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Table 6 Farmers’ estimated mean yields on sampled cultivated fields in the absence and presence of fertilizer in the three districts, Southern region, Ethiopia during 2013.

From: Physiographic characteristics of agricultural lands and farmers’ soil fertility management practices in Wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia

Major crop

Fertilizer application

Mean yield (t ha−1)

 

Damot Gale

Damot Sore

Sodo Zuria

Overall Mean ± SD

F test

Maize (195)

No

0.76 ± 0.3

0.52 ± 0.2

0.26 ± 0.16

0.55 ± 0.31

63.9***

Yes

2.54 ± 0.9

1.95 ± 0.64

1.54 ± 0.50

2.08 ± 0.81

27.2***

t test

***

***

***

***

 

Teff (105)

No

0.17 ± 0.09

0.16 ± 0.09

0.08 ± 0.11

0.15 ± 0.10

7.4***

Yes

0.73 ± 0.23

0.69 ± 0.15

0.65 ± 0.19

0.70 ± 0.19

1.3NS

t test

***

***

***

***

 

Wheat (62)

No

0.50 ± 0.3

0.46 ± 0.25

0.18 ± 0.16

0.45 ± 0.28

3.4*

Yes

1.9 ± 0.65

1.93 ± 0.84

1.05 ± 0.48

1.81 ± 0.74

3.9*

t test

***

***

**

***

 

Haricot bean (244)

No

0.37 ± 0.14

0.35 ± 0.13

0.22 ± 0.13

0.34 ± 0.14

19.6***

Yes

1.14 ± 0.32

1.21 ± 0.33

0.88 ± 0.15

1.12 ± 0.32

16.2***

t test

***

***

***

***

 

Potato (42)

No

2.56 ± 0.87

1.89 ± 1.09

0.47 ± 0.42

2.14 ± 1.09

7.4**

Yes

7.30 ± 2.32

7.63 ± 3.80

2.67 ± 0.61

7.11 ± 3.16

3.7*

t test

***

***

**

***

 

Sweet potato (46)

No

4.11 ± 1.68

4.59 ± 2.34

5.52 ± 2.55

4.69 ± 2.28

0.9NS

Yes

9.88 ± 3.04

11.13 ± 3.76

12.23 ± 4.12

11.13 ± 3.71

0.8NS

t test

***

***

***

***

 

Taro (58)

No

4.43 ± 1.96

5.89 ± 2.43

8.20 ± 6.34

5.73 ± 2.96

3.4*

Yes

13.41 ± 7.09

13.03 ± 3.28

15.20 ± 3.35

13.33 ± 4.68

0.5NS

t test

***

***

*

***

 

Coffee (37)

Yes (FYM)

0.56 ± 0.16

0.42 ± 0.10

0.49 ± 0.25

4.9 ± 1.5

4.3*

  1. Numbers in parenthesis indicates number of samples
  2. NS not significant
  3. *, **, *** Significant at p < 0.05, 0.01, 0.001