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The Impact of Compost Use on Crop Yields in Tigray, Ethiopia, 2000-2006 inclusive (No. 10)

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USD 6.00 Publisher: TWN
ISBN: 978-983-2729-91-4
Year: 2009
No. of pages: 32
Size of book: 14.5cm x 21cm
Author: Sue Edwards, Arefayne Asmelash,
About the Book

In 1996, the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) in Ethiopia started a project with the Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tigray Region to work with local farming communities of smallholder farmers in degraded areas to rehabilitate their environments and improve agricultural production based on ecological principles. The project included training the local experts and farmers to make and use compost in place of chemical fertiliser. The results, which have been encouraging, are documented in this paper.

In 1998, the Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tigray Region adopted the making of compost as part of its extension package. By 2007 at least 25% of the farmers were making and using compost. Between 2003 and 2006 grain yield for the Region almost doubled. Since 1998, there has also been a steady decrease in the use of chemical fertiliser.

Making and using compost is also being promoted in other regions of the country. In 2008, the Ministry of Agriculture reported that around two million (16%) of the highland farmers were using compost as part of their efforts to increase food crop production for food security in Ethiopia.

About the Author

SUE EDWARDS, AREFAYNE ASMELASH and HAILU ARAYA are Director, Project Officer and Sustainable Community Development Team Leader, respectively, of the Institute for Sustainable Development (P O Box 171-1110, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Correspondence can be addressed to Sue Edwards and Hailu Araya (sustaindeveth@ethionet.et/sustainet@yahoo.co.uk/hailuara@yahoo.com). TEWOLDE BERHAN GEBRE EGZIABHER is Director General of the Environmental Protection Authority, P O Box 12760, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. E-mail: esid@ethionet.et

Contents
  1. INTRODUCTION
    History of crop cultivation in Ethiopia
    ISD’s project on sustainable agriculture

  2. MATERIALS AND METHODS

  3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

  4. CONCLUSION
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