Wheat, cultivated on a total area of 2.1 million hectares annually with a total production of
6.7 million tons, is one of the most important food security crops in Ethiopia. However, there …

Ethiopia is the second largest wheat producer in Africa. Though wheat production has been
increasing steadily in the past decades, the demand for the crop outstripped domestic …

Very high (spatial and temporal) resolution satellite (VHRS) and high-resolution unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery provides the opportunity to develop new crop disease …

In the smallholder, low-input farming systems widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, farmers
select and propagate crop varieties based on their traditional knowledge and experience. A …

Abstract In the Ethiopian Upper Blue Nile Basin, like in other regions in the world,
agricultural productivity is declining due to water scarcity owing to longer dry seasons …

Wheat rusts are the key biological constraint to wheat production in Ethiopia—one of Africa's
largest wheat producing countries. The fungal diseases cause economic losses and …

Accessible, high-quality seed is vital to the agricultural, food, and nutrition sovereignty
needed for justice-based sustainable development. Multiregion, interdisciplinary research …

Wheat is a vital cereal crop for smallholders in Ethiopia. Despite over fifty years of research
on wheat varietal development, consideration of gendered trait preferences in developing …

Rotation with legumes and compost application are two possible approaches for improving
soil fertility in sustainable wheat production. However, the efficiencies of different compost …

The use of chemical fertilizers is among the main innovations brought by the 1960s Green
Revolution. In Ethiopia, fertilizer application during the last four decades has led to …