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Demonstration of goat feeding package in community based goat improvement
Pre-extension demonstration of was done to demonstrate improved goat fattening techniques using cow pea hay and concentrate mixture supplementation to farmers and extension workers and to assess farmers and extension workers ...
Response of tef row planting to sowing dates on the highland heavy clay soils: Reducing Land Degradation and Farmers’ Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Highland Dry Areas of North-Western Ethiopia
Teff, Eragrostis tef /zucc./ Trotter is one of the most important cereal crops in Ethiopia that occupies (32%), the largest cultivated area under cereals and 26% of the whole area cultivated to annual field crops by covering ...
Impact of vetch cover crop on runoff, soil loss, soil chemical properties and yield of chickpea in North Gondar
Cover crops improve the sustainability and quality of both natural system and agro ecosystem. In GumaraMaksegnit
watershed which is located in Lake Tana basin, farmers usually use fallow during the rainy season for
the ...
Participatory variety selection of improved food barley varieties
Barley (Hordeum vulgare) has a long history as a domesticated crop. It was
one of the first to be adopted for cultivation and is now produced virtually
worldwide (von Bothmer et al., 2003). In Ethiopia, barley is also one ...
Demonstration and promotion of improved food barley, bread wheat and faba bean technologies
Over the past two to three decades, on-farm trials and demonstration and popularization of improved crop production technologies have been undertaken in several potential areas to promote improved crop technologies and ...
Performance evaluation of bread wheat varieties
Bread wheat is one of the most staple food crops in the world and one of the
most important cereals cultivated in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is the largest wheat
producer in sub-Saharan Africa with 1.1 million hectares (ha) of ...
Modelling stream flow and Sediment using SWAT in Gumara-Maksegnit watershed
The coincidence of intensive rainfall events at the beginning of the rainy season and the unprotected soil conditions after exhaustive dry spells expose the Ethiopian Highlands to severe soil erosion. Massive efforts are ...
Effect of rate and timing of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Sorghum Grain Yield and Yield Related Components
The effect of timing and rate of nitrogen (N) fertiliser on the yield and yield components of sorghum was studied at Gumara-Maksegnit watershed, Gondar Zuria woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, with a budget support of ICARDA. ...
Evaluation of growth performance of yearling sheep using cultivated forages
An experiment was conducted in Das dinzaz kebele of Gumara Maksegnit watershed for fattening of 18 yearling sheep with age of one year with initial weight of 20.46 kg using Napier grass and Sesbania fresh biomass supplementation ...
Participatory variety selection of improved lentil varieties
The objective of this activity was to evaluate and identify adaptive, high-yielding and disease tolerant lentil varieties in Gumara makesgnit watershed in Gonder zuria district. Lentil (Lens culnaris Medik) in Ethiopia is ...