Abstract: This study analyzed the malt barley value chain in Angolalla Tera Woreda, North Shewa Zone of Amhara Region. The study used cross sectional data collected from 120 farm households selected through two-stage sampling techniques, 22 traders, 2 processors, 1 union and 4 cooperatives. Malt barley value chain actors in the study area include input suppliers, producers, cooperatives, union, wholesalers, processors, retailers, and consumers. The malt barley market concentration ratio in t...
Abstract: Scarcity of water is the most severe constraint for traditional agriculture in semi-arid areas of Ethiopia. Precipitation is extremely variable, thus water harvesting is crucial for ensuring improved crop production. A study was carried out to identify potential rainwater harvesting systems for improved crop production under climate variability in Adulala watershed, central rift valley of Ethiopia. Primary and secondary data together with other relevant information through a well-s...
Abstract: The negative impact of climate change has been striking the agricultural sector in Africa. For countries like Ethiopia, whose livelihood occupation of the nation is mainly based on subsistence agriculture that highly rely on rainfall, making an adjustment to adapt to the changing situation is very crucial. Therefore, designing contextual specific adaptation strategies are essential to moderate the negative effect of climate change. This study was intended to answer identify the agr...
Abstract: An experiment was conducted at Haramaya University, eastern Ethiopia in 2016 main cropping season, to assess the response of chickpea varieties to Rhizobium and P fertilizer rate. Factorial combinations of three ‘Kabuli’ chickpea varieties (Arerti, Ejere and Habru), four rates of phosphorus (0, 10, 20 and 30 kg P ha-1) with and without rhizobium inoculants were laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The main effects of variety had significant ef...
Abstract: The experiment was undertaken to assess Rhodes grass yield and nutritional quality at different harvesting days and levels of N fertilizer application grown under irrigation at Gewane, Afar region. The field experiment was arranged in a 3 x 4 factorial randomized complete block design with three replications. The treatments were three levels of harvesting days (60, 90 and 120 days) and four level of N fertilizer application (0, 23, 46 and 69 kg ha-1 ). Plant height (PHT), number of...
Abstract: Maize and faba bean are cultivated as both sole and intercropping systems by smallholder farmers in eastern Ethiopia. The farmers have been recently practicing intercropping of the two crops. However, productivity of the crops is low and evidence-based information is lacking on on-farm diversity of faba bean and productivity of faba bean-maize intercropping system. The general objective of this research was to investigate on-farm diversity and agro-morphological variability of farm...
Abstract: Agriculture has done more damage to nature than any other human activity, and yet food production could need to be doubled by the middle of this century. As agricultural land is expanded and intensified, critical thresholds in the loss of natural habitats are crossed. This loss of non-crop habitats can have negative feedback on crop production,because it can cause a loss of “ecosystem services” that support and regulate crop production, such as the pollination of crops by bees ...