Woreda-Level Crop Production Rankings in Ethiopia: A Pooled Data Approach

Warner, J. N.; Stehulak, Timothy; Kasa, Leulsegged

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“…Cropping focusses on cereals, particularly barley (Hordeum vulgare), wheat (Triticum aestivum), and teff (Eragrostis tef), an endemic fine-grained cereal. All study districts are known for wheat and barley production, with Inderta among the top 25 wheat producing districts in Ethiopia, and Inderta and Hintalo among the top 25 for barley (Warner et al 2019). If the spring rains allow risking a long growing period, maize (Zea mays), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), and finger millet (Eleusine coracana) are grown (Fig.…”

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Challenges and resilience of an indigenous farming system during wartime (Tigray, North Ethiopia)

Ghebreyohannes

Nyssen

Negash

et al. 2022

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Due to war conditions, the local farmers had to largely rely on their own crop production, mainly by subsistence farming, in Tigray, North Ethiopia. We assessed the crop stands in 2021 and evaluated the level of resilience of the indigenous farming system. Quantitative data were collected from 161 farm parcels in various ecoregions of this tropical mountain region, in order to detect the share of sown land, crop types, and their status. This participatory monitoring was accompanied by semi-structured interviews. Farmers cultivated their farms late, left it uncultivated or marginally sowed oil crops as improved fallow (28%), due to lack of farming tools, oxen, fertilizer, seeds, or manpower. As compared to peace years, only few lands were sown with sorghum as there was active warfare in the sorghum planting period. The relatively good stands of wheat and barley (47%) are in line with the farmers’ priority given to cereals. Teff got a large land share because it could be sown up to the middle of the main rainy season and because farmers had consumed the seeds of their major cereal crops (wheat and barley) when hiding for warfare. Seeds left from consumption were only sown by late June, when troops had retreated, and the communities could revive. With almost no external support, the local farming system has proven to be remarkably resilient, relying on indigenous knowledge and local practices, block rotation, manure, improved fallow, changes in relative importance of crops, seed exchange, and support for one another. This is the first analysis of the socio-agronomic roots of the 2021–2022 Tigray hunger crisis, with a cereal harvest that could not at all sustain the local population as the planting season had been largely missed. The ability of the indigenous farming system to partially rebounce in times of autarky is another novel finding.

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Challenges and resilience of an indigenous farming system during wartime (Tigray, North Ethiopia)

Ghebreyohannes

Nyssen

Negash

et al. 2022

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Pre-Extension Demonstration of Improved Bread Wheat Varieties with Their Production Packages in High land Area of Eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Haile

Siyum

Assefa

et al. 2021

Agro. Bali. Agric. J.

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The study was basically focused on demonstration of bread wheat technologies for wider demand-driven technology diffusion in major wheat growing area in high land of eastern Amhara. The objectives were in order to evaluate and demonstrate improved bread wheat variety with their production package to the farming community and assess farmers and extension workers reaction towards improved bread wheat technology. The activity was conducted in main season 2019/2020 at Jama and Meket districts. The fact that wheat production and productivity in the region as well as in the particular study area low because farmers are using low yielding, disease and pest resistant local varieties. The improved bread wheat variety was demonstrated along with the local variety at 12 farmers' fields. Yield data, economic data, farmers’ perception and preferences were collected throughout the demonstration stages and data were analyzed by using ANOVA, partial budget analysis and preference ranking. The results of ANOVA showed that yield and yield related parameters statistically significant at the probability level of 0.01% and 0.05% among treatments. The highest mean yield was recorded from "Hibist" with improved management 2.49 ton/ha and 1.42 ton/ha at Jama and Meket districts respectively followed by local with improved management and the lowest was from local with farmers practices. Furthermore, the result of partial budget analysis show that the use of improved and local variety with recommended package more profitable with the MRR of 1.96 and 0.81 than farmer practices at Jama district and 74.26 and 9.26 at Meket district respectively. Farmer preference analysis improved & local variety with improved management ranks 1st and 2nd at Jama respectively while reverse at Meket and lastly ranks farmer practices at both districts. Generally, improved bread wheat with recommended package has higher yield advantage, financial feasibility and social acceptance than control and farmer practices, it is recommended to be scale out for further dissemination.

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Woreda-Level Crop Production Rankings in Ethiopia: A Pooled Data Approach

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Challenges and resilience of an indigenous farming system during wartime (Tigray, North Ethiopia)

Challenges and resilience of an indigenous farming system during wartime (Tigray, North Ethiopia)

Pre-Extension Demonstration of Improved Bread Wheat Varieties with Their Production Packages in High land Area of Eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia

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