Abstract:

The objective of agricultural production is to provide enough food to meet the requirements of population in good quality that will not harm health of human beings. Furrow irrigation systems dominate crop production, resulting in low water and crop production levels Poor irrigation water management practices further compromise the sustainability of crop production, leading to crop failures, water disputes, and reduced household incomes. The aim of the experiment is to evaluate the effect of irrigation levels and integrated fertilizer application, and the economic advantage of tomato fruit production in OdaBultumDistrict.A split-plot design with three replication was used.Three irrigation levels (50%ETc, 75%ETc and 100%ETc) and four fertilizer rate applicationFull vermi-compost (FVC), full inorganic fertilizer (FIf), half vermi-compost with half inorganic fertilizer (HVC+HIF) and zero(0) fertilizer were used.Both physical and chemical soil sample was taken and analyzed. Ten year climate data of Badessa meteorology station. Except plant height most parameters of tomato fruit was significant different (P>0.05) level between treatments in 2023 season. There were also significant different between treatmentat all parameters during2024 season.The highest marketable and total yield was obtained on full vermi compost combined with 75% crop evapotranspiration (ETc). Except plant height most parameters, No of branch per plant, No of fruit per plant, marketable yield, unmarketable yield and total yield per ton per hector have significant different (P>0.05) levels. The highest tomato fruit yield was obtained on full vermi-compost combined with 75% crop evapotranspiration application.