Date Palm Production Practices and Constraints in the Value Chain in Afar Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 7

(a) Yield of date by palm type in the study area

Yield of date palm; (kg/tree/year)	Date palm type		Total
	Local variety ()	Improved variety ()
20–25	8	0	8	116.00
25–30	61	0	61
40–45	11	0	11
45–50	15	0	15
61–70	0	4	4
71–80	0	18	18

significant at a significance level of .

(b) Local varieties grown in the study area

Name	Frequency of HHs	%
Harissa	4	4.2
Bollo	87	91.6
Awssa	4	4.2

Note. : number of respondent households; HHs: household heads.