Potato is an important food security and cash crop for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia.
However, the yield of the crop is low at national as well as regional levels which constrained …

Ethiopia is endowed with diverse agroecologies suitable for the production of tropical,
subtropical, and temperate vegetables. Agronomic practices such as plant density and …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a short season crop that thrives best under sufficient
nutrient supply. However, in Ethiopia the yield of potato is quite low as it is produced with …

Nitrogen resulting from the mineralization of organic fertilizers is of great importance in
organic farming and depends greatly on the type of fertilizer used. Two tests (incubation and …

Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) is considered a nitrogen (N) intensive plant with high nitrate
(NO 3−) accumulation in its leaves. The current study via a two-year field trial introduced an …

Potentials of pragmatic crop rotation practices and organic matter applications for restoration
of soil health and productivity of degraded highland crop fields were studied for three …

Acidic soils limit the production potential of crops because of low availability of basic cations
and excess of hydrogen (H+) and aluminium (Al3+) in exchangeable forms. In the western …

Two field trials were carried out during the two experimental seasons of 2010/2011 and
2011/2012 at sandy soil to study the response of potato plants to the foliar spraying of urea …

Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the effects of three types of fertilizers (Municipal
solids waste compost, cow dung and chemical fertilizer) on growth characters and leaf yield …

Beetroot (Beta vulgaris), commonly known as table beet, is used as a staple in the diet of
many people through the consumption of the entire plant, leaf, and the root. The objective of …