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Participatory Evaluation and Promotion of Tef Production Technologies for Moisture Deficit Areas of Simada District in Amhara Region, Ethiopia Ferede, Misganaw; Abathun, Tamir; Awoke, Yihenew
Journal of Tropical Crop Science Vol. 12 No. 01 (2025): Journal of Tropical Crop Science
Publisher : Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, IPB University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29244/jtcs.12.01.246-253

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Tef (Eragrostis tef Zucc. Trotter) is a small cereal crop resilient to adverse climatic and soil conditions and possesses desirable storage properties. It provides high-quality food and grows under marginal conditions which are not unsuitable for other cereal crops. Although tef is a major cultivated crop in the Simada district, demonstration and adoption of improved tef varieties and agronomic practices are very limited. Therefore, the study was initiated to select and promote the higher grain yielding tef varieties with agronomic practices and create awareness to farmers and end users. The activity was conducted on six farmers’ fields in the Simada district in the 2019 and 2020 cropping seasons. Early maturing tef released varieties, namely “Hiber-1”, “Boset”, and “Tseday” (Cr-37), and local tef varieties were used for the study in a plot area of 10m by 10m for each variety across sites. Farmers and researchers selected the “Hiber-1” tef variety due to agronomic traits and grain yield performance. “Hiber-1” was ranked 1st by farmers in both the Vertisol and Nitisol areas. It showed 31%, 28.4%, and 25.1% grain yield advantage over “Boset”, “Tseday”, and the local varieties respectively. In addition, the rank correlation of farmers’ rank and grain yield rank of the varieties showed a strong positive correlation. Therefore, the “Hiber-1” tef variety should be scaled out in the Simada district and areas with similar agro-ecologies in Amhara Region and Ethiopia.
Development of Brown Seed and Release of “Biradama” Tef Variety for Potential Areas of Amhara Region and Beyond Ferede, Misganaw; Tariku, Sewagegn; Fentahun, Atalay; Fentahun, Atinkut; Misganaw, Gedefaw; Dagnaw, Zigale; Getaneh, Desalegn; Wale, Sefinew; Degenet, Yismaw; Chakle, Shumet; Taye, Yasin
Journal of Tropical Crop Science Vol. 11 No. 02 (2024): Journal of Tropical Crop Science
Publisher : Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, IPB University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29244/jtcs.11.02.120-127

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Brown seed tef variety development did not get much attention as white seed in tef improvement program in Ethiopia. However, brown seed tef is locally demanded for home consumption and foreign markets. It has wider genetic variability that can be exploited in tef improvement program. Therefore, the study was conducted to develop high yielding brown seed tef variety with desirable agronomic and quality traits. Eighteen tef genotypes with standard and local checks were used for this study. The study was conducted at Adet (2019 and 2020), Mota (2019 and 2020), Takusa (2019 and 2020) and Finote Selam (2020) in Amhara region with a total of seven environments. A randomized complete block design with 3 replications was used in this experiment. The analysis of variances showed significant differences for the evaluated traits in genotypes, environments and genotypes by environment interaction. The genotype Accession # 236756-3 is a stable genotype than theother tested genotypes. The grain and straw yield performance of the genotype accession # 236756-3 was 2529 kg.ha-1 and 6040 kg.ha-1, respectively. It had 14.3% and 25.2% grain yield advantage over standard check “Filagot”, and the farmer’s variety, respectively. In addition, it had 13.6% and 19.4 % straw yield advantage over “Filagot” (standard check) and the farmer’s variety, respectively. A variety verification trial of the genotype accession # 236756-3 was conducted in test locations with a standard check (“Filagot”) and the farmer’s variety. The field performance of the verification trial was evaluated by National Technical Committee and released the variety for large production in tef production potential areas of Amhara Region and similar agro-ecologies of Ethiopia with a local name ‘Biradama”. This newly released variety can be used as parental material in the genetic improvements of tef. 
Co-Authors Abathun, Tamir Awoke, Yihenew Chakle, Shumet Dagnaw, Zigale Degenet, Yismaw Fentahun, Atalay Fentahun, Atinkut Getaneh, Desalegn Misganaw, Gedefaw Tariku, Sewagegn Taye, Yasin Wale, Sefinew