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Participatory Variety Selection of Field Pea (Pisum sativum L.) and Apparatuses to Understand Farmer’s Selection Criteria in Eastern Arsi Zone of Ethiopia

Received: 24 April 2021     Accepted: 19 June 2021     Published: 26 June 2021
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Abstract

Field pea is one of the protein rich grain food legumes that have a lion share in human diet in Arsi zone. It is a long time ago that field pea crop improvement started in which more than 16 new varieties released those are selected primarily for yield potential, but there is a traits left considered as a very import by majority of farmers. This study intended to recognize farmers important traits consider for decisive varieties to grow. The study was conducted at south eastern Arsi of Ethiopia, representing five major field pea producing location, in one growing season, using a participatory variety selection approach. A total of nine improved and one local check field pea varieties are used. Majority of farmers’ were found around fourteen traits that can influence the selected varieties across all location. There is also some traits those are more sensitive to gender difference. Among fourteen traits, nine were considered very important in one or all of the location in a growing season. Unfortunately there are preferred traits that are not given high priority by the current field pea breeding program in Ethiopian. This study indicated that there is no field pea variety possesses all desirable characteristics that meet the diverse farmers’ selection criteria that adapted to varied location and a growing season. It is better if farmers’ preference traits would be considered in breeding program for a country Ethiopia where the crop is consumed as a stable food.

Published in International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijaas.20210703.15
Page(s) 138-144
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Keywords

Field Pea, Traits, Location and Variety

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  • Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center, Asella, Ethiopia

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