Effect of land configuration ways on soil moisture and sesame seed yield in Ethiopia

Sesame is an erect herbaceous annual plant with both single-stemmed and branched growth habits. seed yield easily affected by soil moisture stress in semi-arid climate. Good vertisol management options that conserve during dry spell period drain excess wet periods vital. Study area has limited rainfall therefore evidences on effect of land configuration ways sesame critical. A field investigation was conducted at Humera Agricultural Research Center (HuARC) 2016 growing season type. The experiment laid out randomized complete block design (RCBD) three replication consists or methods namely flat, ridge furrow, bed furrow. variety, Setit-1, sown 40 cm 10 spacing between rows plants respectively. analysis revealed had a significant agronomic parameter. highest (558 kg ha-1) recorded while the lowest (400 found flat method. furrow conserved best for performance.