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Table 3 Major cereal, legume and oil crops, and yield of crop residues in 2015/2016 cropping season

From: Competition for land resources: driving forces and consequences in crop-livestock production systems of the Ethiopian highlands

Crop types

Cultivated land (ha)

Crop productivity (t ha−1)

Grain yield (t year−1)

Conversion rates

Residue yield (DM t year−1)

Barley

211

1.75

369

1.5

553

Wheat

64

1.54

98

1.2

118

Faba bean

115

1.26

144

1.2

173

Field pea

91

0.72

66

1.2

79

Lentil

23

0.15

3

1.2

4

Linseed

6

0.45

3

4

12

Total

509

 

683

 

939