• Cotton Production Guideline in Ethiopia 

  Balcha, Merdasa; Seid, Nurhussien; Bekele, Yonas; Kebede, Michael; Gurmessa, Donis; Alemu, Zemedkun; Damtew, Samuel; G/egziabher, Arkebe; Getahun, Sileshi; Tegegn, Fikremariam; Arega, Mekashaw; Dejen, Tamiru (Wcrer Agricultural Rcscarch Center , Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, 2022)

  Cotton is one of the major cash crop in Ethiopia and extensively grown in both irrigated and rain-fed areas in large and small scale production. It is a major input for the textile industry. Cotton plays a key role in the ...
• The Ethiopian Pulse Industry A Situation Paper 

  W. Peters, Charles; T. Hash, Charles (Ministry of Agriculture., 1976)

  Pulse crops of some form are grown in almost all, if not all, of the traditional farming areas of Ethiopia; they are mostly found in the highlands where they are basic in the crop rotations. With few exceptions, pulses ...
• Ethiopian Journal of Crop Science, Special Issue Volume 6 

  Crop Science Society of Ethiopia (Crop Science Society of Ethiopia, 2018)

  The mandate grain legumes of ICRISAT include chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut which are important crops of Asia and Africa. The grain legumes improvement program of ICRISAT has access to the largest collection of germplasm ...
• Oilseeds business opportunities in Ethiopia 2009 

  Wijnands, J H.M.; Biersteker, J.; E N. van Loo, E N. (Wageningen University, Research Centre Agricultural Economics Research Institute, 2009)

  This study explores business opportunities in the Ethiopian oilseeds sector, both for domestic and European companies. Business opportunities range from import substitution of edible oils to export of high value seeds and ...
• STUDY CARRIED OUT FOR CRDA ON FOOD SECURITY, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND TRADE: i s s u e s o f CONCERN FOR LOBB YING AND AD VOCA CY 

  Eshete, Dagnew; G/Hiwot, Alemayehu; Abebe, Eshetu; Woldeyes, Mulu; Assefa, Tarekegn (International Development Consulting Firm (IDCoF), 2002)

  Ethiopia is predominantly an agrarian country, with crop and livestock production being the major source of the livelihood of the population, foreign exchange earnings and GDP. The agricultural sector, therefore, forms ...
• Leguminosae of Ethiopia 

  Thulin, Mats (Opera Botanica, 1983)

  There has long been a deeply felt need for a “Flora of Ethiopia” . After preparatory work within A. E. T. F. A. T. (Association pour I'Etude Taxonomique de la Flore d'Afrique Tropicale) during the 1970's, a joint ...
• Tropical Agriculture 

  L. Ramsden; P.K. Ho (School of Agriculture on behalf of The University of the West Indies Press., 1998)

  This year The University of the West Indies (UWI) celebrates its 50th Anniversary having started with the Medical Faculty on the Mona Campus in 1948. The establishment of the University was pre-dated by the founding of ...
• ICRISAT in Ethiopia: Working with partners for prosperous semi-arid tropics 

  International Crops Research Institute for the Sem-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT, 2016)

  Ethiopia is a country that relies heavily on agriculture and the agricultural sector is extremely critical for its overall economic performance, growth and development. It generates approximately 40% of the GDP and 70% of ...
• Study of "Enset" Processing and Development of "Enset" Processing Tools in the Southern Region of Ethiopia 

  Tedla, Mehtzun; Abebe, Yewelsew (Science and Technology, 1994)

  Lack of labour and time-saving device is one of the major difficulties which especially rural women are facing in performing their day to day activities (3). The non-availability of improved devices, which contribute for ...
• የጥጥ አተካከል ዘዴ 

  የእርሻ ምርምር ኢንስቲትዩት (የእርሻ ምርምር ኢንስቲትዩት, 1962)

  በሚቀጥሉት ክፍሎች ለተሳካ የጥጥ ማብቀል ተግባር የሚሆኑት ልዩ ልዩ አስፈላጊ ነገሮች ሃሳብ ለቀረበባቸው አሠራሮች ምክንያት ከሆኑት ንግግሮች ጋር ቀርበዋል፡፡ እዚህ ላይ ዋና ዋናዎቹ ሃሳብ የቀረበባቸው ጉዳዮች ባጭር የተገለጹ ሲሆን ጉዳዩ በይበልጥ የተብራራበት የመጽሐፍ ገጽ ቁጥሮች ተጠቅሰዋል፡፡ ጥጥ በሀገሪቱ የእርሻ ታሪክ ውስጥ ረጅም ዕድሜ አለው፡፡ ...
• ለውዝ 

  የእርሻ ምርምር ድርጅት (የእርሻ ምርምር ድርጅት, 1971)

  ለውዝ ሞቃትና ፀሐያማ አካባቢ ሊበቅል የሚችል ዓመታዊ የቅባት እህል ነው፡፡ ውሃ የማይቋጥርና አሸዋማ መሬት ለዕድገቱ በጣም ይስማማዋል፡፡ የለውዝ ሴቴና ወንዴ አበባ ከተገናኙ በኋላ ሐረግ መሰል ክፍሎች ከግንዱ ላይ ወደ መሬት ውስጥ ያድጋሉ፡፡ ፍሬ የሚያፈራውም የነዚህ ሐረግ መሰል ክፍሎች ከግንዱ ላይ ወደ መሬት ውስጥ ያድጋሉ፡፡ ፍሬ የሚያፈራውም ...
• Harnessing Chickpea Value Chain for Nutrition Security and Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture in Africa 

  Korbu, Lijalem (ed.); Damte, Tebkew (ed.); Fikre, Asnake (ed.) (Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, 2016)

  Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is known in various parts of the country by different names such as chana, gram, chhola and Bengal gram. It is the second most important pulse crop in the world, after dry beans (Phaseolus ...
• OPPORTUNITIES FOR CROP DIVERSIFICATION AND BETTER CROP-LIVESTOCK INTEGRATION IN THE HIGHLANDS OF ARSI, ETHIOPIA 

  Asmono, Dwi; Hassena, Mohammed; Esmira, Latifova; Sumbula, Mukhammadieva; Guduru, Suresh; Harish, Chander Tewari (International Centre for development oriented Research in Agriculture (ICRA), 2002)

  In the highlands of Arsi, in the wheat-barley belt of Ethiopia, farmers are having difficulties in maintaining a livelihood in an environment of low grain prices and increasing fertiliser prices and landlessness. Against ...
• IMPROVING SOIL PRODUCTIVITY FOR INCREASED AND SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION IN THE MIDALTITUDE AREAS OF YILMANA-DENSA WOREDA, WEST GO JAM, ETHIOPIA 

  Assayehegne, Birhane; Tadesse, Gctaw; Hassen, Halima; Liben, Minale; Gesese, Seleshi; Ashagrie, Yeshanew (International Center for Development Oriented Research in Agriculture (ICRA), 1999)

  The objectives of the study were to describe and understand the prevailing farming system, identify major soil degradation constraints and opportunities for conservation, investigate major causes for soil productivity ...
• PROCEEDINGS of the Third Annual Conference of the Crop Protection Society of Ethiopia 

  Bekele, Eshetu; Abdulahi, Abdurahman; Yemane, Aynekulu (Crop Protection Society of Ethiopia, 1995)

  The development of synthetic organic pesticides has led farmers to rely much less on other pest control measures. This in turn gave rise to various problems. Some of these are direct hazard to the users, resistance development, ...
• Agri-Chain Analysis of Cotton Sub-Sector in Ethiopia 

  Merima, Abudullahi; Ayele, Gezahegn (Ethiopian Development Research Institute, 2008)

  Cotton is one of the rare agricultural products where production and consumption is more or less global in extent. Cotton is growing including Ethiopia, in more than 70 countries, where many developed and developing ...
• Highland Oilcrops: A two-decade research experience in Ethiopia 

  Alemaw, Getinet; Alemayehu, Nigussie (Institute of Agricultural Research, 1997)

  Three-hundred twenty-eight oil-bearing plant species are known to exist in Ethiopia and fifteen of them are cultivated and the rest may have uses other than oil and may be wild or cultivated. An additional nine-oil ...
• Lowland Oilcrops A three-decade research experience in Ethiopia 

  Alemaw, Getinet; Terefe, Geremew; Zewdie, Kassahun; Weyessa, Bulcha (Ethiopian Institute of Agriculture Research, 1997)

  Groundnut, sesame and safflower are important oilseeds both for local consumption and export in Ethiopia. These oilseeds are cultivated the lowlands (500—1500 m) and are classified as lowland oilseeds. Lowland oilseeds ...
• Enset-Based Farming Systems of Kucha Wereda Gamo Goffa Zone 

  Tabogie, Endale; Tadesse, Million; Welde Michael, Gizachew (Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization, 2003)

  Enset-based farming systems survey was undertaken in the three selected Peasant Associations namely Daho, Bolla and Woyied, of Kucha wereda in Gomo Gofa zone. A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Awasa Agricultural ...
• Proceedings of the first Annual Conference Crop protection Society of Ethiopia 

  Bekele, Eshetu; Abdulahi, abdurahman; Yemane, Aynekulu; Assefa, Fantahun; Aklilu, Masresha (Crop Protection Society of Ethiopia, 1995)

  It is my great pleasure to address the 2nd Annual Conference of the Crop Protection Society of Ethiopia which is being held at a time when our country is faced with severe food shortages caused by drought and exacerbated ...

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