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Impact of Vetch Cover Crop on Runoff, Soil Loss, Soil Chemical Properties and Yield of Chickpea in North Gondar, Ethiopia. Purdue 2016.
Cover crops improve the sustainability and quality of both natural systems and agro
ecosystems. In the Gumara-Maksegnit watershed which is located in the Lake Tana basin of
Ethiopia, farmers usually use a fallow period ...
Participatory evaluation of mobile tree nursery
Tree nurseries vary greatly from a few dozen seedlings grown in household
nurseries to mechanized commercial enterprises producing millions of seedlings
per year. Household nurseries are established and managed by ...
Evaluation of on-farm goat fattening practice using cow pea hay with concentrate
An experiment was conducted in Das dinzaz kebele of Gumara Maksegnit watershed to evaluate fattening of 36 castrated goats at the age of one year and with initial weight of 28.2kg using cow pea hay and concentrate ...
Evaluation of the Adaptability of Different Sweet Lupin varieties for Feed production
According to the results from the baseline study of the watershed, feed shortage was mentioned as the important problem for livestock productivity. This study was conducted to give the solution to this end. Sweet lupin ...
Modeling streamflow and sediment using SWAT in Ethiopian Highlands
The coincidence of intensive rainfall events at the beginning of the rainy season and unprotected soil conditions after extreme dry spells expose the Ethiopian Highlands to severe soil erosion. Soil and water conservation ...
Effect of vetch cover crop and green manure on runoff, soil loss, soil chemical properties and yield of chickpea
Effects of vetch cover crop and green manure on runoff, soil loss, soil chemical properties and yield of chickpea. A field experiment was conducted during growing seasons of 2014 and 2015 to evaluate the effect of vetch ...
Selection and socio-economic and biophysical characterization of Gumara-Maksegnit watershed research site
Bread wheat is one of the most staple food crops in the world and one of the most important cereals cultivated in Ethiopia. The most suitable agro-ecological zones for wheat production fall between 1,900 and 2,700 meters ...
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 ...
Adaptation and Performance Evaluation of Prickly Pear Cactus
The objective of the trial was to evaluate adaptation of different Cactus cultivars for fodder production in the model village of Gumara- Maksegnit watershed. Livestock feed shortage as a result of grazing land degradation ...
Rate determination of Nitrogen and Phosphorous Fertilizer for Better Production of Tef
An experiment was conducted at Gondar Zuria woreda, Abakaloye and Dinzaz villages, Gumara-Maksegnit watershed with the objective of determining biologically economically optimum level of N and P rates for better yield of ...