A large-scale dataset of barley, maize and sorghum variety identification using dna fingerprinting in Ethiopia

Kosmowski, F., Ambel, A., Tsegay, A.H., Negawo, A.T., Carling, J., Kilian, A. and The Central Statistics Agency. 2021. A large-scale dataset of barley, maize and sorghum variety identification using dna fingerprinting in Ethiopia. Data 6(6):58.

The data described in this paper were part of a large-scale nationally representative household survey, the Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey (ESS 2018/19). Grain samples of barley, maize and sorghum were collected in six regions in Ethiopia. Variety identification was assessed by matching samples to a reference library composed of released improved materials, using approximately 50,000 markers from DArTseq platforms. This data were part of a study documenting the reach of CGIAR-related germplasms in Ethiopia. These objective measures of crop varietal adoption, unique in the public domain, can be analyzed along with a large set of variables related to agro-ecologies, household characteristics and plot management practices, available in the Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey 2018/19.