Abstract
This study aims at assessing three different packages for their benefits to the farmer’s extension intervention, based on the economic benefit to maximize profit gains. The comparisons of average differences in the on farm economic performance of the packages applied are compared to each other with cost and benefits using variable cost for production season of durum wheat producers. The result of one year on farm cost of production for the three packages varies accordingly; the total variable cost (TVC) per h<sup>-1</sup> was found 14,645.25, 16,888.50 and 14,645.25 Ethiopian Birr for extension, ATA and farmer packages while the grain yield was found 3830, 4010 and 3130 Kg respectively. The net revenue gains from grain yield and straw was found 53,498 Birr from extension package; 54,600 Birr from ATA package and 41,126 Birr from farmer practiced trials. From the h<sup>-1</sup> on farm trials with the recommended packages durum production was found profitable the net profit was found all attractive as the cost incurred didn’t outweigh the benefits gain. The price of grain yield at the present market prices was 17.00 Birr per Kg; while the straw price per Kg was found 3.75 Birr; on the other side seed price per Kg was 17 Birr. The break-even price for extension, ATA, and farmer practice packages varies as they had difference TVC, grain yield and TRV.
Highlights
Durum is a tetraploid species of wheat [1]
According to the effect of UREA fertilizer on durum wheat biological and economical yield, and the other traits result of the 2018 validation test, there was no significant difference between agricultural transformation agency (ATA) UREA fertilizer recommendation rate (300Kg/ha) and extension package UREA fertilizer recommendation rate (250Kg/ha)
Last year validation result was the same, but the ATA UREA fertilizer recommendation rate was higher than this year which was 350Kg/ha
Summary
Durum is a tetraploid species of wheat [1]. Triticum durum was believed to be originated thousands of years ago from hybridization between the wild diploid T. monococcum L. subsp. Today emmer wheat occupies approximately 7% of the wheat production in Ethiopia under the local name of aja. Recent molecular data [7] indicated that Ethiopian farmers repeated what had been achieved already in West Asia before, by deriving durum wheat anew through the further domestication of emmer. This new origin of the same crop gave rise to a subspecies known as T. turgidum ssp. Ethiopia is the largest producer of durum wheat, with approximately 0.6 million ha [9], but national average yield of durum wheat is low 2.4t ha-1 [10]
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