Site Altitude (m.a.s.l ) Major crops Soil type
Meki 1400 Teff, Wheat, Sorghum, Barley, Millet, Maize, Fieldpea, Chickpea, Lentils and Horsebean Shallow depth and has low total nitrogen contents
Melkassa 1550 Maize, Sorghum, Haricot beans and teff Andosols (dominant), Fluvisols and Lithosols
Miesso 1400 Sorghum, Maize, Common beans, Sesame, and Chat. Regosols (dominant), Lithosols, Luvisols and Cambisols
Ziway 1640 Maize, Teff, Horse bean, Barley, Wheat, Sorghum, Onion, Tomato, Cabbage loamy sand, and fertile
Table 1: Altitude, major crops grown and soil type in the study area [13].