Table 5 Fertilizer type uses and application rates of crops grown in the study districts of Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia during 2013.
Crop | Sample size | % fields receiving | Average fertilizer rate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DAP | Urea | FYM | DAP (kg ha−1) | Urea (kg ha−1) | FYM (t ha−1) | ||
Maize | 213 | 76 | 35 | 17 | 46.7 ± 30.1 | 17.5 ± 25.9 | 0.5 ± 1.3 |
Teff | 20 | 95 | 45 | 0 | 61.3 ± 20.3 | 18.0 ± 21.5 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
Wheat | 14 | 93 | 57 | 0 | 57.5 ± 24.3 | 24.1 ± 23.7 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
Sorghum | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
Haricot bean | 188 | 82 | 1 | 4 | 45.5 ± 25.8 | 0.4 ± 4.1 | 0.1 ± 0.4 |
Field Pea | 21 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5.2 ± 16.6 | 0.9 ± 3.9 | 0.2 ± 0.8 |
Potato | 29 | 90 | 7 | 10 | 52.7 ± 24.5 | 2.6 ± 10.2 | 0.3 ± 1.0 |
Sweet potato | 36 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 1.7 ± 10.0 | 0.9 ± 5.3 | 1.1 ± 2.0 |
Taro | 46 | 4 | 2 | 78 | 3.0 ± 14.6 | 1.0 ± 7.1 | 2.4 ± 2.1 |
Cassava | 12 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 13.3 ± 25.7 | 2.5 ± 8.7 | 0.1 ± 0.2 |
Enset | 15 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 3.8 ± 2.3 |
Coffee | 55 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 3.5 ± 2.7 |
F test | – | – | – | 45*** | 16.3*** | 40.2*** | |