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Table 1 Mean monthly rainfall for selected stations in the study districts

From: Ethnobotany, diverse food uses, claimed health benefits and implications on conservation of barley landraces in North Eastern Ethiopia highlands

Zone

District

Station

Months

Total

   

Jan

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

 

Wag Hemra

Sekota

Sekota

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

575.4

N.Wello

Meket

Estaysh (6)

7.0

10.3

79.4

82.0

16.8

20.2

332.7

271.6

46.6

23.1

8.3

7.8

905.7

N.Wello

Gidan

Kulmesk (10)

9.4

0.0

0.0

16.9

0.2

0.0

286.0

285.3

109.7

10.3

29.1

25.6

772.5

S.Wello

Dessie zuria

Boru Meda (13)

33.2

38.8

58.6

102.9

53.0

34.0

386.9

274.9

124.7

66.6

16.7

11.2

1203.5

S.Wello

Dessie

Dessie (9)

39.4

41.3

80.3

102.8

74.4

33.1

326.2

340.7

155.0

73.1

40.6

24.4

1331.2

S.Wello

Kutaber

Kutaber (13)

13.9

16.4

45.5

62.3

67.3

49.5

337.6

323.0

151.3

37.98

16.75

7.8

1129.2

S.Wello

Woreilu

Woreilu (7)

16.2

26.7

46.4

42.6

37.5

33.8

287.8

266.0

54.0

11.3

10.6

5.3

838.2

  1. Source: Sirinka Agricultural Research Center [unpublished data]. *number s in parenthesis next to station names indicate the number of years from which the average was calculated for years 1989 to 2000 for N.&S.Wello. The value for Sekota is long-term average from 1971 to 2004 [source: 50]