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Attaining food security both at household and national level is the primary objective of all developing countries. Growing of consumer accepted high yielding crops is one of the solutions for those segments of the society that depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. To this end, maize is potentially the most productive cereal crop that prospects the industrialization of tropical countries. The use of high population densities for early maturing maize varieties under irrigated condition has recorded grain yields of up to 8.5 tons/ha which is much higher than that of the yield that is being obtained in the subsistence rain fed agriculture that is not more than 1.5 to 2 tons/ha. Thus, this technology would shed light to small farm households, commercial farmers, and agricultural extension workers who are interested to engage in irrigated agriculture using different water sources.

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Mr. Alem Gebretsadik Reda held his MSc degree in Agronomy from Alemaya University in July 2003 and his BSc degree in Plant Sciences in 1992 from the same University.He has served in the Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat, Millennium Villages Project and Mekelle University at different expert and management positions.

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