Research & Development

Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2024

  • Research Article

    Nutrient Use Efficiency and Grain Quality of Malt Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Varieties in Response to Nitrogen Fertilizer in, Southeastern Ethiopia

    Fasil Shimelis*, Demelash Kefale

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2024
    Pages: 44-53
    Received: 19 March 2024
    Accepted: 10 April 2024
    Published: 28 April 2024
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    Abstract: The expansion of brewing industries in Ethiopia has been inducing a growing demand for the supply of malt with optimum kernel protein content. However, the supply has been constrained by the unavailability of sufficient volumes of acceptable quality of malting barley grain to meet the ever-increasing demand. In this regard, field experiments were c... Show More
  • Research Article

    Probit Analysis of Attitudes of Surrounding Farming Communities Towards Urban Expansion: Bishoftu Town, East Shewa Zone, Oromia Regional State

    Musba Kedir*

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2024
    Pages: 54-61
    Received: 16 January 2024
    Accepted: 8 February 2024
    Published: 8 July 2024
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    Abstract: The general objective of the study was to investigate the attitudes of surrounding farming community towards urban expansion and to assess whether they would accept this form of expansion close to their farming land in Bishoftu town. 303 farmers around bishoftu town was interviewed using systematic random sampling method. Yeman’s formula was used t... Show More