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Determining the Effect of Applying Different type and Rate of NPSB Fertilizers on Yield of Common Bean at Wolaita Zone Boloso Sore Woreda, South Ethiopia
Abstract: The research was conducted to determine effect of different types and rate of NPSB and CU fertilizers on yield of common bean at boloso sore woreda at rain-feid condition for two years (2016 & 2017) at Areka research center, located at an altitude of 1830 masl, latitude 07° 4’ 24’’ N, longitude 37° 41’ 30’’ E, temperature: 20.3° C, rainfall: 1200-1700 mm, soil type: Haplic alisol. A completely randomized block …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Botany · Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2024 · pp. 1–6 Read article
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Pre-extension Demonstration of Improved Taro with Newly Recommended Fertilizer Rate at Chaha District, Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Abstract: InEthiopia,agriculturehasthepotentialtoaccountforarelativelylargeshareoftheGrossDomesticProduct,buttheproductivityofthissectorlagsbehindthecountry'spotential.One of the reasonsforthisisthelackofrecommendedfertilizerratesforcrops like taro.Therefore,this study aimedtodemonstrateimprovedtaroatthenewlyrecommendedfertilizerratesintheChahaDistrictoftheGuragezoneduringthemainharvestseasonof2021.The Districtwasdeliberatelyselectedbasedonthetechnicalgapsof farmers on the crop production.20farmersfrom2 kebeles,BoraandJato,wereselectedbasedontheirwillingnessandlandavailability.57farmersand11stakeholders with a total of 68 participantsweretrained.Itwasplantedin70cmb/nrowsand50cmb/nplantspacingataseedrateof30kg ha-1.ForthedemonstrationplotusingthenewrecommendedfertilizerrateNPS: 242 kg ha-1 and UREA: 180 kgha-1applied.Allrecommendedfarmingpracticeswereappliedequallytoallplotsandthefieldswerecarefullyandproperlymanaged.Datawerecollectedthroughmeasurements,interviewswithfarmers,andphotographs.Yieldand farmer’s preferencedatawerequalitativelyanalyzedusingmean,percentage, andfeedbackdata.Theaverageyieldsattonha-1fortarowiththenewrecommendedrateoffertilizerwere4.56and4.49,andwithoutfertilizerwere2.68and2.54forBora and Jato Kebeles respectively.Tuberyield,plantheightandearlymaturitywerecommonselectioncriteria,althoughtherewas a slightvariationinthecriteriaestablishedinthetwoKebelesbyfarmers.Inallkebeles,improvedtaro with newly recommended fertilizer rateoutperforms improved taro without fertilizer. The Benefit Cost Ratio result also showedthatusingimproved taro with a newly recommended fertilizer rate was moreprofitablethanusingwithoutfertilizer. So, using improved taro with newly recommended …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Crop science and Technology · Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 26–32 Read article