Abstract            Volume:13  Issue-7  Year-2025         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

Bread wheat is an important staple food crop in Ethiopia. However, yields are low because of many factors Such as soil acidity and soil nutrients content. Therefore, this study has focused on the combined application of coffee husk compost and NPSB fertilizer rates on crop yield performance. A field trial was conducted to determine the effects of coffee husk compost (0, 1.5, 3 and 4.5 t ha^-1) combined with blended NPSB fertilizer rate (0, 50, 100 and 150 kg ha^-1) on bread wheat growth and yield). The experiment was laid out in 4X4 factorial arrangement in randomized complete block design with three replications. Data were collected on growth, yield and yield components of the crop were recorded and subjected to statistical analysis using SAS software version 9.3 after checking for fulfilling the ANOVA assumptions. Accordingly, the maximum grain yield (4.71 t ha^-1) was obtained at combined application of 150 kg ha^-1 NPSB with 4.5 t ha^-1 of coffee husk compost. The result of economic analysis showed that combined application of 100 kg ha ^-1 NPSB with 4.5 t ha ^-1 gave economic benefit of ETB 288605.5 ha^-1 and the marginal rate of return of 4370.04 %. From the point of view of wheat yields and economic benefits, 4.5 ton ha^-1 coffee husk compost and 100 kg ha^-1 were recommended for study area and similar agro ecologies.

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