Promotion of Durum Wheat (<i>Triticum turgidum var. durum</i>) Technologies Through Cluster-Based Large Scale Demonstration in Potential Growing Areas of Ethiopia

Truayinet Mekuriaw; Mohammed Ahmed

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Promotion of Durum Wheat (Triticum turgidum var. durum) Technologies Through Cluster-Based Large Scale Demonstration in Potential Growing Areas of Ethiopia

Truayinet Mekuriaw, Mohammed Ahmed

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Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum var. durum) is one of the most economically important crops produced predominantly by smallholder farmers in the Gojam, Gonder, Shewa, and Bale zones of Ethiopia. But, the adoption of durum wheat technologies by farmers remains very low, mainly due to the lack of high yielding varieties, along with the high cost of purchasing quality seeds and a national seed system incapable of reaching more areas. This activity is, therefore, conducted with the objectives of creating awareness of and wider access to recently released improved durum wheat technology using a cluster-based Large-Scale Demonstration (LSD) in East Shewa and Bale zones of the Oromia Region, and in the East Gojam Zones of the Amhara Region during the 2019/20 main planting season. The utuba variety was demonstrated along with the full production package. A total of 87 interested farmers have directly participated in four potential producing districts and five technology demonstration clusters established on 64 hectares of land. For this activity, 75 quintals of basic seed was distributed to the participating farmers free of charge on a revolving basis. The yield data and the feedback of the farmers’ on the variety were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics and narration. The observed large scale demonstration yield indicates that an average grain yield of 29.2 q/ha to 38.5 q/ha was recorded. The result further showed a positive and higher yield gap in the large scale technology demonstration clusters over the farmer's practice in all clusters of the farmer’s field. The higher-yield performance of the technology might be due to the use of technology as a package (the high yielding new variety along with all the recommended management practices). Thus, it is important to conclude that the application of the full package technology approach should be taken into consideration when disseminating the technology among farmers. Furthermore, the selected variety (Utuba) should be promoted and scaled up to address more farmers in the target areas and other unaddressed areas with similar agroecology by involving all the concerned stakeholders, including the government sectors, non-governmental organizations, and other private sectors at a different level.

Published in	European Journal of Biophysics (Volume 10, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ejb.20221001.11
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Demonstration, LSD, Durum Wheat, Variety

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Truayinet Mekuriaw

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
Mohammed Ahmed

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia

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