Academic Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Research
 

Academic Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Research 

Vol. 6(5), pp. 276-290. June, 2018.

ISSN: 2360-7874 

 DOI: 10.14662/ARJASRD2018.027

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Status of ginger (Zingeber officinale) research and production challenges and future prospects in Ethiopia; a review

¹Mohammedsani Zakir, ²Girma Hailemichael*, ³Mesfin Seyoum and ⁴Melaku Addisu

^1,2,3,4Jimma Agricultural Research Center, P.O. Box: 192; Jimma, Ethiopia

* Corresponding Authors;

E-mail address: mohammedsani641@gmail.com   girmah2003@gmail.com  mesfinseyoum77@yahoo.com,  hawitim@yahoo.com

Accepted 7 June 2018

Ginger (Z. officinale Rosc.) is one of the important spices crop in the world. It grows in more of the countries in the world including Ethiopia. This spice has wider adaptation and it grows in most parts of the country. The major ginger production is in SNNPRS, Oromia, Amhara, Gambella and Benishangul regions. The rhizome from this herbaceous plant is very valuable for different uses; food seasoning for home based or industrial level application, for pharmaceutical uses. The spices research in Ethiopia with various limitations did lots on ginger technology development and achieved significant results. Acquiring significant number of ginger accessions from domestic and foreign source, variety development, crop management, protection and postharvest handling recommendations could be mentioned as some of the research achievements. The country, in addition to huge domestic consumption generated 22.6 million USD hard currency in 2008 from export of products of ginger technologies (Yali and Boziab) and local materials. However, with all such huge potential (production and export), the production and productivity of ginger remained very low due to a number of challenges; shortage of variety, traditional crop production and processing and the recently emerged ginger bacterial wilt disease. The current status of ginger needs to be reviewed to give updated image for producers and policy makers and to give possible direction of the ginger revitalization. This paper reviews the research activities conducted and achievements in different disciplines so far, the status of current production and the challenges and future prospects in the country. This can help devise up to date research strategy on ginger, intervene the production and processing improvement.

Key words: Ginger, production, challenges, R. solanacearum, processing, quality, and Ethiopia

How to cite this article: Zakir et al.,2018. Status of ginger (Zingeber officinale) research and production challenges and future prospects in Ethiopia; a review. Acad. Res. J. Agri. Sci. Res. 6(5): 276-290

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