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On-farm analysis ofdurum wheat production technologies - Kenea et al.
Table 4.
Net benefits and marginal rates of return for the two management
practices at three locations.
Marginal Marginal
Total Costs N~t Marginal Net Rate of
Location Practice that Vary Benefit Cost Benefit Ret~r-n (%)
Tullubollo Local 540.35 256.85
Improved 670.69 3000.70 130.34 432.85 332
Alemtena Local 522.71 2219.91
Improved 651.26 2435.30 128.55 215.39 168
Shenkora Local 560.42 3069.44
Improved 696.92 3567.25 136.50 497.81 365
Table 5.
Results of farmers' assessment of varieties.
Variety index for characteristics
Characteristic ET-13 *ilinto Quami Foka BQohai
Weed resistance 67 86 96 93 87
Less shattering 53 93 93 87 80
Straw palatability for feed 76 76 80 68 68
LodginE resistance 92 88 57 68 70
Ease ofharvesting and bundling 70 100 90 100 90
Ease ofthreshinK 80 52 68 45 50
Water logging resistance 33 67 100 80 73
Bread quality 55 76 75 65 80
Kinche quality - 80 100 80 93
lnjera quality 80 80 30 86 50
Taste roasted 90 92 76 87 75
Disease resistance 70 90 100 100 90
Early_ maturi!y 80 80 60 57 65
Variety index is computed as per Maxwell et al. (1995):
= L: (Number ofresponses for each rank x corresponding weight of rank) x 100
Total number of responses x highest weight
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