Bikila Takala

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research | EIAR · Department of Natural Resource Management Research

Article Info Application of small amounts of lime significantly increased maize and soybean grain yield suggesting that micro-dosing has the potential to increase maize production on acid soil of Ethiopia. Liming of acidic soil on smallholder farms is one of the major challenges to enhance crop yields in south western Ethiopia. This may be attribut...

Soil degradation is one of Ethiopia's most severe concerns, contributing for the country's low coffee production. Researchers have been conducted by different organizations for the past five decades to ameliorate the challenges. The goal of this review was to summarize and document major research achievements recorded so far and recommend future re...

Nursery experiment was conducted at Haru Agricultural Research Sub Center (HARSC) of Jimma Agricultural Research Center, Western Ethiopia, to investigate dry matter yield and its nutrient uptake of Arabica coffee seedlings under different lime and coffee husk compost rates and establish optimum combination of these agricul tural inputs that produce...

A pot experiment was conducted to assess the effects of coffee husk compost, lime and their combinations on chemical properties of acidic soil and coffee seedling growth at Haru Research Sub-Center nursery site in west Wollega zone in 2016/17. Soil and coffee husk compost samples were collected, prepared and analyzed before and at the end of experi...

A pot experiment was conducted to determine the effects of lime, coffee husk compost and their combinations on growth response of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) seedlings at Haru Research Sub-Center nursery site in West Ethiopia in 2016/17. The experiment was laid out in a factorial experiment arranged in Randomized Complete Block Design with three rep...

Soil acidity has become a serious threat to crop production in most highlands of Ethiopia in general and in the western part of the country in particular. An earlier study estimated that about 41% of arable lands of Ethiopia are affected by soil acidity/Al 3+ toxicity. But recently the status of most soil in western Ethiopia were became acidic thou...