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Table 6.

Results of economic feasibility analysis for Fusarium head blight management through the integration of bread wheat cultivars and chemical seed treatments in the seven locations, southern Ethiopia, during the 2019 main cropping year.

Treatment		Grain yield (t ha⁻¹)	Adjusted yield (t ha⁻¹) 10% down	Total input cost ($ ha⁻¹)	Gross benefit ($ ha⁻¹)	Net benefit ($ ha⁻¹)	Benefit-cost ratio
Location		Grain yield (t ha⁻¹)	Adjusted yield (t ha⁻¹) 10% down	Total input cost ($ ha⁻¹)	Gross benefit ($ ha⁻¹)	Net benefit ($ ha⁻¹)	Benefit-cost ratio
Adiyo		2.17	1.95	530.90	993.58	462.68	0.87
Bonke		5.76	5.18	540.44	3955.99	3415.55	6.32
Chencha		5.59	5.03	626.29	3999.21	3372.92	5.39
Gedeb		3.64	3.28	422.79	1562.48	1139.69	2.70
Hulbareg		2.40	2.16	518.18	1717.01	1198.83	2.31
North Ari		0.94	0.85	419.61	564.90	145.28	0.35
Sodo Zuriya		4.86	4.37	588.13	2781.56	2193.42	3.73
Wheat cultivar	Chemical seed fungicide
Hidase	Carboxin	3.45	3.11	15212.86	64865.58	49652.72	3.26
Hidase	Thiram + Carbofuran	3.70	3.33	15290.66	69454.14	54163.48	3.54
Hidase	Imidalm	3.75	3.38	15212.86	70497.00	55284.14	3.63
Hidase	Proceed Plus	3.18	2.86	15291.86	59651.31	44359.45	2.90
Hidase	Thiram Granuflo	3.51	3.16	15212.86	65908.44	50695.58	3.33
Hidase	Untreated	2.93	2.64	13007.14	55062.74	42055.60	3.23
Shorima	Carboxin	3.65	3.29	15212.86	68619.86	53407.00	3.51
Shorima	Thiram + Carbofuran	4.05	3.65	15290.66	76128.42	60837.76	3.98
Shorima	Imidalm	4.40	3.96	15212.86	82594.12	67381.26	4.43
Shorima	Proceed Plus	3.78	3.40	15291.86	70914.14	55622.28	3.64
Shorima	Thiram Granuflo	3.70	3.33	15212.86	69454.14	54241.28	3.57
Shorima	Untreated	3.38	3.04	13007.14	63405.58	50398.44	3.87

Mean unit price of grain yield per ton was $663.18, the exchange rate of 1$ = Ethiopian Birr 31.45, at the time selling of harvested grain during the 2019 cropping years.