The significance of enset culture and biodiversity for rural household food and livelihood security in southwestern Ethiopia

Negash, Almaz; Niehof, A.

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“…In agreement with this study, previous study reports of the show that the livelihood of families in the warqe producing areas depends on warqe (Brandt et al, 1997;Negash and Niehof, 2004;Degu, 2012;Teamir and Tilahun, 2012). Warqe production is the basis of household food security (Negash and Niehof, 2004); it is insurance against hunger (Brandt et al, 1997) and more than just a food crop grown for multipurpose (Brandt et al, 1997;Degu, 2012;Teamir and Tilahun, 2012). It also has a potential of being used as industrial raw material to produced fibre-related goods and starch for paper and adhesives (Brandt et al, 1997;Bezuneh, 2012).…”

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“…The role of men and women in warqe cultivation and processing are clearly distinguished. Women have the responsibility to secure household food by transforming the warqe plant into warqe food (Negash and Niehof, 2004). This indicates that tradition and cultural influence of warqe production and trading are very unique and it is considered as taboo if men are involved in the processing and trading activities.…”

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Assessment of post-harvest losses of Warqe food products along the supply chain in Central Ethiopia

Tuffa¹,

Amentae²,

Balemi³

et al. 2017

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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Post-harvest food loss is a global problem but it is more critical in the food-insecure countries. Food waste occurs at different levels in the food supply chain from production through post-harvest handling to consumption. The presented paper aims at an assessment of post-harvest food loss of warqe foods along the supply chain and identified hot spots of the losses in the chain. Warqe (Ensete ventricosum (Welw) Cheesman) is banana like plant and it used as a food and non-food applications. Kocho and bulla are two main food products of the warqe plant. A total of 522 responders were randomly selected across the supply chain started from the two major warqe growing areas. Kocho and bulla reach final consumers through various channels. About 45.3% of kocho and 45.6% of bulla were lost from the total marketed product along the supply chain. The highest kocho (24.0%) and bulla (28.8%) losses were observed at retailer and processor levels, respectively. Practicing poor processing method, using perishable packaging material, poor transportation and inappropriate storage and market conditions were the main reasons for the losses. It is, therefore, important to work on value addition in warqe foods, improve processing storage and packaging technologies to reduce post-harvest losses.

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Assessment of post-harvest losses of Warqe food products along the supply chain in Central Ethiopia

Tuffa¹,

Amentae²,

Balemi³

et al. 2017

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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“…According to Negash and Niehof [24] twelve distinguishing features to categorize enset accessions that are grouped into three clusters are: (1) phenotypic characteristics: pseudostem, midrib, leaf, and petiole colors, (2) agronomic characteristics: disease resistance (susceptible, intermediate, tolerant); maturity (early, intermediate, late); plant vigor (poor, medium, high), and (3) use-value characteristics: bulla quality (not good, good); corm use (not used, used); kocho yield (low, medium, high); medicinal value (not used, used); fiber quality (low, medium, high).…”

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“…Enset garden is sometimes an indicator of the economic status of farmers; many varieties more mature and large number of enset plants are found in the gardens of wealthier households [24]. Gurage people depend much on enset socially and economically to obtain their essential needs [8].…”

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Enset (Ensete Ventricosum) Production in Ethiopia: Its Nutritional and Socio-Cultural Values

Daba

Shigeta

2016

Agriculture and Food Sciences Research

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Enset is a perennial root crop indigenous to Ethiopia cultivated dominantly in the south and southwestern highlands. There are several enset varieties or clones mainly produced for their starch from the pseudostem while some are exclusively cultivated for their corm. Kocho, bulla, and corm (amicho) are the main food products of enset. We studied the nutritional, socio-economic, and cultural values of this crop. The corm (Neqaqa) was found to be more nutritious than bulla (Gena) except in starch and zinc contents. Enset is rich in starch but low in protein composition hence, dietary protein source is mandatory. It plays great role in the food security of the country and a staple food for significant Ethiopian population. It has several environmental, nutritional, and socio-cultural importance however its cultivation is under disease challenges. Continuous research effort is required to improve the production of enset and its food products and fiber processing.

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“…An important study in this context is the research on Enset cultivation in Ethiopia (Negash, 2001;Negash and Niehof, 2004). Enset (Ensete ventricosum Welw.…”

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Dimensions of vulnerability of livelihoods in less-favoured areas: interplay between the individual and the collective.

Brons¹,

Dietz²,

Niehof³

et al. 2007

Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Less-Favoured Areas

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The geographical concentration of persistent poverty in so-called less-favoured areas calls for a critical look at the link between poverty and environment. Livelihood studies tend to focus on poverty at the individual level, whereas the concept of less-favoured area implies a problem for the collective. Studies on vulnerability tend to be biased towards external ecological causes at the regional level, while studies on coping and survival usually focus on the household. However, recent insights about the internal and external dimension of livelihood vulnerability in less-favoured areas provide an argument for linking both dimensions to dynamics at the individual and collective level. At an aggregate level, individual and household responses to vulnerability lead to intended and unintended effects, while there is also evidence of collective responses to factors originating from the external vulnerability context. These linkages between the external and internal dimensions of vulnerability and responses at the individual, aggregate and collective level should be studied to understand and mitigate current trends of increasing vulnerability of livelihoods in less-favoured areas. Emerging key issues are analysis of change, analysis of livelihood pathways, aggregate consequences of behaviour, and cultural dynamics. ContextThe RESPONSE research program is a joint research program by Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) that was initiated in 2001. RESPONSE is the acronym for Regional Food Security Policies for National Resource Management and Sustainable Economies. The program has a spatial focus on less-favoured areas. Though this paper addresses issues dealt with by the RESPONSE Working Program 2, namely livelihoods and food security, it has a broader scope because it also reviews recent empirical evidence on the subject other than the findings yielded by this working program. It includes the results of recent (2000-5) research on livelihoods in less-favoured areas, more in particular work carried out by researchers of the Dutch research schools Mansholt Graduate School (MGS) and the Research School for Resource Studies for Development (CERES). In this paper less-favoured areas are not just treated as a given context. Instead, the emphasis is on the dynamics of the interfaces between characteristics of less favoured areas and the livelihoods of people in those areas, and the implications of this for vulnerability.

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The significance of enset culture and biodiversity for rural household food and livelihood security in southwestern Ethiopia

Cited by 77 publications

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Assessment of post-harvest losses of Warqe food products along the supply chain in Central Ethiopia

Assessment of post-harvest losses of Warqe food products along the supply chain in Central Ethiopia

Enset (Ensete Ventricosum) Production in Ethiopia: Its Nutritional and Socio-Cultural Values

Dimensions of vulnerability of livelihoods in less-favoured areas: interplay between the individual and the collective.

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