Abstract: Maize is one of the most important cereal crops in Ethiopia. However, the yield of the crop is low mainly due to low soil fertility problems. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the effect of blended NPS fertilizer supplemented with inorganic N and to estimate the economically feasible fertilizer rate for higher yield of maize. The experiment consisted of four levels of NPS fertilizer (0, 50, 100 and 150 kg ha-1) each supplemented with four levels of N (0, 32, 64 and 96...
Abstract: Wheat is the most important staple cereal crop in most parts of Ethiopia.However, appropriate management practice that combines improved varieties and NPS fertilizer is lacking in Gewane. Thus, field experiment was conducted from November 2018 to February 2019 to assess the effects of NPS fertilizer rates on growth, yield components and yield of bread wheat varieties; and to evaluate the cost-benefit of NPS fertilizer rates for production of bread wheat under irrigation at Gewane A...
Abstract: Maize is the major food crop in western Ethiopia and is produced in a number of agro- ecologies. However, its productivity is constrained by erratic and low amount of rain fall and little availability of high yielding variety applications. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted during the 2019 main cropping season in Haramaya University of eastern Ethiopia on rare research field. The objectives of the study were to determine the effect of different tied ridge planting methods ...
Abstract: A study was conducted to determine the effect of feeding Rhodes grass (RG; Chloris gayana), elephant grass (EG; Pennisetum purpureum), guinea grass (GG; Panicum maximum) and bermuda grass (BG; Cynodon dactylon) supplemented with a similar amount of concentrate mixture (CM; wheat bran (WB) and noug seed cake (NSC) at 67:33 ratio) on performance and economy of fattening of Black Head Ogaden sheep. The study consists of a feeding and digestibility trials of 90 and 7 days long, respect...
Abstract: The amount of local and commercial yoghurt provided to the urban market, particularly to the capital, has expanded as a result of the dairy processing industries' recent growth. However, the physicochemical and microbial quality of these products is poorly understood. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the physicochemical and microbial properties and antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogenic bacteria from different yoghurt types sold in Addis Ababa. A total of 40 (20 ...
Abstract: Low soil fertility and poor crop management practices are among the major constraints limiting the productivity of bread wheat in Ethiopia in general and Hulbareg District in particular. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted in Hulbareg District during the 2019 main cropping season to evaluate the effect of blended NPSB fertilizer rates on yield and yield components and to determine the economically feasible rates for bread wheat production. Factorial combination of three imp...
Abstract: Intercropping is one of the intensive cropping systems which ensure sustainable utilization of limited land resources. Maize-common bean intercropping is often considered to be the best strategic cropping system to overcome the problems of adverse effects of shortage of rainfall. Cereal-legume intercropping is common in Ethiopia but intercropping of common bean and with maize (Zea mays L.) is a recent practice in maize based cropping system of many areas in Ethiopia. The objective ...
Abstract: The objective of this study was to compare the characteristics of exotic chickens' eggs and their crosses. For this, the qualities associated with egg quality were assessed in 240 eggs from each genotype, totaling 2400.Eggs' weight, length, width, albumen height, yolk height, albumen weight, yolk color, eggshell weight, and eggshell thickness were all measured. SAS was used to analyze the data, and a substantial difference was found. The Duncan Multiple Range Test was used to disti...
Abstract: Maize is becoming an important cereal crop in Ethiopia due to its use as sources of food security and generated income. However, its productivity is constrained by insufficient application of NPS fertilizer rate and different inter row spacing. Thus, afield experiment was conducted at Haramaya to assess the effects of application of different rates of blended NPS fertilizer and inter- row spacing on growth, yield components and yield of maize and to estimate the cost benefit analys...
Abstract: Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is one of the most important cash oil crops for smallholder farmers in semi-arid parts of eastern Ethiopia. However, its productivity is low due to biotic and abiotic stresses as well as poor agronomic practices. Suboptimal plant population and soil fertility depletion are among the major constraints to sustainable groundnut production in the semi-arid ecology of Ethiopia. This problem is aggravated by lack of application of fertilizers at appropriat...
Abstract: Bread wheat is one of the major crops in the study area cultivated both for home consumption and market purposes. However, its productivity is mainly constrained by poor soil fertility and lack of site specific fertilizer (NPSB) recommendation. Therefore, field experiment was carried out to assess the effect of blended NPSB fertilizer rates on yield, and yield related traits on selected bread wheat cultivars during the 2018/2019 cropping season on farmer training center (FTC) in Ke...
Abstract: This study was conducted in Zone 2, Afar National Regional State to assess the beekeeping production system and evaluate the major honey quality parameters in different seasons and in different districts of the study area. For these study four districts and from each district four kebeles were selected using purposive sampling methods. A total of 100 beekeepers with different proportion from each kebele were selected randomly. Beekeepers were interviewed using pre-tested semi struc...
Abstract: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of deep-litter and cage housing systems on laying performance, egg quality, hematological parameters, and serum metabolites of White Leghorn layers at Haramaya University. A total of 120 White Leghorn layers at an age of 26 weeks and an average initial body weight of 1246.25± 5.65g were randomly assigned to the two housing systems in completely randomized design with three replications for study period of 90 days. The chickens were ...
Abstract: Potato is an important food and cash crop in eastern Ethiopia including Oda Bultum District of West Hararghe Zone. However, there is no information on the role of blended NPSB fertilizer required to produce tuber yield and tuber quality traits of potato varieties in Oda Bultum District. A field experiment was conducted in Oda Bultum District, under rainfed during 2018 cropping season, with the objectives of assessing the effects of blended NPSB fertilizer rates on yield-related tra...
Abstract: Nitrogen and phosphorus deficiency are the most important production constraint of maize next to moisture deficiency. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted at Haramaya University main campus research station (Rare), eastern Ethiopia, using a maize hybrid xv variety (BH 661) as a test crop in the 2015 cropping season. The objectives of the study were to investigate the effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer application on growth, yield components and yield of the maize ...