በሀዋሳ ዩኒቨርሰቲ የም ርም ርና ልማት ዳይሬክቶሬት ከN 2 Africa ፕሮጀክት

ጋር በመተባበር ያ ዘጋጀ የ አርሶ አደሮች የመስክ በዓል 23 ጥቅምት 2006 ዓ.ም.

HAWASSA UNIVERSITY – RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

DIRECTORATE in collaboration with N2 Africa project

Farmers’ field day

Boricha፣ yirba

02 November, 2013

ARARI report on N2Africa Bridging Year Progress in Ethiopia (2013)

Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa

Tesfaye Feyisa, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia, ARARI

በሀዋሳ ዩኒቨርሰቲ የም ርም ርና ልማት ዳይሬክቶሬት ከN 2 Africa ፕሮጀክት

ጋር በመተባበር ያ ዘጋጀ የ አርሶ አደሮች የመስክ በዓል 23 ጥቅምት 2006 ዓ.ም.

HAWASSA UNIVERSITY – RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

DIRECTORATE in collaboration with N2 Africa project

Farmers’ field day

Boricha፣ yirba

02 November, 2013

N2Africa Ethiopia Launch Workshop, ILRI 27-28 February 2014

Project Locations and Target Legumes

Locations Target Legumes

Yilmana Densa 3 PAs, 15 farmers (Baby) and 3 FTC (input & Variety trials

Faba bean

Enemay (Bichena)

3 PAs, 15 farmers

(Baby)and 3 FTC

(input and variety

trials)

Jamma

3 Pas, 15 farmers

(Baby)and 3 FTC

(input and Variety

trial

Project Activities

Faba bean demos, variety and input trials

Chickpea demos, variety and input trials

Site selection, Input and land preparation, inoculation and

sowing

Awareness creation for the famers and other stakeholders (field

days and trainings),

Trial management, data collection, analysis, interpretation

and reporting

Project Activities - demos of Faba bean …

+R+ DAP, Tumsa

-R- DAP, Wolki

Baby trial two Faba bean varieties with and without P and Inoculant (Adet Hana)

Project activities – contd…

+R+P, Tumsa

-R- P, Tumsa

Project activities – contd…

Project activities – contd…

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Project activities- Result (baby)

Wolki

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Project activities- Result (baby)

Faba bean nodules

Project activity - input and variety trials

Project activity- results

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3.05

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Faba bean Varieties

Project activities- result (input trial)

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Project activities- results (input trials)

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Treatments used in the input trial

9.6%/7.8%

11.3%/9.5%

Field days and Media coverage

General discussion after

visit

Joined hands of different stakeholders are responsible to feed the Nation

Back from field visit for group discussion

Challenges

• Late budget release and training (esp the first instalment)

• Severe faba bean disease (Chocolate spot and Kormid (new disease))

• Trial theft (for both chickpea and Faba bean)

• Un predictable rainfall pattern (No harvest of chickpea at Jamma site)

• Shortage of vehicle and lack of budget to maintain the old ones

• Distance and accessibility of the locations from the Centres (the roads

are really challenging and threat for the old vehicles)

• Severe soil fertility reduction due to severe top soil loss by erosion

• Late planning of the research activities after the research review at

different levels (overload and competition for resources)

Chocolate spot and its disastrous effect

Lessons Learnt

Faba bean responded to P but not to the inoculants

Varieties responded differently to different farm management

practices and soil fertility status

Most Faba bean varieties couldn’t over yielded the local variety

with good management except Wayu

Farmers learnt the importance of input and management for

legumes unlike their usual practice

Participation of the higher officials on field days help the

promotion of the technologies

Some farms didn’t respond to both P and Inoculants

The Way Forward

Timely training, planning and implementation of the activities

Solution for the Faba bean diseases

Introduction, Collection, and isolation of effective Rhizobial strains for Faba bean

The research activities should pass through the research review system at

different levels to avoid unnecessary overload and for enrichment

The research activities should be done in areas (Woredas) which can easily be

accessed

scaling up of the promising technologies to the farmers

Effect of other nutrients than P and N should be seen for the plots not responding

to P and N

Experience sharing tour to motivate the researches and development workers