Abstract            Volume:13  Issue-3  Year-2025         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

Haricot bean and soybean are among the most important warm season food legumes cultivated in rotation with cereal crops in the low and midlands of southwestern Ethiopia. Poor agronomic practices are among the major constraints limiting the production and productivity of both crops. Improving agronomic practices such as seedbed preparation, sowing date, plant density, fertilizer rates, weed control and pest management will enhance the production and productivity of Haricot bean and soybean. In general, early July until the end of July and second weeks of June to end of June, are the recommended time to plant haricot bean and soybean in Ethiopia's midlands respectively. However, this depends on the climate, soil type, and maturity duration of the particular crop cultivar. In south-western Ethiopia, applying 46 kg/ha N and 46 kg/ha P2O5 significantly increased the production of soybeans and haricot beans by 70%. Inter and intra row spacing 30*10 cm (333,333) plants ha-1 and (30 *5 cm) 666,667 plants ha-1 of soybeans and haricot beans taken as optimal for Jimma areas. Twice hand weeding sessions boosted soybeans and haricot beans production by 60%. It has a significant role in the socioeconomic circumstances of southwest Ethiopia; nevertheless, there is little and inadequate documentation regarding the agronomic practices of soybeans and haricot beans production in this area. Hence, recording and disseminating such crucial crop information can assist producers in gaining greater knowledge about agronomic practices. Therefore, this review advances our understanding of recommended agronomic practices for haricot bean and soybean production in southwestern Ethiopia's and will encourage more use of recommended agronomic practices.

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