abstract: The productivity of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is low due to the use of inappropriate inter and intra row spacing in the study area. Thus, a field experiment was conducted at Haramaya, in the main rainy season ‘season of 2019 to assess the effects of plant spacing on Yield and Yield Components of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) at Haramaya, Eastern Ethiopia. The treatments consisted of two common bean varieties, (Haramaya and Babile), three inter-row spacing (30 cm, ...
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 ...