Production situations in ethiopia helen teshome tesfaye wolaita sodo university, college of agriculture, department of horticulture, p. Factors that transformed maize productivity in ethiopia. Meta department of agricultural sciences, wolayta sodo agricultural college, ethiopia. Agriculture in ethiopia is the foundation of the countrys economy, accounting for half of gross domestic product gdp, 83. As most of you might know, ethiopia has a very high potential for potato production as its 70 % arable land or 6m ha is located in the mid and high altitudes, which is suitable for potato production. Aeroponics is a soilless method for producing pre basic potato seed figures. Dairy production system is a biological efficient system that converts large quantities of roughage, the most abundant feed in the tropics, milk the most nutritious food to man. Planting periods in zimbabwe summer rain fed november first winterfeb april. Crop calendar, tsum, sowing date and growth duration fao crop calendars for maize sorghum millet wheat administrative areas agroecology crop additional information planting onset planting end sowing rate. The national rice and development strategy of ethiopia moard, 2010 has identified the weredas indicated in table 1 as having household level rice production activity. Dearth of irrigation planning for potato production in north gondar, ethiopia kelem m. Late blight lb phytophthora infestans is probably the most significant disease constraint of potatoes across the major production areas of ethiopia. Consumption pattern of milk and milk products in adaa woreda, east shoa zone, central ethiopia kassahun melesse and fekadu beyene debre zeit agricultural research center p.
The method can produce higher yields up to 10times higher, more quickly, and at lesser cost than conventional growing methods. Seed potato tuber home sweetpotato knowledge portal. For more information, please see, from the global initiative on late blight gilb ethiopia profile. Regional patterns and trends alemayehu seyoum taffesse, paul dorosh and sinafikeh asrat development strategy and governance division, international food policy research institute, ethiopia strategy support program ii, ethiopia ifpriaddis ababa p. Pdf improving potato production in kenya, uganda and. Gdp from manufacturing in ethiopia increased to 526.
Aberash is on the management team of her local seed producers cooperative. Leastcost seed potato production in ethiopia springerlink. Consumption pattern of milk and milk products in adaa. Cereals are the staple of the ethiopian diet and teff is the most favourable corresponding author email. Potato production can be increased through increases in acreage and productivity. Average crop yield data at national, regional snnprs and zonal wolaita levels see map 1 were obtained from the csa annual agricultural sample surveys. In ethiopia, the number of fruits and vegetables processing industries is limited. The final section discuss major issues in production, postproduction, and marketing. Dearth of irrigation planning for potato production in. Production year area coverage hactare total production ton productivity tonha 200102 1,769 1620.
There is a true green revolution in the making in this country. To link to this object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this object, paste this html in website. Bacterial wilt pseudomonas solanacearum can be a severe production constraint of potato and other solanaceous crops such as tomato and. She has attended six field schools to learn about disease control, soil sanitation, pesticides and fertilizers. Among african countries, ethiopia has possibly the greatest potential for potato production. Agency for international development usaid and fao. Potato can be grown from true potato seed tps, plantlets or tubers. Five major cereals teff, wheat, maize, sorghum, and barley are the core of ethiopias agriculture and food economy, accounting for about threefourths of the total area cultivated, 29 percent of agricultural gross domestic product gdp in 200506 14 percent of total gdp, and 64 percent of calories consumed fao various years. The role of orange fleshed sweet potato ipomea batatas. Ethiopia is a centre of origin and diversity for several crops.
Potato production a source of food security in ethiopia. Ethiopia addis getu department of animal production and extension, faculty of veterinary medicine, university of gondar, ethiopia abstract. Over the following decades, farmers in ethiopias highlands began cultivating the new tuber known as denech as an insurance policy against cereal crop failures. It is second to tef eragrostis tef in area coverage but first in productivity and total production among all cereals. Despite these facts, the national average yield of potato is 7. Addis ababa, ethiopia 9 october 2012in releasing the. Teff, wheat, maize, sorghum and barely accounted for 86% of the cereal production and covered 80% of the total farm land under smallhouseholder. Regional patterns and trends ethiopia strategy support program. Use of tubers is the best method for potato production. For a population estimated at just under 65,000,000 the same year, average per capita consumption would be around 17. An overview of horticultural crops with emphasis on. Dairy production is a critical issue in ethiopia, a livestockbased society where livestock and its products are more. Ethiopia national food consumption survey 20 ethiopian public health institute addis ababa, ethiopia august, 20. Certified seed will produce 15 20% higher yields than standard seed.
In ethiopia, their program is focused on improving potato production. Accepted 4 april, 20 scarcity of water is the most severe constraint for development of agriculture in arid and semiarid areas. The history of maize research in ethiopia is about 40 years old, initiated. Summary of essp ii working paper 16, crop production in ethiopia. Currently, there are only 5 fruits and vegetables processing plants in the country. We find that ethiopia ranks fifteenth in the world in terms of sweet potato production. The data is presented using figures to highlight trends and tables to allow for further analyses of the data.
Oilseeds export performance and its determinants in ethiopia export performance is the relative success or failure of the efforts of a firm or nation to sell domestically produced goods and services in other nations. However, abdulwahab abdurahman reports that this may not be as easy as previously thought. However, to build a successful, sustainable potato farming business, you require sufficient knowledge of how to efficiently grow the potatoes, good management skills, and a good potato farming business plan. It represents the first interpartner effort, post2008, aimed at producing technical guidelines that can be used by decision makers in developing countries to improve the sustainability of potato production and boost the potato subsectors contribution to social and economic development. Analysis of seed potato value chain in atsbiwomberta woreda, tigray, ethiopia abera, frehiwet assefa on.
Export performance can be described in objective terms such as sales, profits, or. Box 32, debre zeit, ethiopia abstract on average, 12 million hectares of land is cultivate d by major food crops over the last five years in. Potato value chain analysis and development in ethiopia case of tigray and snnp regions reported by bezabih emana and mengistu nigussie financial support by usaid october 2011 international potato center cipethiopia, co ilri, p. Ethiopia has significant wheat production potential report. The most comprehensive recent survey, undertaken by the ethiopia agricultural research organization earo in 2000, estimated total national production at just under 1,500,000 tons. Information from collected literature for ethiopia to be. In the study areas, the total annual milk produced was estimated to be about 1. Soy bean production and area coverage in ethiopia 200001201112.
Starting potato farming business plan pdf startupbiz. Information from collected literature for ethiopia to be used for crop modelling for ethiopia a. The geographical distribution of the woredas is depicted in figure 1. This study uses the results from a previous study hirpa et al. Potato provides food, employment and income as a cash crop for over 2. Maize is first in production and yield per unit area.
Challenges, opportunities and prospects of dairy farming. As a result of these interventions, ethiopia achieved remarkable rice production growth in a short period of time nearly 4fold production increase, attributed by 9fold area expansion and 50 % yield increase nonetheless, the ethiopian rice sector still faces remaining challenges such as high competition with imported rice, poor. Besides, processed fruits and vegetables are sources of foreign exchange earnings. Improving potato production in kenya, uganda and ethiopia. Therefore, an increasing population size and consumer income in the future is expected to increase liquid milk consumption. The literature available on sweet potetoes in ethiopia was quite limited and draws on the wider literature on sweet potatoes in east africa where needed. Analysis of price incentives for teff in ethiopia for the. This page provides ethiopia gdp from industrial production actual values, historical. The maize agroecologies in ethiopia can be broadly divided into six major categories moa 2005, including moist and semimoist midaltitudes 17002000 m above sea level. Review on challenges and opportunities sheep production. In 2009, there were 180 cooperatives involved in milk production and marketing in the entire nation, accounting for only 2 percent of the total number of agrobased cooperatives operating in various parts of the country. Box 8 abstract ethiopia, with a population of about 81 million, is the secondmost populous country in subsaharan africa. To combat this problem, foodbased intervention is an appropriate and sustainable approach under ethiopian circumstance along with supplementation of capsule and food fortification.
The ethiopian highlands are densely populated and home to millions of smallholder farmers. Yield and growth parameters of potato solanum tuberosum l. Currently, only 2% of the potential area in ethiopia is under potato production and the average productivity of potato is less than 10 mgha. Close to half of the countrys potato production comes from amhara region. The study uses integer linear programming to develop leastcost seed potato production methods. Vitamin a deficiency vad is a serious public health problem in developing countries like ethiopia. The analysis presented in this document is the result of partnerships established in the context of the mafap.
A dutch report, published at the end of 2015, noted that subsaharan africa ss was growing more soybeans than it could process with soybean meal and oil production limited by a lack of processing capacity throughout the region south africa is the largest soybean producer in ssa as per 2016 data, followed by nigeria. Ethiopia gdp from industrial production 19992018 data. The total area under potato production had reached 73,095 ha and the production was estimated to be more than 5. In the last 30 years maize hectarge has increased steadily, while the corresponding area for other cereals has declined.
Maize is the second most widely cultivated crop in ethiopia and is grown under diverse agroecologies and socioeconomic conditions typically under rainfed production. Export performance of oilseeds and its determinants in. A system diagnosis article pdf available in potato research 522. Many people are making money all over the world by farming potatoes. Clean, certified seed is the key to improving the potato system in ethiopia. The area is blessed with cool temperatures and high rainfall, which should make it fertile ground for the production of diseasefree seed potatoes. Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on potatoes production. Development in seed systems of ethiopia recent development in seed systems of ethiopia abebe atilaw1 and lijalem korbu1 d1 ebr ezeit research centr ethiopian institute of agricultural research p. Dairy production is an important issue in ethiopias.
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