?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5287%2F&rft.title=Adoption+Studies+on+Improved+Chickpea+Varieties+in+Ethiopia&rft.creator=Dadi%2C+L&rft.creator=Regassa%2C+S&rft.creator=Fikre%2C+A&rft.creator=Mitiku%2C+D&rft.creator=Gaur%2C+P+M&rft.creator=Gowda%2C+C+L+L&rft.creator=Bantilan%2C+M+C+S&rft.subject=Chickpea&rft.description=Chickpea+(Cicer+arietinum+L.)+is+one+of+the+most+important+food+legumes+in+Ethiopia%0D%0Acontributing+to+about+17%25+of+the+countries%E2%80%99+total+pulse+production.+Ethiopia+is+the+largest%0D%0Achickpea+growing+country+in+Africa%2C+with+a+share+of+about+37%25+in+area+and+48%25+in+production.%0D%0ADuring+2003%2F2004%2C+Ethiopia+produced+135%2C930+m+t+of+chickpea+from+an+area+of+168%2C089+ha.%0D%0AThere+has+been+an+increase+of+12%25+in+area+and+34%25+in+production+since+1981%2F1982.+Most+of+the%0D%0Achickpea+production+goes+for+domestic+consumption.+However%2C+there+has+been+substantial+export%0D%0Aof+chickpea+during+the+past+five+years%2C+with+maximum+of+48%2C549+t+(valued+at+US%2414.7+million)%0D%0Aduring+2002+(FAOSTAT+2005).%0D%0AChickpea+is+an+important+source+of+dietary+protein+and+minerals+for+many+Ethiopians+who+cannot%0D%0Aafford+animal+products.+It+is+used+in+various+forms%2C+e.g.%2C+green+seeds%2C+dried+seeds%2C+dehulled-splits%0D%0Aand+flour.+Chickpea+straw+is+highly+valued+as+animal+feed.+The+farmers+recognize+the+importance%0D%0Aof+legumes+in+improving+soil+fertility+and+thus+grow+chickpea+and+other+legumes+in+rotation+with%0D%0Acereals.%0D%0AThe+Debre+Zeit+Agricultural+Research+Center+(DZARC)+has+been+the+premier+institute+for%0D%0Achickpea+research+in+Ethiopia.+It+has+collaborated+with+the+International+Crops+Research+Institute%0D%0Afor+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+(ICRISAT)%2C+Patancheru%2C+India%2C+and+the+International+Center+for%0D%0AAgricultural+Research+in+the+Dry+Areas+(ICARDA)%2C+Aleppo%2C+Syria%2C+in+chickpea+improvement+and%0D%0Areleased+10+chickpea+varieties+in+Ethiopia.+Of+these%2C+three+(DZ-10-4%2C+DZ-10-11+and+Dubie)+were%0D%0Adeveloped+from+its+own+breeding+materials%2C+five+(Mariye%2C+Worku%2C+Akaki%2C+Shasho+and+Chefe)+from%0D%0Athe+breeding+materials+supplied+by+ICRISAT%2C+and+two+(Arerti+and+Habru)+from+the+breeding%0D%0Amaterials+supplied+by+ICARDA..........&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5287%2F1%2FJ411_2005%2520Chickpea%2520adoption%2520report_Ethiopia.pdf&rft.identifier=++Dadi%2C+L+and+Regassa%2C+S+and+Fikre%2C+A+and+Mitiku%2C+D+and+Gaur%2C+P+M+and+Gowda%2C+C+L+L+and+Bantilan%2C+M+C+S++(2005)+Adoption+Studies+on+Improved+Chickpea+Varieties+in+Ethiopia.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++