Growing Use and Impacts of Chemical Fertilizers and Assessing Alternative Organic Fertilizer Sources in Ethiopia

Table 2

Estimate of area, production, and yield of crops for 2019/20 and 2020/21 Meher seasons.

Crop type	Area (hectares)		Production (quintals)		Yield
	2019/20	2020/21	2019/20	2020/21	2019/20	2020/21
Grain crops	12,858,638	12,979,460	335,103,036	341,828,693	26.06	26.34
Cereals	10,474,336	10,538,341	296,630,122	302,054,261	28.32	28.66
Teff	3,101,167	2,928,206	57,357,101.87	55,099,615	18.50	18.82
Barley	950,739	926,107	23,780,050	23,391,099	25.01	25.26
Wheat	1,789,306	1,897,405	53,152,703	57,801,306	29.71	30.46
Maize	2,271,442	2,526,212	96,283,366	105,570,936	42.39	41.79
Sorghum	1,827,244	1,679,277	52,633,478	45,173,502	28.80	26.90
Finger millet	455,580	480,343	11,259,579	12,030,164	24.71	25.04
Oat	21,282	15,502	457,543.61	305,403.43	21.5	19.70
Rice	57,575.72	85,288.87	1,706,301.01	2,682,235.14	29.64	31.45
Pulses	1,563,519.43	1,674,950.34	30,051,568.79	31,999,988.65	19.22	19.10
Oilseeds	820,782.12	766,167.66	8,421,345.36	7,774,444.17	10.26	10.15
Vegetables	238,505.79	243,568.75	8,761,390.18	9,067,870.78	36.17	37.23
Root crops	248,223.82	307,295.80	46,380,932.79	56,216,815.32	186.85	182.94
Fruit crops	115,533.76	161,470.82	8,347,071.22	14,192,409.18	72.25	87.89

Source: [69].