<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Adoption Studies on Improved Chickpea Varieties in Ethiopia"^^ . "Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the most important food legumes in Ethiopia\r\ncontributing to about 17% of the countries’ total pulse production. Ethiopia is the largest\r\nchickpea growing country in Africa, with a share of about 37% in area and 48% in production.\r\nDuring 2003/2004, Ethiopia produced 135,930 m t of chickpea from an area of 168,089 ha.\r\nThere has been an increase of 12% in area and 34% in production since 1981/1982. Most of the\r\nchickpea production goes for domestic consumption. However, there has been substantial export\r\nof chickpea during the past five years, with maximum of 48,549 t (valued at US$14.7 million)\r\nduring 2002 (FAOSTAT 2005).\r\nChickpea is an important source of dietary protein and minerals for many Ethiopians who cannot\r\nafford animal products. It is used in various forms, e.g., green seeds, dried seeds, dehulled-splits\r\nand flour. Chickpea straw is highly valued as animal feed. The farmers recognize the importance\r\nof legumes in improving soil fertility and thus grow chickpea and other legumes in rotation with\r\ncereals.\r\nThe Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center (DZARC) has been the premier institute for\r\nchickpea research in Ethiopia. It has collaborated with the International Crops Research Institute\r\nfor the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India, and the International Center for\r\nAgricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria, in chickpea improvement and\r\nreleased 10 chickpea varieties in Ethiopia. Of these, three (DZ-10-4, DZ-10-11 and Dubie) were\r\ndeveloped from its own breeding materials, five (Mariye, Worku, Akaki, Shasho and Chefe) from\r\nthe breeding materials supplied by ICRISAT, and two (Arerti and Habru) from the breeding\r\nmaterials supplied by ICARDA.........."^^ . "2005" . . . "International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "C L L"^^ . "Gowda"^^ . "C L L Gowda"^^ . . "P M"^^ . "Gaur"^^ . "P M Gaur"^^ . . "L"^^ . "Dadi"^^ . "L Dadi"^^ . . "M C S"^^ . "Bantilan"^^ . "M C S Bantilan"^^ . . "A"^^ . "Fikre"^^ . "A Fikre"^^ . . "D"^^ . "Mitiku"^^ . "D Mitiku"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Regassa"^^ . "S Regassa"^^ . . . . . . "Adoption Studies on Improved Chickpea Varieties in Ethiopia (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "J411_2005 Chickpea adoption report_Ethiopia.pdf"^^ . . . "Adoption Studies on Improved Chickpea Varieties in Ethiopia (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Adoption Studies on Improved Chickpea Varieties in Ethiopia (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Adoption Studies on Improved Chickpea Varieties in Ethiopia (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Adoption Studies on Improved Chickpea Varieties in Ethiopia (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Adoption Studies on Improved Chickpea Varieties in Ethiopia (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #5287 \n\nAdoption Studies on Improved Chickpea Varieties in Ethiopia\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Chickpea"@en . .