@article{10.11648/j.plant.20210903.15,
  author = {Anteneh Netsere and Bikila Takala},
  title = {Progress of Soil Fertility and Soil Health Management Research for Arabica Coffee Production in Ethiopia},
  journal = {Plant},
  volume = {9},
  number = {3},
  pages = {70-80},
  doi = {10.11648/j.plant.20210903.15},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.plant.20210903.15},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.plant.20210903.15},
  abstract = {Soil degradation is one of Ethiopia's most severe concerns, contributing for the country's low coffee production. Researchers have been conducted by different organizations for the past five decades to ameliorate the challenges. The goal of this review was to summarize and document major research achievements recorded so far and recommend future research directions. As a result, mixing coffee pulp and husk in the composting pile with organic elements like farm yard manure and leguminous plants generates nutritionally high-quality compost in 45 days. In terms of increasing coffee yield, decomposed coffee husk (DCH) was found to be superior to Sesbaniasesban compost. Compost application rates of 5 to 10 tons ha-1 (2 to 4 kg tree-1 in dry weight base) and an equal proportion of soil incorporation and surface (50:50%) application techniques were found to be superior in increasing coffee yield. 50% recommended NP mineral fertilizer (RMF) (172 and 77 kg ha-1 NP, respectively) + 50% recommended (DCH (10 ton ha-1 or 4 kg tree-1 on a dry weight basis), 50% RMF + 75% DCH, and Desmodiumspp (green manure crop) + RMF (172 and 63 kg ha-1 NP, respectively) significantly (P≤0.05) promote clean coffee yield at Agaro, Haru and Jimma, respectively. Forest soil or blends of top soils, compost and sand in 3:1:0 and 2:1:1 ratio, or organic manure and top soil mixture in 1:4, 2:4 and 3:4 ratios, produced strong and healthy coffee seedlings. A nursery pot amended with 750 mg P pot-1 (2.5 kg soil) and 2.31 g lime + 250 mg P pot-1 and 10 g lime + 800 mg P pot-1 produced released pure line and hybrid seedlings, respectively, with superior dry matter yield at Jimma. Similarly, at Haru, an application of 4 g pot-1 lime + 12.5 g pot-1 DCH and 18.75 g pot-1 DCH was a promising ameliorating management for acid soil for production of vigorous coffee seedlings for field planting. Future research should concentrate on evaluating other organic inputs and combined reclamation of lime-mineral fertilizer-compost, frequency of application, economic benefits, and long-term effects on soil physicochemical properties, coffee yield and bean quality, and establish cost effective soil fertility management in coffee-growing areas of the country. Furthermore, timely revision and calibration of mineral fertilizer recommendations made in the past with newly released coffee genotypes has become critical.},
 year = {2021}
}

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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Progress of Soil Fertility and Soil Health Management Research for Arabica Coffee Production in Ethiopia
AU  - Anteneh Netsere
AU  - Bikila Takala
Y1  - 2021/08/06
PY  - 2021
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.plant.20210903.15
DO  - 10.11648/j.plant.20210903.15
T2  - Plant
JF  - Plant
JO  - Plant
SP  - 70
EP  - 80
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2331-0677
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.plant.20210903.15
AB  - Soil degradation is one of Ethiopia's most severe concerns, contributing for the country's low coffee production. Researchers have been conducted by different organizations for the past five decades to ameliorate the challenges. The goal of this review was to summarize and document major research achievements recorded so far and recommend future research directions. As a result, mixing coffee pulp and husk in the composting pile with organic elements like farm yard manure and leguminous plants generates nutritionally high-quality compost in 45 days. In terms of increasing coffee yield, decomposed coffee husk (DCH) was found to be superior to Sesbaniasesban compost. Compost application rates of 5 to 10 tons ha-1 (2 to 4 kg tree-1 in dry weight base) and an equal proportion of soil incorporation and surface (50:50%) application techniques were found to be superior in increasing coffee yield. 50% recommended NP mineral fertilizer (RMF) (172 and 77 kg ha-1 NP, respectively) + 50% recommended (DCH (10 ton ha-1 or 4 kg tree-1 on a dry weight basis), 50% RMF + 75% DCH, and Desmodiumspp (green manure crop) + RMF (172 and 63 kg ha-1 NP, respectively) significantly (P≤0.05) promote clean coffee yield at Agaro, Haru and Jimma, respectively. Forest soil or blends of top soils, compost and sand in 3:1:0 and 2:1:1 ratio, or organic manure and top soil mixture in 1:4, 2:4 and 3:4 ratios, produced strong and healthy coffee seedlings. A nursery pot amended with 750 mg P pot-1 (2.5 kg soil) and 2.31 g lime + 250 mg P pot-1 and 10 g lime + 800 mg P pot-1 produced released pure line and hybrid seedlings, respectively, with superior dry matter yield at Jimma. Similarly, at Haru, an application of 4 g pot-1 lime + 12.5 g pot-1 DCH and 18.75 g pot-1 DCH was a promising ameliorating management for acid soil for production of vigorous coffee seedlings for field planting. Future research should concentrate on evaluating other organic inputs and combined reclamation of lime-mineral fertilizer-compost, frequency of application, economic benefits, and long-term effects on soil physicochemical properties, coffee yield and bean quality, and establish cost effective soil fertility management in coffee-growing areas of the country. Furthermore, timely revision and calibration of mineral fertilizer recommendations made in the past with newly released coffee genotypes has become critical.
VL  - 9
IS  - 3
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