Abstract
The research is financed by Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research Abstract Four varieties (Hidasie, Nerica-12, Nerica-4 and Pawe-1) were demonstrated and evaluated on a farmer’s field. Average yield performances of the demonstrated varieties show 42.66, 34.19, 33.41 and 32.23 quintal per hectare of Pawe-1, Nerica-3, Hidasie and Nerica-12 varieties respectively. Pawe-1 variety showed better yield performance. In the ranking, Pawe-1 was selected as the best-preferred. Based on farmers’ perception, Pawe-1 was ranked first as it produces a good yield, high tilling capacity, the white colour of the grain and preferred at the market with good price. This result indicates Pawe-1 variety is farmers’ best preferred and top performed variety which can be considered as a promising variety to be widely produced by rice farmers in the study area. The yield under demonstration plots was higher than the local cultivar and the use of research recommended rice cultivation method can reduce the technology gap to a considerable extent. Therefore, it is recommended that the office of agriculture of the woreda needs further scale up the varieties to other areas to benefit quite a significant number of farmers. Keywords: Demonstration, evaluation, Pawe, rice, varieties. DOI : 10.7176/JBAH/10-1-07 Publication date: January 31 st 2020
Highlights
In Ethiopia, agriculture is the leading sector which contributes to nearly 34. 9% of GDP It serves as the main source of food and generates 88.8% of the foreign exchange earnings
From the findings of this research, it was observed that there was a difference among the varieties used for the demonstration in the study area
Pawe-1 was found as the best rice variety as it produces a higher yield than Nerica-3, Nerica-12 and Hidasie varieties
Summary
In Ethiopia, agriculture is the leading sector which contributes to nearly 34. 9% of GDP It serves as the main source of food and generates 88.8% of the foreign exchange earnings. In Ethiopia, agriculture is the leading sector which contributes to nearly 34. Crop productions contribute the lion share to the Ethiopia’s agriculture and economy (NBE, 2018). About 80.6 % of the total population live in rural areas and earn their livelihood from agriculture. From the total cultivated area, a larger area (90%) is covered by grain crops (cereals, pulses, and oilseeds). Within the category of grain crops, cereals are the major food crops both in terms of the area they are planted and volume of production obtained. They are produced in larger volume compared with other crops because they are the principal staple crops (CSA, 2018)
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