Abstract
The experiment was conducted to draw information on the economic feasibility of the application of blended fertilizer and urea rates on hot pepper cultivars (Melka Awaze and Melka Shote) under Raya Azebo Agro-ecological Condition. The experiment consisted of two hot pepper cultivars (Melka Shote and Melka Awaze) and five NPSZn + urea rates and one without fertilizer as a control. The trial was conducted to d etermine the most profitable rate/s of NPSZn + urea on selected two hot pepper cultivars . Two factor experiment (2*6) was arranged in RCBD with three replications. For the achievement of this objective, marketable red dry pod yield data was collected and analyzed using SAS version 9.3. The highest marketable (2.29 t ha -1 ) yield was recorded when Melka Shote cultivar was combined with 84.5 NPSZn +136.5 urea kg ha -1 . In terms of economic feasibility, application of fertilizer at the rate of 84.5 NPSZn + 136.5 urea kg ha -1 to Melka Shote cultivar was found to be the most profitable, which gave net benefit of 132037 ETB ha -1 and marginal rate of return above the acceptable minimum rate of return (51.63%.). Thus, at Mehoni agricultural research site and for the surrounding farmers in Raya Azebo and other areas which have similar agro-ecological conditions, application of 84.5 NPSZn + 136.5 urea kg ha -1 to Melka Shote cultivar is recommended to obtain maximum economic return. However, to give sound recommendation it is important to repeat the experiment at this location in different season. Keywords: Cultivars ; Net benefit;Melka Awaze; Melka Shote DOI: 10.7176/DCS/11-4-02 Publication date: April 30 th 2021
Highlights
Agronomic trials address a significant problem for an identifiable group of farmers with similar conditions, and test solutions that are potentially feasible for farmers to adopt (Boughton et al, 1990)
The application of 84.5 NPSZn + 136.5 urea kg ha-1 on Melka Shote cultivar had gave the highest net benefit which is 132037 ETB followed by the application of 65 NPSZn + 105 urea kg ha-1 on Melka Awaze cultivar which gave net benefit of 108404 ETB
Shortage of information on agronomic practices the right fertilizer rate with respective of cultivar across location and season are among the production, productivities and profitability limiting issue
Summary
To determine the feasibility of a particular technology, partial budget analysis is commonly used for different agronomic trials. According to CIMMYT (1988), partial budget analysis is a simple but effective technique for distinguishing the profitability of new technology for an existing enterprise. It provides the foundation for comparing the relative profitability of alternative treatments, evaluating their riskiness, and testing how robust profits are in the event of changing product or input prices. Partial budgets analysis involves, eliminating dominated treatments (those incurring higher costs but no additional net benefit), determining the marginal rate of return between remaining treatments of incremental cost, and comparing these MRRs to the acceptable minimum rate of return. The treatment with the highest net benefit together with an acceptable MRR becomes the tentative recommendation, subject to sensitivity and risk analysis
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