Journal of Horticulture
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Department of Horticulture, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Evaluation and Demonstration of Cassava Varieties and its Product via Promotional Workshop under Irrigated Condition of Middle Awash, Afar, Ethiopia
  Author(s): Yitages Kuma* and Tesfaye Tadesse
  
  Cassava production is popular in Africa due to its low water requirement, which is recently adapted in Afar region that characterized by low availability of moisture. Demonstration was not done to familiarize the crop with agro pastorals in the area. Therefore, the experiment was carried out at WARC, Bedulale and Kedigadora kebeles in 2014 cropping season using two released cassava varieties namely Qulle and kelo planted on double observational plots that arranged as RCBD with two replications at each location. Practical training on product development and end product test were accomplished for selected agro pastorals of Amibara districts through promotional workshop. Storage root yield results of the experiment showed that there was highly significant difference (P<0.01) between the two cassava varieties as, Variety Kello gave significantly higher average storage root diameter (2... View More»
  DOI: DOI: 10.35248/2376-0354.9.312.

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