Study setting
SECONDARY
The study was conducted in the Central Gondar zone, which is located about 726 km away from Addis Ababa, in northwest Ethiopia. The zone has 15 districts and 29 secondary schools. About 46,340 students were attending their education in these schools during the study period. The zone has two climatic conditions, highland and lowland. The highland climatic area occupies the north and some part of the east of the zone, while the lowland occupies the south, west and remote east of the zone. Accordingly, the areas are different in pulses crop production. Pulses crop production is common in the north and south parts of the zone. On the contrary, production is rare in the western part of the zone. Though not as common as in the north and the south, pulses are also produced in the East. The types of pulses crops produced are different between the North and the South due to their difference in climatic conditions. The most common pulse crops produced in the North are peas and broad beans, and chickpeas in the South. There is also a difference in the zone in food security status. The north and the eastern parts of the zone are relatively food insecure as compared to the south and the west (communications with Central Gondar Zone Education and Agriculture offices). The study was conducted from December 2021 to June 2022.