Table 4 Average crop productivity on locally classified soils in studied districts of Wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia
Parameters | Farmers soil types | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arrada bita | Kereta bita | Chere bita | Talla bita | Gobo bita | Zo’o bita | Lada bita | F value | Sig. | |
Maize (W/O) (t ha−1) | 0.66 | 0.42 | 0.10 | 0.56 | 0.46 | 0.34 | 0.55 | 5.7 | 0.000 |
Maize (with) (t ha−1) | 2.28 | 1.88 | 1.33 | 2.02 | 1.91 | 1.82 | 1.99 | 2.2 | 0.040 |
Haricot bean (W/O) (t ha−1) | 0.42 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 10.2 | 0.000 |
Haricot bean (with) (t ha−1) | 1.28 | 1.15 | 1.10 | 0.97 | 1.21 | 0.98 | 1.02 | 7.4 | 0.000 |
Tef (W/O) (t ha−1) | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 1.2 | 0.320 |
Tef (with) (t ha−1) | 0.73 | 0.65 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.74 | 0.63 | 0.70 | 0.8 | 0.56 |
Sweet potato (W/O) (t ha−1) | 4.9 | – | – | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 0.32 | 0.90 |
Sweet potato (with) (t ha−1) | 11.1 | – | – | 15.5 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 3.0 | 0.03 |