Resilience strategy Babile Haramaya Gofta Mexican Gofta Mexican Rate (r) R2 Rate (r) R2 Rate (r) R2 Rate (r) R2 SP 0.04 90.3 0.048 90.1 0.035 91 0.054 93.3 CA 0.034 83.5 0.041 86.2 0.033 80.1 0.055 95.3 FP 0.037 87.2 0.044 88.5 0.036 84.7 0.048 93.4 RI 0.031 77.9 0.041 89.7 0.029 82.1 0.047 90.4 CA + FP 0.036 83.6 0.039 88.2 0.033 85.9 0.048 89.2 RI + CA 0.029 87.6 0.037 69 0.028 78.5 0.048 88.4 RI + FP 0.03 77.6 0.042 92.9 0.031 82.9 0.046 88.8 RI + CA + FP 0.031 86.1 0.041 90.7 0.027 82.9 0.046 91.1

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 4: Common bean common bacterial blight disease progress rate (r) in logit per day and coefficient of determination (R2) on Gofta and Mexican 142 varieties at Babile and Haramaya during 2013 cropping season