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Vol. 8(6), pp. 649-654, August 2020 Research On Station Economic Analysis of Citronella Grass (Cymbopogon winterianus) Cultivation for herbal production: the case of Wondo Genet district, Southern Ethiopia
Guta Bukero, Zeyituna Abe and Muluken Philipos
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, WGARC, Agricultural Economics Research Process, P.O.Box, 198, Shashemene, Ethiopia. Corresponding author’s E-mail: ggutabukero@gmail.com Accepted 15 June 2020
Aromatic
plants are plants that possess aromatic compounds, most of which are
essential oils which are volatile at room temperature. They can be used
as raw materials for extraction of essential oils which, in turn, are
used in the flavor and fragrance industries, as well as the sources of
spices, herbs, and other natural products such as traditional medicines,
pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, botanical pesticides, insect repellents,
herbal teas/drinks, etc. Aiming to this, Wondo genet agricultural
research center (one of the centers of Ethiopian institute of
agricultural research)is responsible in doing research, promoting and
coordinating aromatic, medicinal and bio energy plants at national level
including other research activities on soil and water, livestock,
forestry, and other food crops. In Ethiopia; other than the traditional
aspect, the scientific aspect of aromatic and medicinal plants is not
well known and little has been done on their economic contribution to
households. Therefore Wondo genet agricultural research center has been
done cost-benefit analysis for a selected aromatic grass namely
Cymbopogon winterianus at wondo genet experimental site. The selected
plant was planted based on its recommended spacing at wondo genet
experimental site and the required data was collected. For the analysis
net return to land (birr/ha) was used as a parameter. The analysis shows
that, the selected aromatic grass provides the net return of which is
80417.32 birr/ha at fresh bio mass price of 1 birr. The NPV and BCR for
Nardos grass was found to be: 76,858.5 and 2.3 respectively.
How to cite this article (APA Style): Guta B., Zeyituna A., Muluken P. (2020). On Station Economic Analysis of Citronella Grass (Cymbopogon winterianus) Cultivation for herbal production: the case of Wondo Genet district, Southern Ethiopia. Acad. Res. J. Agri. Sci. Res. 8(6): 649-654
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