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Glyphosate demonstration in faba bean variety was conducted at Adigollo kebelle (Ofla district) in 2017 main cropping season to demonstrate the efficacy of herbicide to control orobanche weed. The herbicide chemical was applied using the improved Hashenge faba bean variety as treated and untreated (control) plots. The analysis of variance of O. crenata severity showed significant (p<0.05) difference on the orobanche number per square meter but no significant difference among orobanche severity, incidence and grain yield of faba bean variety. Moreover, the result indicated that the highest O. crenata number per plant (7) was observed in untreated Hashenge variety while the lowest (3.4) was recorded on the treated plot. Based on this, the treated plot of Hashenge variety with glyphosate was reduced by 49% O. crenata number than the untreated plot. The severity and incidence of orobanche on Hashenge variety inoculated with glyphosate was reduced by 53.33% and 21.79 % than the uninoculated plot of Hashenge variety, respectively. The Orobanche resistant variety, Hashenge treated with glyphosate, had 9.30% more seed yield than untreated plots and this management practice has to be popularized and scaled up/out to the orobanche infested areas of the Ofla district of the southern Tigray and other similar areas.