Economic Analysis of the Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorous Fertilizer Application for Sorghum Production at Alduba, South Omo, South Western Ethiopia

Abebe Hegano; Asmera Adicha; Shemelis Tesema

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Economic Analysis of the Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorous Fertilizer Application for Sorghum Production at Alduba, South Omo, South Western Ethiopia

Abebe Hegano, Asmera Adicha, Shemelis Tesema

Published in International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 1, Issue 2)

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A field experiment was conducted on sandy clay soils of Alduba, South omo, south western Ethiopia for two consecutive years with the aim of determining the optimal fertilizer application rate and the most profitable level for sorghum production. Twenty treatment combinations were made from five levels of nitrogen 0 kg of N ha^-1, 23 kg of N ha^-1, 46 kg of N ha^-1, 69 kg of N ha^-1 and 92 kg of N ha^-1 with four level of phosphors 0 P kg of ha^-1, 10 kg of P ha^-1, 20 kg of P ha^-1 and 30 kg of Pha^-1. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The sorghum improved variety‘ Teshale’ was planted early in Ethiopian ‘Meher’ season of 2014 and 2015 for two years. Based on the objective function of profit maximization to determine the optimum returns, the highest two years average grain yield (2.689 tones ha^-1) was recorded at a fertilizer application rate of 46 kg N ha^-1 and 30 kg P ha^-1 with a gross margin of 19703.27 ETB, net returns of 12991.57 ETB and a benefit-cost ratio of 1.4. This shows that farmers in the Alduba of south omo zone stand in a better position to make more profit from sorghum production.

Published in	International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 1, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijae.20160102.11
Page(s)	26-30
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Alduba, The Optimal Fertilizer Application Rate, Resource–Poor Farmers, Profit

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Abebe Hegano

Department of Natural Resources Research Process, Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Jinka Agricultural Research Center, Jinka, Ethiopia
Asmera Adicha

Department of Natural Resources Research Process, Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Jinka Agricultural Research Center, Jinka, Ethiopia
Shemelis Tesema

Department of Natural Resources Research Process, Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Jinka Agricultural Research Center, Jinka, Ethiopia

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