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Economic impact of broomrape (Orobanche crenata) on pulse crop production in north Eastern Ethiopia. International conference on pulses, Marrakesh, Morocco, April 18-20, 2016. Abstract 166.

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Title Economic impact of broomrape (Orobanche crenata) on pulse crop production in north Eastern Ethiopia. International conference on pulses, Marrakesh, Morocco, April 18-20, 2016. Abstract 166.
 
Creator Kassie, Girma
 
Contributor Tiruneh, Solomon
Silim, Said
Yitayih Birhanu, Mulugeta
Aw-Hassan, Aden A.
Kemal, Seid Ahmed
Misganaw, Mekonnen
 
Subject pests and disease
boomrape
pulse crop
Legume
 
Description Broomrape (Orobanche crenata) is a parasitic weed that has become a nuisance to pulse crop production
in many parts of Ethiopia. Despite the challenges posed by the weed, there has not been any study on its
economic impact at farm household level in Ethiopia. With the aim of filling this gap, this study reports
the impact of broomrape on farm level productivity and farm income based on 540 randomly selected
households in northeastern Ethiopia. We have employed nearest-neighbor matching and propensity score
matching methods to estimate the impact of broomrape infestation and dose-response function to assess
the impact of degree of infestation. The results show that farm households are being affected significantly
by broomrape. We have suggested research and development interventions that might help in abating the
economic losses farmers incur due to this parasitic weed at least in northeastern Ethiopia.
 
Date 2016-12-31
2017-03-09T12:44:41Z
2017-03-09T12:44:41Z
 
Type Other (Abstract)
 
Identifier http://www.icarda.org/sites/default/files/u158/ICP2016-Conference-abstract-book.pdf 
https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/OGe0eR1Y
Economic impact of broomrape (Orobanche crenata) on pulse crop production in north Eastern Ethiopia. International conference on pulses, Marrakesh, Morocco, April 18-20, 2016. Abstract 166.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/6338
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
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