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Assessment of Coffee Berry Disease in West Hararge Zone, Eastern Ethiopia
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Abstract
Coffee is principal cash crop in Ethiopia. Harar coffee is one of the coffee types of Ethiopia known for their fine quality unique aroma and flavor. Large propor-tion of Harar coffee is produced in West Hararge Zone in Eastern Ethiopia. Cof-fee berry disease causes yield loss of 25%-30% at national level. It also deteri-orates cup quality of coffee. There was a need to study status of coffee berry disease in West Hararge Zone. Accordingly, this study was conducted with the objective to determine incidence and severity of coffee berry disease in West Hararge Zone. Total of 135 coffee farms at 27 study sites in three districts (Da-roLabu, Habro and Boke) were used for this study. The study farms were se-lected using multi stage sampling techniques. Incidence of CBD was determined as percentage of diseased trees by visual assessment on 10-15 trees/farm. CBD severity was determined as percentage of diseased coffee berries. Data were analyzed for descriptive statistics (mean, range, percentage). The result of this study revealed that incidence of CBD varied among study sites. CBD incidence in West Hararge varied from 8.0% to 84.0 % with mean of 49.7%. On the other hand, severity of coffee berry disease ranged from 0.0% to 26.7% with mean of 10.0%. Both incidence and severity of the disease varied across study districts and sites. Hot spot areas were identified. Hence, it is advisable to introduce CBD resistant coffee varieties for production in hot spot areas. Training farmers to use cultural control methods such as pruning, sucker management is also the way forward.
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How to cite this paper
Assessment of Coffee Berry Disease in West Hararge Zone, Eastern Ethiopia
How to cite this paper: Abdi Adem, Mohammedsani Amin, Mulugeta Mamo. (2020) Assessment of Coffee Berry Disease in West Hararge Zone, Eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 4(4), 465-469.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ijfsa.2020.12.015
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