Merga Duressa

Jimma university college of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Popularization of Finger Millet Production, Value Addition, and Marketing in Wayu Tuka Wereda, East Wollega Zone
  Author(s): Merga Duressa and Amanuel Berhanu Bonso*
  
  Finger millet is one of the most important food cereals and the crop is among the food security crops, widely used for food, local beverage preparation, and animal feed. In Ethiopia, the crop is mainly grown in the northern, northwestern, and western parts of the country, especially during the main rainy season. The nutritional value of the grain is high and it is used as an important staple food and generally consumed as Porridge. However, traditional farming practices such as sowing without fertilizers, lack of improved seed, low productivity of soil, inappropriate land preparation, lack of awareness on production value addition and marketing problems, and postharvest losses result in low production and productivity in the study area. Therefore this study aimed to popularize addition and improved Finger millet Variety production, value addition, and marketing in the study of the are.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10012175

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