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To combat Ethiopia’s 2010 wheat stripe rust epidemic, a fast-track crop research and rust-resistant seed distribution program not only delivered future protection to the farmers, but also brought higher yields and incomes.
Stripe (yellow) rust disease threatens wheat crops every growing season. In recent years, outbreaks have become more frequent and severe with climate change, decimating harvests and leaving smallholder farmers devastated.
Yield Gaps, Varietal Adoption, and Seed Commercial Behaviour: Barley Seed System Landscape in the Highlands of Ethiopia
Barley is among the major food security crops in the highlands and industrial commodity for the emerging brewery industry. This paper documents the current productivity levels, varietal adoption and seed commercial behaviors ...
Yield Gaps, Varietal Adoption, and Seed Commercial Behaviour: Faba Bean Seed System in the Highlands of Ethiopia
The paper presents the varietal adoption and seed use of faba bean based on primary data collected from 370 faba bean producing farmers covering 19 districts in 13 major faba bean growing zones of Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR and ...
ICARDA Country Brief Series: Ethiopia
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) country brief series provides a snapshot of the work ICARDA has done and what is ongoing in the different countries in which ICARDA operates. It ...
Faba bean Yield Gaps, Varietal Adoption and Seed Use in Ethiopia
Grain legumes play a crucial role in Ethiopian
agriculture, with a 12.4 % share of the total
land cultivated and 9.88% of the total grain
production. Faba bean is the most important
pulse crop, ranking first among all pulse ...
Building Resilient and Diversified Livelihoods for Ethiopia's Smallholders
In Ethiopia, barley is grown by over 4 million smallholder farmers on close to 1 million ha, producing 1,953,385 tonnes annually (2015). In 2015, domestic malt barley production in Ethiopia met only 35% of the demand. The ...
Barley Yield Gaps, Varietal Adoption, and Seed Commercial Behavior of Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia
Barley (food and malt) is among the most
important crops for food and nutritional
security of smallholders’ farmers in the
mixed crop-livestock farming systems
in the highlands of Ethiopia. Barley is
normally grown twice ...
The Future of Wheat Research and Production in Sub-Saharan Africa
The objective of this brief is to summarize the major available findings in terms of wheat foresight in Africa, including the prospects for future genetic, agronomic, seeds and political economy under different climate ...