Participatory Evaluation of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) Varieties Under Irrigation Condition at Abergelle Woreda, Ethiopia

Participatory on-farm evaluation of improved tomato varieties namely;‘Melka salsa, 'Roma VF' and 'Kochero’ against the local variety was carried out in 2019/20 irrigation season. The trial laid on unreplicated simple plots using six farmers as replication at scheme Saka kebele Abergelle woreda. experiment intended to evaluate demonstrate performances different for farmers, then collect assess their feedback. Based actual biological farmers’ preference data, analysis result underscores better performance over by most yield-related attributes. average marketable fruit yields ‘Melka VF', 'Kochero’, were 4.62, 3.88, 3.64, 3.10 ton.ha-1, respectively. had thus yielded an advantage 72.38%, 37.14%, 25.72% given order. Among varieties, salsa' provided highest yield, owing score overall attributes rank. medium-sized, oval-shaped, tasty flashed salsa’ is liked its less perishability, market demand good taste. therefore suggested up-scaling similar agro-ecologies that have schemes production potential. scientists also advised consider feedback a backup future breeding studies.