Publications by authors named "Workneh Dubale"
Article Synopsis
- Ethiopia has a promising agroecological environment for growing subtropical and tropical fruits, but its avocado industry is still developing.
- A study evaluated five avocado cultivars (Ettinger, Fuerte, Hass, Nabal, and Reed) in Lemo district, finding significant differences in growth and yield, with Nabal showing the best performance for fruit production.
- The research indicates that Nabal, Hass, and Ettinger avocados could enhance the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, highlighting the need to promote these cultivars in Ethiopia's midland regions.
Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) is an important horticultural crop and proved to be a very profitable commercial crop for both local consumption and export. The physical characteristics of fruits are an important factor to determine the quality of fruit produced.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFScaling is a ubiquitous concept in agricultural research in the global south as donors require their research grantees to prove that their results can be scaled to impact upon the livelihoods of a large number of beneficiaries. Recent studies on scaling have brought critical perspectives to the rather technocratic tendencies in the agricultural innovations scaling literature. Drawing on theoretical debates on spatial strategies and practical experience of agricultural innovation scaling in Ethiopia, this paper adds to the current debate on what constitutes scaling and how to overcome critical scaling constraints.
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