Dessie — Farmers and agricultural professionals in Southern Wollo Zone said that green gram, introduced recently in the zone, is replacing most common crops like maize and sorghum in the zone as it dramatically increase farmers' income, soil fertility and took shorter period to ripen.
Zonal Agriculture and Rural Development Department Head Kebede Yimam told Ethiopian Press Agency reporters that 40-hectare cultivated to grow green gram as a pilot project, 624 quintal yield has been produced generating 374,400 birr. He said if sorghum, one of the main agricultural produce in the zone, is cultivated on the same land, farmers would not get additional 252,800 birr.
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