The activity was conducted in 2018/19 main cropping season at Daro Lebu and Habro districts of West Hararghe zone. Two improved Haricot bean varieties namely Awash-2 and Carcar were demonstrated with the objectives of to evaluate improved variety of Haricot bean under farmer’s condition and to enhance farmers’ skill & knowledge on haricot bean production through participatory demonstration in the study area. Two kebeles (one kebele from each district) were selected purposively based on haricot bean production potential. A total of seven farmers; two from Daro Lebu and five from Habro district were used for demonstration. Single plot with 10mx10m area were used on each farmer’s field for each variety. Yield of each variety was collected from each farmer and analyzed through descriptive statistics. On the other hand, farmer’s preferences were collected and analyzed by using simple rank analysis. Financial analysis was also used to analyze the economic benefit gained from the experiment. The result of the study revealed that improved varieties had yield advantage over the local check. The highest yield (1550 kg/ha) was recorded by Carcar variety with 25% yield advantage over the local check under farmers practices. On the other hand, Awash-2 Varity was ranked 1st then followed by Carcar as 2nd based on numbers of pod per plant, numbers seed per pod, seed size, early maturity, drought tolerant and disease resistance identified as selection criteria Therefore, Awash-2 & Carcar varieties were recommended for further scaling up to enhance haricot bean productivity under smallholder farmers.
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