Abstract
The activity was conducted for two consecutive years, 2019 and 2020 cropping season at Ambo and Dandi districts of West Showa Zone with the objective to evaluate for grain yield, yield related traits and farmers’ perception or preference and the performance of improved teff variety along with recommended package. Sites were selected based on teff production potential of the area. Two districts and three PAs from each district and eighteen target farmers were purposively selected on the ground that they are the leading producer of teff in the area. Training was given for farmers, Development Agents and experts on production of improved teff technologies from site selection up to postharvest practices of improved teff variety. Quantitative data such as yield data was collected and analysed using SPSS, whereas farmers feedback were analysed qualitatively. Recommended seed and fertilizer rate were used for the demonstration trial establishment. According to the result of Dagim variety, mean grain yield 18.79 qt/he and 25.51 qt/he were recorded in Ambo and dendi districts respectively. Thus, Dagim variety is recommended for further scaling up activities at Ambo and Dendi districts taking into consideration of its productivity. Farmers of those areas should use the variety in order to increases their teff production and enhance their income from teff.
Highlights
Agriculture contributes 34.1% to the GDP, employs some 79% of the population, accounts for 79% of foreign earnings, and is the major sources of raw material and capital for investment and market [15]
The economic contribution of teff indicates that real Teff output on average accounted for 6.1% of the real GDP, while growth in real Teff output accounted for 6.4% of the total growth in real GDP i.e., 0.67% of the 10.7 percent growth in real GDP [7]
This demonstration was conducted at Ambo and Dendi districts of west Showa zone in 2019 and 2020 cropping seasons
Summary
Agriculture contributes 34.1% to the GDP, employs some 79% of the population, accounts for 79% of foreign earnings, and is the major sources of raw material and capital for investment and market [15]. Cereals are the major food crops both in terms of the area coverage and volume of production and accounts for 95% of agricultural production in Ethiopia and contributed 86.68% of the grain production [6]. Wheat, and teff are the most important cereals in terms of volume, accounting for a total of 77% of all cereal production [2], while maize, teff, wheat and sorghum have made 26.80%, 16.76%, 15.81% and 16.20% of the grain production respectively [5]. Teff is the most preferred staple food by majority of the Ethiopian population and its center of origin is in Ethiopia. The economic contribution of teff indicates that real Teff output on average accounted for 6.1% of the real GDP, while growth in real Teff output accounted for 6.4% of the total growth in real GDP i.e., 0.67% of the 10.7 percent growth in real GDP [7]
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