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Assessment of Farmer’s Tree Preferences and Their Seasonal Frost Management Practices in Frost-Affected Highlands of Eastern Ethiopia Getachew, Goremsu; Bogale, Daba; Tesfaye, Abera
Indonesian Journal of Environmental Management and Sustainability Vol. 7 No. 2 (2023): June
Publisher : Magister Program of Material Science, Graduate School of Universitas Sriwijaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26554/ijems.2023.7.2.38-46

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Deforestation, land degradation, and low survival of planted seedlings are serious problems in highland Ethiopia. To address these problems, different land management practices such as afforestation and conservation program have been implemented; however, the success to date limited due to environmental stress and insufficient post-planting care. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate farmer’s tree needs and their traditional knowledge of seasonal frost management practices in selected frost-affected highlands of Eastern, Ethiopia. A total of 111 households were randomly selected for interviews on farmer’s tree species preference, frost management practices, and the causes of seedling mortality in the study area. Furthermore, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were used to collect the data. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The results confirm that season frost (55.6%) followed by free grazing (22.2%), inappropriate species site match (11.1%), and inappropriate planting time (5.6%) were major causes of seedling mortality in the study area. Organic mulch, plant cover, smoking, watering, and manuring were seasonal frost management practices applied by farmer’s to enhance seedlings’ survival in the study areas. However, this indigenous knowledge should be encouraged by the government through improved research, and extension services, to enhance seedlings’ survival in the study areas as well as to introduce it in different frost-prone highlands of Ethiopia. Moreover, species such as Eucalyptus globulus’ Labill, Cupressus lusitanica Mill., Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl., Hagenia abyssinica a (Bruce) J.F.Gmel, and Podocarpus falcatus (Thunb.) Mirb. (syn. P. gracilior Pilg.), were suggested as frost-tolerant species in the study area. Therefore, it is recommended that planting these tree species through research and campaign is essential to reduce land degradation in the frost-affected highlands area of the country, particularly in the study area.
Assessment of Use Values and Propagation Methods of Native Fodder and Fruit Species in Merhabete District, Ethiopia Getachew, Goremsu
Indonesian Journal of Environmental Management and Sustainability Vol. 7 No. 4 (2023): December
Publisher : Magister Program of Material Science, Graduate School of Universitas Sriwijaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26554/ijems.2023.7.4.137-146

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Native fodder and fruit species provide various products and services to local communities besides their fruit (food) and fodder supply in our country including in the study area. Although, there is rich traditional knowledge on propagation methods of native fodder and fruit species and their local use, but little recognition has been given by forestry research and extension efforts to enhance them. The general objective of the study was to investigate the use value and propagation methods of native fodder and fruit species in the Merhabete district, Ethiopia. A total of 127 households were randomly selected and interviewed about local use and propagation methods of native fodder and fruit species. The study indicated that the majority of native fodder and fruit species were used for firewood (23.9%) followed by charcoal (10.9%), timber, and construction wood (10.6%), fencing (9.3%), soil fertility improvement (9.1%), farm tool (7.1%), and medicine (3.3%). Native fodder and fruit species (42.7%) were propagated through wilding (natural regeneration) and the remainder were propagated through seedlings (7.2%), seed (6.06%), and stem cutting (4.8%). Overgrazing (46.5%) followed by overexploitation (22%), climate change/drought (20.5%), and disease and pest (11%) were the major regeneration constraints to native fodder and fruit trees/shrubs species in the study area. Therefore, proper involvement either through research or development works are essential to reduce the propagation constraint of studied species. Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf. followed by Faidherbia albida (Delile) A. Chev., Cordia africana Lam., Ximenia americana L., and Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. were the most preferred species for planting by farmers in the study area. Domestication should focus on the preferred top five species to promote species conservation and sustainable use.
Co-Authors Bogale, Daba Tesfaye, Abera