Vol. 10 (3) : May-June 2019 issue
Green Farming Vol. 10 (3) : 336-340 ; May-June, 2019
Effect of different drainage technologies on wheat to enhance water use efficiency in Ginchi district, Ethiopia
EYERUSALEM HAILUa1, MELESE TEMESGENb2 and THOMAS ABRAHAMa3*
aDepartment of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences, Ambo University (Ethiopia)
bDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia)
Designation : 1Research Scholar, 2Researcher, 3Associate Professor *(drthomasabraham7@gmail.com)
Subject : Water and Natural Resource Management, Water Conservation Engg., Water Harvesting, Farm Pond, Sewage Water, Irrigation
Paper No. : P-7621
Total Pages : 5
Received : 22 May 2019
Revised accepted : 28 May 2019
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Citation :
EYERUSALEM HAILU, MELESE TEMESGEN and THOMAS ABRAHAM. 2019. Effect of different drainage technologies on wheat to enhance water use efficiency in Ginchi district, Ethiopia. Green Farming Vol. 10 (3) : 336-340 ; May-June, 2019
ABSTRACT
Vertisols cover 8 million ha of the Ethiopian highlands. High clay content of the Vertisols is responsible for their heavy water logging in highland areas with abundant rainfall and low infiltration rates. The study evaluated the performance different drainage technologies for wheat (Triticum aestivum) and water use efficiency on field plot in 2015 at Ginchi district, West Shoa Zone of Oromia Regional State. Four treatments of drainage technologies (Aybar BBM (Broad Bed Maker), Shaga, Shurube and control) were laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design. Traditional technologies has extended the duration of the growing period of wheat on average by 6 days from 93 days under the Aybar BBM to 99 days in control. Aybar BBM increased grain yield of wheat from 2318.21kg ha-1 from the control to 4652.45kg ha-1, while dry biomass was increased by 28% as compared to the control. Existing moisture chickpea (Cicer arietinum) was harvested and using rain water harvesting in the pond, beetroot (Beta vulgaris) and carrot (Daucus carota) were harvested as a triple cropping in the same field plot. Therefore, it was concluded that new drainage technologies in vertisols such as Aybar BBM re-enforced by water harvesting increased the gross crop yield and double as well as triple cropping can be achieved.
Key words :
Aybar BBM, Cropping practices, Rain water harvesting, Vertisol management, Wheat.