Abstract

On-farm demonstration of improved emmer wheat varieties was conducted in Sinana and Goba districts of Bale Zone. The main objective of the study was to demonstrate and evaluate recently released (Haydaro) variety along with standard check. The demonstration was under taken on single plot of 10mx10m area for each variety with the spacing of 20cm between rows and recommended seed rate of 150kg/ha and fertilizer rate of 100qt/ha NPS. Mini-field day involving different stakeholders was organized at each respective site. Yield data per plot was recorded and analysed using descriptive statistics, while farmers’ preference to the demonstrated varieties was identified using focused group discussion and summarized using pair wise and simple ranking methods. The demonstration result revealed that Haydaro variety performed better than the standard check (Sinana 01 variety) with an average yield of 33.5qt/ha, while that of the standard check was 27.2qt/ha. Haydaro variety had 23.16% yield advantage over the standard check. This variety was selected by farmers in all districts. Thus, Haydaro variety was recommended for further scaling up in the area it was selected

Keywords

Demonstration, Emmer wheat, Haydaro, farmers’ preference