Additive yield response of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to rhizobium inoculation and phosphorus fertilizer across smallholder farms in Ethiopia.

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Author(s)
Wolde-Meskel E., van Heerwaarden J., Abdulkadir B., Kassa S., Aliyi I., Degefu T., Wakweya K., Kanampiu F., Giller K.E.
Year
2018
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Additive yield response of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to rhizobium inoculation and phosphorus fertilizer across smallholder farms in Ethiopia.

Keywords
rhizobium,inoculation,fertilizer,smallholder farms,Ethiopia.
Publisher
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 261, 144-152.
Country
Ethiopia

The impacts of rhizobium inoculation on growth and yield of chickpea have mainly been tested in experiments conducted in greenhouses or on research stations. We report the response of the crop to inoculation (I) and phosphorus fertilizer (P) application across a large number of smallholder’s farms over four regions of Ethiopia, covering diverse soil fertility and agro-ecological conditions. Increased grain yields due to the soil fertility treatments was evident for 99% target farmers.