INDIGENOUS TREE AND SHRUB SPECIESFOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ANDAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY

Kindu Mekonnen, Gerhard Glatzel and Birgit Habermann (Eds.)

Commission for Development Studies Austrian Academy of SciencesConference and Workshop Proceedings 2008/1

Proceedings of the WorkshopIndigenous Tree and Shrub Species for Environmental Protection and Agricultural Productivity, November 7-9, 2006Holetta Agricultural Research Centre (HARC), Ethiopia

INDIGENOUS TREE AND SHRUB SPECIESFOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY

Edited by:

Kindu Mekonnen1, Gerhard Glatzel1 and Birgit Habermann2

1 Institute of Forest Ecology, UNI BOKU, Peter-Jordan Strasse 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria

2 Commission for Development Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, A-1010 Vienna, Austria

Proceedings of the Workshop‘Indigenous Tree and Shrub Species for Environmental Protection and Agricultural

Productivity’November 7-9, 2006

Holetta Agricultural Research Centre (HARC), Ethiopia

Series on Conference and Workshop Proceedings 2008/1

Commission for Development Studies at the Austrian Academy of SciencesVienna 2008

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Acknowledgements

The workshop has been co-funded by the Commission for Development Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences/

Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research (BMWF), the Austrian Development Cooperation (OEZA), the

African Forestry Research Network (AFORNET) and the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR). Special

support has been provided by the Institute of Forest Ecology at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life

Sciences (BOKU, Vienna) for workshop organization, scientific expertise and editing of the workshop proceedings.

ImprintAustrian Academy of SciencesLegal entity under the special protection of the Federal Republic of Austria (BGBl 569/1921 idF BGBl I 130/2003)Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2,1010 Vienna, AustriaVerlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaftenhttp://verlag.oeaw.ac.at/Copyright © 2008 by Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, WienProceedings of the Workshop ‘Indigenous Tree and Shrub Species for Environmental Protection and Agricultural Productivity’, November 7-9, 2006 – Holetta Agricultural Research Centre (HARC), Ethiopia.Series on Conference and Workshop Proceedings of KEF (Commission for Development Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences): 2008/1ISBN: 978-3-7001-6131-8

This work has not been reviewed by the Section for Mathematics and the Natural Sciences of OEAW. The opinions expressed in this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the contributory organisations.

Editors: Kindu Mekonnen, Gerhard Glatzel and Birgit HabermannCommission for Development Studies at the Austrian Academy of SciencesDr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2 * 1010 VIENNA * AUSTRIATel: ++43(0)1 515 81- 3202 * Fax: ++43(0)1 515 81- 3203Internet: http://www.kef-online.at * Email: office-kef@oeaw.ac.atCover design and layout: Eduardo CriscuoloPhotocredits: Gerhard Glatzel and Kindu Mekonnen

Correct citation: Kindu, M., Glatzel, G. and Habermann, B. (eds.) (2008) Indigenous tree and shrub species for environmental protection and agricultural productivity. Proceedings of the Workshop ‘Indigenous Tree and Shrub Species for Environmental Protection and Agricultural Productivity’, November 7-9, 2006 – Holetta Agricultural Research Centre (HARC), Ethiopia. Published in the Series on Conference and Workshop Proceedings of KEF (Commission for Development Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences): 2008/1, VOEAW, Vienna.

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