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Agro-Economic Evaluation of Alternative Crop Management Options for Teff Production in Midland Agro-Ecology, Ethiopia

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  • Fekremariam Asargew Mihretie

    (United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8553, Japan
    Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Bahir Dar P.O. Box 527, Ethiopia)

  • Atsushi Tsunekawa

    (Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, 1390 Hamasaka, Tottori 680-0001, Japan)

  • Nigussie Haregeweyn

    (International Platform for Dryland Research and Education, Tottori University, 1390 Hamasaka, Tottori 680-0001, Japan)

  • Enyew Adgo

    (College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar P.O. Box 1289, Ethiopia)

  • Mitsuru Tsubo

    (Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, 1390 Hamasaka, Tottori 680-0001, Japan)

  • Tsugiyuki Masunaga

    (Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Shimane 690-8504, Japan)

  • Derege Tsegaye Meshesha

    (College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar P.O. Box 1289, Ethiopia)

  • Kindiye Ebabu

    (Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, 1390 Hamasaka, Tottori 680-0001, Japan
    College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar P.O. Box 1289, Ethiopia)

  • Muluken Bayable

    (United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8553, Japan
    Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Bahir Dar P.O. Box 527, Ethiopia)

Abstract

Teff is an important crop for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. Improved crop management practices are needed to increase teff productivity and decrease production costs. Here, we used a split–split plot design to evaluate the impacts of different tillage, sowing, and soil compaction practices, and their combinations, on agronomic performance, weed population, lodging, and cost in teff production at the Aba Gerima watershed in northwestern Ethiopia in 2018–2020. Reduced tillage (RT) improved soil moisture, resulting in increased agronomic performance and decreased production costs compared with conventional tillage (CT); however, the weed population was substantially larger with RT than with CT. Row planting (RP) reduced seed cost and lodging but increased sowing and weeding costs compared with broadcast planting (BP). Plant population and leaf area index were substantially greater with BP than with RP during early-stage growth, but this reversed during late-stage growth. Despite labor costs being significantly greater with (WC) compaction than without (NC), little to no differences were observed in the weed population or in agronomic performance. Partial cost–benefit analysis revealed that RT–RP–WC followed by RT–RP–NC was the most economical treatment combination, suggesting that RT–RP–NC could be a labor-effective means of increasing teff production by smallholder farms in Ethiopia.

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  • Fekremariam Asargew Mihretie & Atsushi Tsunekawa & Nigussie Haregeweyn & Enyew Adgo & Mitsuru Tsubo & Tsugiyuki Masunaga & Derege Tsegaye Meshesha & Kindiye Ebabu & Muluken Bayable, 2021. "Agro-Economic Evaluation of Alternative Crop Management Options for Teff Production in Midland Agro-Ecology, Ethiopia," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-20, March.
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