Promoting Indigenous Agro-forestry Practices for Tackling Climate Change: Experience of
Sustainable Land Use Forum, Ethiopia
Habtemariam Abate (Ph.D)Executive Director, SLUF
Rio De Janeiro, June, 2012
Why Agro Forestry? Gedeo IAFP Elements of the Ensete-based, Multistory
IAFP of Gedeo Where do SLUF Promote it? How do SLUF Promote it? What are the Challenges Recommendations
Topic
Agro forestry is sustainable unlike monoculture:
Promote agricultural development while
Responding to CC (adaptation, mitigation) and
Reduce lose of natural capital and resources
2. Why Agroforestry?
Promote Agl Devt
2. Why Cont’d
Reduce lose of natural capital
2. Why Cont.d
Responding to CC (Mitigation, Adaptation)
2. Why cont’d
Location
2. Ensete Based Multistory Indigenous Agro forestry Practice of Gedeo
Density: 1000-1500 persons/km2 vs 178 (Cereal based HE)
Support: 3 million people
2. Gedeo IAF Cont’d
Upper story (Trees (Canopy) Milletia Albezia Cordia Africana Croton Macrostachys
Middle Story Ensete Ventricosum (pacemaker) Coffea Arabica
3. Elements of the Ensete-based, multistory IAFS of Gedeo
Floor Herbaceous Annual Crops (grains) Root crops and vegetables Faunal Agroforest Components
L/S Bee hiving
3. Elements Cont’d
3. Elements Cont’d
4.1) Geography
4. Where do SLUF promote it?
4.2 Land Use Type of Intervention areas4. Where? cont’d
5.1 In Hillsides
5. How do SLUF Promote it?
5.2 In Farmlands
5. How Cont’d?
a) Policy Perspective
Can not address Food Security
b) Community Perspective
Cultural barrier (Food Habit)
6. Challenges
Constructive policy dialogue
Research Input
7. Recommendation
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