Food and feed production strategies for Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands
Since 1986 the Joint Vertisol Project (JVP) which involved a number of national and international research and Development institutions in Ethiopia gave high priority to developing alternative management practices for increased and sustainable food and feed production in highland vertisols. The JVP...
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International Board for Soil Research and Management
1993
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| author | Tedla, A. Asamenew, G. |
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| description | Since 1986 the Joint Vertisol Project (JVP) which involved a number of national and international research and Development institutions in Ethiopia gave high priority to developing alternative management practices for increased and sustainable food and feed production in highland vertisols. The JVP chose the highland areas because Ethiopian smallholders are already using draught animal technology and the availability of large vertisol areas. Research led to the Development of a broadbed maker (BBM) by connecting two traditional of-drawn mareshas. With the use of BBM a ploughed land can be shaped in the form of broadbed and furrows (BBFs) to improve drainage of excess water from vertisols. Drained seed bed opens up opportunities for alternative cropping systems. These alternatives were conceptualised in hypothetical model. This paper presents the results of the cropping systems tested on few drained vertisols as envisaged in the same model. |
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| spelling | CGSpace505582023-02-15T09:36:30Z Food and feed production strategies for Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands Tedla, A. Asamenew, G. highlands food production feed production vertisols cropping systems drainage wheats straw supplementary irrigation yields nutritive value models Since 1986 the Joint Vertisol Project (JVP) which involved a number of national and international research and Development institutions in Ethiopia gave high priority to developing alternative management practices for increased and sustainable food and feed production in highland vertisols. The JVP chose the highland areas because Ethiopian smallholders are already using draught animal technology and the availability of large vertisol areas. Research led to the Development of a broadbed maker (BBM) by connecting two traditional of-drawn mareshas. With the use of BBM a ploughed land can be shaped in the form of broadbed and furrows (BBFs) to improve drainage of excess water from vertisols. Drained seed bed opens up opportunities for alternative cropping systems. These alternatives were conceptualised in hypothetical model. This paper presents the results of the cropping systems tested on few drained vertisols as envisaged in the same model. 1993 2014-10-31T06:09:23Z 2014-10-31T06:09:23Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50558 en Limited Access International Board for Soil Research and Management |
| spellingShingle | highlands food production feed production vertisols cropping systems drainage wheats straw supplementary irrigation yields nutritive value models Tedla, A. Asamenew, G. Food and feed production strategies for Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands |
| title | Food and feed production strategies for Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands |
| title_full | Food and feed production strategies for Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands |
| title_fullStr | Food and feed production strategies for Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food and feed production strategies for Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands |
| title_short | Food and feed production strategies for Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands |
| title_sort | food and feed production strategies for vertisols in the ethiopian highlands |
| topic | highlands food production feed production vertisols cropping systems drainage wheats straw supplementary irrigation yields nutritive value models |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50558 |
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