Abstract
Although in Ethiopia, improved varieties of malt barley are released year after year, on-time promotion and distribution of released varieties to smallholder farmers are major research limitations....
Highlights
Malt barley is becoming a major income source to smallholder farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia, where the agro-ecologies are not more productive to other cereal crops (Ministry of Agriculture [MoA], 2018)
Ethiopia has a high demand for raw malt barley products due to the older established and new emerging malt and brewery factories
The varieties HB1963 and Fanaka were higher for thousand seed weight (TSW) and hectoliter weight (HLW), respectively, whereas Grace was lower for both TSW and HLW response (Table 3)
Summary
Malt barley is becoming a major income source to smallholder farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia, where the agro-ecologies are not more productive to other cereal crops (Ministry of Agriculture [MoA], 2018). In Ethiopia, barley productivity (2.66 t/ha) is lower compared to that of other barley-producing countries such as United Arab Emirates, Belgium and Netherlands (8, 7.59 and 7.0 t/ha, respectively) (FAOSTAT, 2018). This is due to the combination of genetic, socioeconomic constraints and inappropriate use of integrated technologies (Bayeh & Stefania, 2011). In consideration of suitable agro-ecology and high demand for malt barley products by malt and brewery factories, Ethiopia has established a malt barley market value chain from the farmers to malt and brewery factories (Addisu, 2018; NBE, 2017). The brewery factories demanded about 118,000 tons malt per year, while the local malt source is 52,000 tons which covers only about 50% of it (Addisu, 2018; Business innovation facility BIF, 2018; NBE, 2017)
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