Increasing wheat production and productivity depends on the use of improved technologies as well as producing during rainy and offseason using irrigation. The aim of this study is to promote improved varieties of wheat under irrigation in the study area. The activity was conducted at Hara Deneba kebele of Bedeno district. Farmers were selected based on their interest, land ownership, willingness to share experiences for other farmers and clustered according to their land adjacent to each other. 195 farmers were directly benefited from the technology. The number of participants on training and field day organized were 57 and 67 respectively. Ogolcho and Pavan -76 wheat varieties were used for demonstration purpose. The seed rate and urea fertilizer rate were 150kg/ha, while 100kg/ha NPS was used. Training and field day were organized to evaluate performance of the varieties and shared the lessons with different stakeholders. The average productivity of Ogolcho and Pavan-76 in quintal per hectare was 40.73 and 33.51 respectively. There was significant mean difference between Ogolcho and pavan-76 varieties in terms of mean yield in quintal per hectare at 1% significance level. The improved Ogolcho variety yield in the study area is profitable as compared to the yield potential of the Pavan-76 variety as well as locally produced wheat. Therefore; the concerned body should work on the sustainability of the recommended improved wheat variety for Bedeno and similar agro-ecologies.
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Large Scale, Irrigated Wheat, Production Technologies, Descriptive Statistics, Bedeno District
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Oromia Megersa; Fekadu Tadesse; Lalisa Ofga; Zeleke Legesse; Hussein Abro. Large Scale Demonstration of Irrigated Wheat Production Technologies in Bedeno District of Eastern Hararghe Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Res. Dev. 2023, 4(1), 6-12. doi: 10.11648/j.rd.20230401.12
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abstract = {Increasing wheat production and productivity depends on the use of improved technologies as well as producing during rainy and offseason using irrigation. The aim of this study is to promote improved varieties of wheat under irrigation in the study area. The activity was conducted at Hara Deneba kebele of Bedeno district. Farmers were selected based on their interest, land ownership, willingness to share experiences for other farmers and clustered according to their land adjacent to each other. 195 farmers were directly benefited from the technology. The number of participants on training and field day organized were 57 and 67 respectively. Ogolcho and Pavan -76 wheat varieties were used for demonstration purpose. The seed rate and urea fertilizer rate were 150kg/ha, while 100kg/ha NPS was used. Training and field day were organized to evaluate performance of the varieties and shared the lessons with different stakeholders. The average productivity of Ogolcho and Pavan-76 in quintal per hectare was 40.73 and 33.51 respectively. There was significant mean difference between Ogolcho and pavan-76 varieties in terms of mean yield in quintal per hectare at 1% significance level. The improved Ogolcho variety yield in the study area is profitable as compared to the yield potential of the Pavan-76 variety as well as locally produced wheat. Therefore; the concerned body should work on the sustainability of the recommended improved wheat variety for Bedeno and similar agro-ecologies.},
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