@article{3305,
author = "Misteru Tesfaye and Birhanu Mengistu",
abstract = "Sunflower is one of the four most important oilseeds in the world. Because of its high quality of oil about 90% of the total production of oil is used for human consumption. In Ethiopia noug, linseed, Ethiopian mustard and cotton are the primary source for oil millers. Although sunflower is not widely grown in Ethiopia, the country has immense potential for its production. Furthermore, it has a wide adaptability and high yielder than major oilseeds in the country. Currently some private farmers has started to grow due to high demand of raw material for oil-millers and  thus its coverage  is started to increase from  time to time; the country possesses large agricultural land suitable for sunflower production. In Ethiopia, research on sunflower was started in the late 1960’s; however the research comes to a halt for over one decade. But because of the growing interest from private sector to produce sunflower the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) have been started to revive the research starting from 2004. This paper tries to review sunflower improvement research effort in Ethiopia along with its production status and research accomplishments and finally suggest future research prospects.",
issn = "23191473",
journal = "IJAIR",
keywords = "Edible Oil;Ethiopia;Hybrid Variety;Open Pollinated Variety;Sunflower",
month = "March",
number = "5",
pages = "335-345",
title = "{S}unflower {R}esearch: {C}urrent {S}tatus and {F}uture {P}rospects in {E}thiopia",
volume = "9",
year = "2021",
}