Determination of Appropriate Planting Space and Vertical Number s for Hybrid Arabica Coffee at Yeki District, Southwestern Ethiopia

Intercropping of Coffee with Enset (<i>Enset ventricosum</i> Welw. Cheesman) at Teppi, Southwestern Ethiopia

“…The increased yield of clean coffee in the sole and staggered planting arrangement, it might be due to the increased population density of coffee trees, and the efficient utilization of the growth resources; viz., light, moisture, nutrients, etc. Similar result was observed in the previous works of Taye et al [40], Van der vossen [41], Hamdollah [42], Paudel [43], Mekonnen et al [44], Shamim and Mohammed [45]. They reported that the efficient utilization of the growth resources by the individual coffee plant could be the possible reason for the yield increment.…”

“…However, the mean clean coffee yield per unit area decreased as the population density of the coffee and enset plants per unit area decreased and increased, respectively. Because, the coffee yield is highly correlated with the population density of the coffee trees per unit area as observed by the previous works of Taye et al [40], Mekonnen et al [44], Braccini et al [46], DaMatta [47], Endale et al [48], Nigussie et al [49].…”