To assist Farmer Training Centers in SNNPR to become sustainable producers of quality sweetpotato planting material, investments in water harvesting and water lifting (solar pumps, rope and washer pumps) have been made in 26 centers based on a technical assessment.
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This study was conducted under researcher-management to compare different irrigation approaches for producing sweetpotato planting material in low-cost net tunnels and open nurseries. Preliminary results show that producing vines using net tunnels with access to irrigation (drip and furrow) is more cost-effective than producing vines in open field nurseries with …
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After three seasons, the overall results for the sweetpotato-rice rotation show that average root yields in the rotation treatment were significantly higher (average yield= 28 t ha-1) than in the control (average yield= 19.8 t ha-1). Paddy yield of rice grown after sweetpotato was also significantly higher than the control …
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This study explored the importance of four factors in irrigated vine production. These were production in net tunnels and open plots, varietal differences, different water delivery systems and water stress levels. All the experimental plots performed better than the control (farmer practice) with both varieties attaining higher yields under net …
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