Resilience strategy Babile Haramaya Gofta Mexican Gofta Mexican Rate (r) R2 Rate (r) R2 Rate (r) R2 Rate (r) R2 SP 0.046 90.8 0.048 88.4 0.04 83.7 0.05 83.1 CA 0.053 92.7 0.048 89.9 0.043 81.7 0.055 86.9 FP 0.046 89.7 0.046 87 0.04 79 0.044 82.1 RI 0.046 89.3 0.042 86.9 0.042 82 0.049 84.2 CA + FP 0.05 93.9 0.05 84.6 0.042 79.5 0.052 85.1 RI + CA 0.048 87.8 0.044 84.1 0.04 81.2 0.045 83.8 RI + FP 0.043 87.6 0.041 86.5 0.043 79 0.046 84.2 RI + CA + FP 0.044 86.7 0.039 86 0.044 80.8 0.044 82.7

CA=compost application, FP=furrow planting, RI=row intercropping, CA + FP=compost application + furrow planting, RI + CA=row intercropping + compost apllication , RI + FP=row-intercropping + furrow planting, RI + CA + FP=row intercropping + compost application + furrow planting, SP= sole planting.

Table 3: Common bean common bacterial blight disease progress rate (r) in logit per day and adjusted coefficient of determination (R2) on Gofta and Mexican 142 varieties at Babile and Haramaya during 2012 cropping season.