Table 1 Description of the study areas.
From: Characterization of fruit production and market performance in northwest Ethiopia
Features (unit) | Study districts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dibatie | Fagita Lekoma | Bahir Dar Zuria | Banja | |
Temperature (℃) | 25–32 | 9–25 | 15–28 | 9–26 |
Annual rainfall (mm) | 850–1200 | 1951–3424 | 895–2037 | 1958–3465 |
Altitude (m a.s.l.) | 1479–1709 | 1800–2900 | 1922–2250 | 1850–2925 |
Agro-ecological zone | Tropical hot humid | Moist subtropical | Humid subtropical | Moist subtropical |
Dominant livestock | Cattle, goats, and donkeys | Cattle, horses, and sheep | Cattle, goats, sheep, and donkeys | Cattle, horses, and sheep |
Dominant cash crops | Mango, groundnut and coffee | Apple, Potatoes, and garlic, | Khat, mango, papaya, avocado | Potatoes, apple, and garlic, |
Dominant staple crops | Maize and millet | Barley and teff | Millet, teff, wheat, maize | Teff and barley |