Promotion and scaling up of wheat row planting is seen as best farming practice for increasing wheat yield in Ethiopia. Farmers have been practicing wheat row planting manually for the last three to five years. However, there is lack of empirical study on the impact of row planting on wheat...

Government policy strategies, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), are aimed at increasing agricultural productivity, which could contribute to improve household welfare. Hence, understanding smallholder farmers' low and variable crop yields has been a central research and policy priority...