Agroforestry, livestock, fodder production and climate change adaptation and mitigation in East Africa: issues and options

Abstract

PDF Titles in the Working Paper Series aim to disseminate interim results on agroforestry research and practices and stimulate feedback from the scientific community. Other publication series from the World Agroforestry Centre include: Technical Manuals, Occasional Papers and the Trees for Change Series.

Meadow up a tree: Feeding flocks with a native ash tree in the Moroccan mountains

“…However, in many parts of the world, tree foliage plays a role support for critical periods, as found in this study. This function is usually underestimated by academics, but is essential for enhancing the resilience of farming systems (Dawson et al 2014). …”

2. Understanding the Roles of Forests and Tree-based Systems in Food Provision

“…The typical increase in milk yield achieved enabled smallholders to raise extra revenue from milk sales of more than USD 100 per cow per year and allowed them to provide more milk more efficiently to urban consumers (Place et al, 2009). Such tree-and shrub-based practices for animal fodder production increase farmers' resilience to climate change (Dawson et al, 2014a). Many tree and other forest products are also used in ethnoveterinary treatments that support animal health and hence human food production (Dharani et al, 2014).…”

Strengthening the resiliency of dryland forest-based livelihoods in Ethiopia and South Sudan: A review of literature on the interaction between dryland forests, livelihoods and forest governance

“…An estimated 12 to 15 million people live in the drylands of Somali, Afar, Oromiya, SNNP, Beninshangul-Gumuz and Gambella regions (REGLAP Secretariat 2012); most of these are pastoralists or agropastoralists practicing extensive livestock production in which trees and shrubs, as well as grasses, are almost sole providers of livestock feed (Dawson et al 2014). Farmers in these regions rely on a "cut-and-carry" livestock production systems, in which leaves, seedpods and grasses are brought to enclosed livestock (Dawson et al 2014).…”

“…Farmers in these regions rely on a "cut-and-carry" livestock production systems, in which leaves, seedpods and grasses are brought to enclosed livestock (Dawson et al 2014). Access to grazing resources and cut-and-carry fodder is also important for pastoralists and mixed crop-livestock producers in dry afro-montane livelihood systems (Mohammed and Inoue 2012; Tesfaye et al 2012).…”