Land-use changes in the enset-based agroforestry systems of Sidama, southern Ethiopia, and its implications for agricultural sustainability (original) (raw)

Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2018

Abstract

The enset-based agroforestry systems of Southern Ethiopia provide millions of households with a variety and continued production of food and other products. These systems exist in the tropical highland (Woyna dega) zones at altitudes of 1500-2300 m.a.s.l., where enset is grown in an intimate integration with coffee, vegetables, fruits, root and tuber crops, cereals and different types of trees. The study was conducted in the Enset-based agroforestry systems of Sidama administrative zone where 22% of enset in the country is produced. Here, enset covers about 26% of the total farm area and it serves as a staple food for millions of people. The systems combine production with environmental protection, and hence contribute to food security and long term wellbeing of the population. The stability of this system depends both on its diversity and on the specific characteristics of the two main native and perennial crops, enset and coffee. However, the composition and diversity of the enset...

Tesfaye Abebe hasn't uploaded this paper.

Let Tesfaye know you want this paper to be uploaded.

Ask for this paper to be uploaded.