Agricultural data for Ethiopia, gathered from research institutes and government sources into one searchable catalogue.
221–230 of 1,112 datasets
CIMMYT Ethiopia
Field and greenhouse FHB resistance evaluation for a panel of African wheat varieties, with deoxynivalenol (DON) toxin data provided.
CIMMYT Ethiopia
CIMMYT implemented a study at its station in Texcoco to compare the effectiveness of 5 different storage technologies in minimizing grain loss during four consecutive storage cycles. In each storage cycle, the conventional practice of farmers in the area, polypropylene bag, was compared to four hermetic plastic bags from three different brands ((1) GrainPro® Hermetic Bag Premium TM Zipper (HBZ), (2) GrainPro® Hermetic Bag Premium TM Twist & Tie (HBT), (3) Ecotact 80 Multilayered Hermetic Storage Bag (HEC), (4) ZeroFly® Hermetic Storage Bag (ZFLY)) and silage plastic bag (an alternative low-cost plastic bag used as hermetic technology). The same experiment was repeated during four cycles to evaluate how each technology maintains its performance in minimizing storage loss. After the first storage cycle, the number of holes in each bag due to insect activities was counted. The data collected during each storage cycle included (1) characteristics of the storage cycle, including the crop and variety evaluated; (2) storage technologies evaluated; (3) grain damage, percentage of insect-damaged grain and weight loss; (4) the number of holes per bag.
CIMMYT Ethiopia
Data generated to understand the retention and bioavailability of iron and zinc during chapati and leavened bread production
CIMMYT Ethiopia
The integrated BEM and e-Agrology dataset comprises historical data from 2012 to 2022, specifically collected from the Bajío region in Mexico, which includes the states of Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, and Queretaro. This dataset offers comprehensive information on farmers' field activities, plot details, and specific characteristics of various crops, organized into nearly five hundred variables that cover all stages of the agronomic cycle. By making this data available to the community, it provides valuable insights that can enhance knowledge dissemination and support farmers in refining their production practices.
CIMMYT Ethiopia
This database integrates farmer field surveys with secondary environmental data for 45,643 farmer fields that cultivated rice between 2016 and 2021. This dataset integrates original survey datasets that have, or will be, published on the CIMMYT Dataverse. Collectively, the dataset covers six regions across South Asia: Andhra Pradesh (n=1,744), Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh (n=9,693), Odisha (n=1,947), Punjab and Haryana (n=5,833), Bangladesh’s floodplains (n=20,329), and the Terai region of Nepal (n=6,097). The northwestern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana are grouped together as they are commonly considered part of a distinct rice-producing area known as the ‘Trans-Gangetic Plains’. Similarly, Bihar and the neighbouring districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh—Ballia, Chandauli, Deoria, Ghazipur, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Mau, and Siddharthnagar—are grouped together as a distinct rice production environment commonly known as the ‘Middle Indo-Gangetic Plains’. It should also be noted that the surveyed area of Bangladesh’s floodplains primarily includes the Tista Meander Floodplain and Ganges River Floodplains and may not represent other floodplain areas in Bangladesh.
CIMMYT Ethiopia
The groundnut data was collected from small-scale groundnut farmers in the Tanzanian regions of Dodoma, Shinyanga, Mtwara, Lindi, and Songwe in May and November 2023. The sample size consists of 2,200 small-scale farmers. The phase one data responses are from farmers in Dodoma and Shinyanga, collected in May 2023, while the phase two data is from farmers in Mtwara, Lindi, and Songwe, collected in November 2023. The farmer profiling questions covered the following topics: socio-demographic information, with variables such as gender, age, family size, and education; farm information variables, including farm size, crops grown, animals kept, input use, and key income sources; information on groundnut farming variables, such as seed purchase, cropping system, seed volume and plot size, harvest volume and usage; and food security and hunger questions. The data also includes the identification and selection of preferred groundnut seed variety concepts presented in video format. For the video data collection, eight product descriptions were conceptualized into videos, with presentations made by both a male and a female seed multiplier. Each farmer saw only three of the eight videos at a given time (incomplete block design). The videos viewed by each farmer were selected at random, resulting in a total of 6,600 videos presented to 2,200 small-scale farmers overall.
CIMMYT Ethiopia
Wheat head blast index (%) data for six CIMMYT nurseries (32ISEPTON, 14HLBSN, 14HZAN, 40SAWSN, 24FHBSN, and 55IBWSN) is presented. Field trials took place in Quirusillas and Okinawa (Bolivia) and Jashore (Bangladesh) during the 2023 cycles. Two sowings were made in each location/cycle.
CIMMYT Ethiopia
New and improved maize hybrids, developed by the CIMMYT Global Maize Program, are available for uptake by public and private sector partners, especially those interested in marketing or disseminating hybrid maize seed across tropical regions of South Asia and similar agro-ecologies in other regions.. Following a rigorous trialing and a stage-gate advancement process culminating in the 2023 Stage 5 trials, CIMMYT advanced a total of six new elite maize hybrids in Asia in 2024 across the SADHT, SAWLDT, and SADT product profiles. Phenotypic data collected in Stage 4 and Stage 5 trials for the selected hybrids as well as information about the trial sites are provided in this dataset. These trials were conducted through a network of partners, including NARES and private seed companies, in Asia, under various management and environmental conditions.
CIMMYT Ethiopia
More than 60% of Zambia's population lives in rural areas and relies on rain-fed agriculture, with smallholder farmers playing a key role in food production. However, their dependence on the climate makes them vulnerable. It is essential to sustainably increase food production to feed a growing population and address climate change. Sustainable Intensification Practices (SIPs) are a solution that increases productivity without harming the environment. Examples of SIPs include Conservation Agriculture (CA), agroforestry, and the use of improved fertilizers. Although SIPs have benefits such as improving soil fertility and increasing productivity, their adoption is low due to obstacles like competition for crop residues, credit and labor constraints, and technical limitations. Additionally, farmers' risk and time preferences influence the adoption of these practices. To better understand these factors, data were collected from two household surveys conducted in nine districts of Zambia, located in the Eastern (Chipata, Lundazi and Sinda), Northern (Kasama, Mbala and Senga Hill), and Southern provinces (Choma, Mazabuka and Monze), where CIMMYT promotes various SIPs. The surveys were carried out in specific communities using the mother and baby trial approach of the SIFAZ project. Households of farmers hosting mother and baby trials, as well as other farmers in each camp, were randomly sampled. In total, 678 households were surveyed in 2021 and 646 in 2022, achieving a balanced panel of 1292 observations. Adoption refers to the use of CA practices on non-demonstration and non-trial plots that are not supported by external projects. Ethical approval was obtained for both surveys. This study in Zambia uses this data to analyze how risk and time preferences affect the adoption of CA-based practices, concluding that risk aversion and impatience reduce the likelihood of adoption.
CIMMYT Ethiopia
Sustainable intensification practices, such as intercropping maize with grain legumes, are essential for smallholder farmers in southern Africa to address climate change and declining soil fertility. A study in Zambia compared different diversification strategies (single-row intercropping, strip cropping, and crop rotation) with sole maize. The results showed that while there were no significant differences in individual yields, intercropping systems provided important nutritional and economic benefits. However, these systems required more labor, which was not preferred by farmers. Soil organic carbon content and pH generally decreased without differences between systems. In summary, maize-legume intercropping can improve food security and agricultural benefits, although it requires more labor, which could be addressed with appropriate mechanization.