Ethiopia is the second-largest wheat producer, next to South Africa in Sub Saharan Africa
(SSA). Bread wheat is the second most important food crop in Ethiopia after maize and
also widely grown in the Oromia region in ...
Many studies reported wide genetic variability of Arabica coffee accessions collected from
Ethiopia compared with commercial cultivars demonstrating the great potential of these
accessions for future breeding purposes. ...
Continuous identification of the best genotypes that have wider genetic base, capable of
producing better yield under a wide range of agro-climatic conditions and stresses increases
production and productivity. Forty ...
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important food and cash crop in southwest
Ethiopia with multiple uses. Productivity of the crop is, however, low at national as well as
regional levels, mainly due to low soil ...
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India has developed a wide array of subtropical
maize (Zea mays L.) germplasm, which are well adapted to the subtropics, resistant to major diseases of ...
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the most important vegetable crops in the world. Its
production is low because of many production constraints like biotic and abiotic stresses. The use of
hybrid varieties is a ...
Kake forest is one of a very few remnant moist evergreen forests in south western Ethiopia of
jimma zone Gumay district. The objective of this research work was to compare the
vegetation composition and structure of ...
Even if irrigation plays a significant role in increasing smallholder farmers’ income, a
detailed comparative analysis studies are scarce on the impact of small-scale irrigation on
household income in the study area. ...
An experiment was conducted at Dugda Woreda in the central rift valley of Ethiopia under field
condition to determine impacts of tillage type and mineral fertilizer on maize (Zea mays L.)
production. The experiment was ...
Lentil (Lens Culinaris Medikus) is among the oldest domesticated crop in the world. Lentil
plays significant role in human and animal nutrition. It also helps in the maintenance and
improvement of soil fertility. Adoption ...
Conventional vegetative propagation of sugarcane generally has low multiplication rate and allows
dissemination of diseases. This results in shortage of quality planting materials. In vitro propagation is
emerging as ...
Ginger is one of the important cash crops in Ethiopia. However, unavailability of disease free
planting material (rhizomes), poor flowering and seed sets are the major problems in ginger
propagation. Tissue culture is ...
The objectives were to evaluate the effect of dietary inclusion of leaves of the condensed
tannin-rich plant, Albizia gummifera (AG), in grass-based hay with or without
polyethylene glycol (PEG) on nutrient utilization, ...
The study was conducted to assess and explain indigenous knowledge and factors related to practice of forest
conservation among forest dependent community in the three kebeles in Dawuro Zone, Tocha District. The ...
Fissiha Gebreyesus; Gebreazgaabher; Ali Mohammed; Etc(2014)
Korarima (Aframomum corrorima) capsules face stringent market challenges, due to its inferior oleoresin and
essential oil content. The inferior quality is owed to harvesting stages, drying structures and durations. ...
Faba bean (Ficia faba L.) is among the leading legumes in area coverage and production in
Ethiopia. However, its productivity is low mainly due to in appropriate plant population and
weed management. Studies on the ...
Ashraf Alkhtib; Jane Wamatu; Tolemariam Ejeta(2017)
: Lentil straw is an important source of fodder for livestock in Africa, South Asia and the Middle East. However,
improvement programmes of lentil do not pay attention to straw traits, neither are straw traits considered ...
A field experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of intra-row spacing and, variety on yield
and shelf life of onion. The study was conducted between August 2010 and April 2011 at Aksum area
(Laelay Maichew ...
Escherichia coli and Salmonella species that were distributed widely contribute to risein resistance to
various antibiotics used commercially with problem to health as uses of antimicrobials have critical
importance for ...
Coffee berry disease caused by fungus Colletotrichum kahawae, is considered as major disease
of coffee in Ethiopia. Different control methods practiced at coffee producing farms and farmer
levels in the country including ...