Review on Woody Species and Socio-Economic Roles of Traditional Agroforestry Practices in Ethiopia

Worku, Melese; Bantihun, Abay

doi:10.4172/2090-4541.1000246

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“…The next potential or choice of MPTS plants to be used as superior plants by forest farmers in Cilimus Village is cloves. This is also in line with the studies [12,13], which researched that farmers would like to plant MPTS plants that have high economic value. Clove plants usually thrive in tropical soils such as in Indonesia.…”

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Productivity and Constraint in Multipurpose Tree Species Cultivation: A Case Study from Cilimus Village, Wan Abdul Rachman Forest Park, Indonesia

Asmarahman,

Surnayanti,

Indriyanto

et al. 2023

IJDNE

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Cilimus Village serves as a crucial buffer for the Tahura Great Forest Park, a conservation area in Lampung province, Indonesia, that embraces a social forestry conservation partnership system. Within this system, local communities engage in agroforestry practices; however, the specific multi-purpose tree species (MPTS) cultivated, their productivity, and the challenges encountered during cultivation remain poorly documented. This study endeavors to catalog the variety of MPTS cultivated, identify the most economically viable species, and elucidate the challenges impeding farmers in the agroforestry process. Employing a mixed-methods approach, this research utilized questionnaires, distributing 40 to local farmers, complemented by direct observations in the MPTS plantations to corroborate questionnaire findings with field conditions. Subsequent data processing and analysis were conducted through descriptive, quantitative, and qualitative methods. Findings reveal the cultivation of 14 distinct MPTS commodities by forest farmers in Cilimus Village, with clove emerging as the predominant crop. Importantly, cloves yielded the highest average annual fruit production per hectare, measured at 19.57 kg yr -1 • ha -1 , which translates to an economic value of 2,152,700 IDR yr -1 • ha -1 . Additionally, alongside MPTS, farmers also cultivate a range of non-MPTS crops, including bananas, areca nuts, chilies, and vanilla. Productivity constraints extend beyond climatic and environmental factors; limitations in human resources also critically affect MPTS harvests. Consequently, a comprehensive approach that addresses both environmental conditions and human resource development is imperative for augmenting MPTS yield.

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Section: Resultssupporting

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Productivity and Constraint in Multipurpose Tree Species Cultivation: A Case Study from Cilimus Village, Wan Abdul Rachman Forest Park, Indonesia

Asmarahman,

Surnayanti,

Indriyanto

et al. 2023

IJDNE

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“…Agroforestry has been practiced for a very long time in many parts of the world. Among the agroforestry systems used by farmers, home gardens, parklands and live fences are the most dominant practices in Ethiopia [ 7 , 8 ].…”

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Species diversity, composition, structure and management in agroforestry systems: the case of Kachabira district, Southern Ethiopia

Legesse

Negash

2021

Heliyon

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Agroforestry is increasingly being identified as an integrated land use enhancing plant diversity while reducing habitat loss and fragmentation. This paper examined species diversity, composition, structure and management in agroforestry systems . Two Kebeles (Kachabira and Mesafe) were purposively selected for this study. Then, farmers who dominantly practiced agroforestry practices such as home garden, parkland and live fence were stratified based on wealth categories. Ten percent of the sample households were randomly selected from each wealth category. Accordingly, a total of 83 households were selected. Inventories of plant species were done by sampling one plot of each farm management type. A total of 59 plant species, belonging to 56 genera and 36 families were recorded across the home gardens, parklands and live fences in the study area. Among the plant species, trees constituted 42%, shrubs 27%, herbs 29% and climber 2%. From recorded plant species, 66% were native and the remainders 34% were introduced species. From the native species recorded in this study, Lippia adoensis and Millettia ferruginea were endemic to Ethiopia. The mean Shannon diversity index of rich, medium and poor households in the three different agroforestry practices were 1.75, 1.57 and 1.62 in home garden, 0.36, 0.30 and 0.49 in parkland and 0.84, 0.99 and 1.00 in live fence respectively. The largest tree basal area was recorded in the live fence (14.7 m 2 ha -1 ), followed by home garden and parkland. The study revealed that agroforestry plays an important role in the conservation of biodiversity, and also by providing food, income and a wide range of other products such as fuel wood, construction material, fodder, spices and medicinal plants. Farm household landholding size, species preference and management found to be the most important influencing factors that affect the diversity of plant species. Further detailed study of explicit examining of the factors such as socio-ecological effects that determine species diversity and the contribution of different functional groups to livelihood is needed to fully understand the agroforestry system.

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“…Thus, different number and composition of plant species including exotic and native species were recorded in different agroforestry (Table 2). Studies, revealed agroforestry has a huge potential for conservation of socioeconomically and environmentally important species of indigenous trees used for various services such as fodder, food, medicine, fuel wood, farm tools and wood for utensils [13]. Farmers deliberately maintained annual and perennial herbs and woody species of diverse plant categories for fulfilling the subsistence and cash needs [14].…”

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Agroforestry: A Supplementary Method for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Mulatu¹,

Hunde²

2020

IJEE

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Review on Woody Species and Socio-Economic Roles of Traditional Agroforestry Practices in Ethiopia

Cited by 9 publications

References 17 publications

Productivity and Constraint in Multipurpose Tree Species Cultivation: A Case Study from Cilimus Village, Wan Abdul Rachman Forest Park, Indonesia

Productivity and Constraint in Multipurpose Tree Species Cultivation: A Case Study from Cilimus Village, Wan Abdul Rachman Forest Park, Indonesia

Species diversity, composition, structure and management in agroforestry systems: the case of Kachabira district, Southern Ethiopia

Agroforestry: A Supplementary Method for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

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