last final thesis of umer

TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION............................................................................................................................ i
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................... ii
DEDICATION.............................................................................................................................. iii
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ...................................................................................................... iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................ v
LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... ix
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .................................................................. xii
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Statement of the problem and justification....................................................................... 2
1.3 Objective of the study ......................................................................................................... 3
1.3.1 General objective of the study ..................................................................................... 3
1.3.2 Specific objectives ......................................................................................................... 4
1.4. Research Questions ............................................................................................................ 4
1.5. Hypothesis ........................................................................................................................... 4
CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................... 5
2.1. Origin and Distribution of Maize ..................................................................................... 5
2.2. Ecology of Maize................................................................................................................. 6
2.3. Maize Production in Ethiopia ........................................................................................... 8
2.4. Importance of Maize .......................................................................................................... 9
2.5. Yield Gap in Maize ........................................................................................................... 11
2.6. Origin, Distribution and World Production of Cowpea ............................................... 12
2.7. Major Cowpea production constraints .......................................................................... 13
2.8. Importance of Intercropping........................................................................................... 14
2.9. Maize-cowpea intercropping systems ............................................................................. 15
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