Abstract: Shade based coffee agroforestry systems have a considerable contribution to support biodiversity. Yet assets and limits of their contribution are insufficiently documented. Understanding the diversity and management of shade trees are important to maintain the balance of productivity and biodiversity conservation in human made landscapes such as coffee agro-ecosystems. The objective of this study was to assess tree species diversity, preference and management in small holder coffee...
Abstract: Agroforestry is accompanies different diversity of plants and has a unique capacity of balancing the net carbon emissions as a sink and reservoir for carbon dioxide at both above and belowgrou nd. The objective of this study was to investigate woody species diversity and carbon stock in coffee-based homegarden agroforestry in the Dellomenna District of Bale Zone, Ethiopia. Three study kebeles (Wabaro, Erba and, Chiri) were selected purposively. In each selected kebele, two sites we...
Abstract: Agroforestry is accompanies different diversity of plants and has a unique capacity of balancing the net carbon emissions as a sink and reservoir for carbon dioxide at both above and belowground. The objective of this study was to investigate woody species diversity and carbon stock in coffee-based homegarden agroforestry in the Dellomenna District of Bale Zone, Ethiopia. Three study kebeles (Wabaro, Erba and, Chiri) were selected purposively. In each selected kebele, two sites wer...
Abstract: Agroforestry is integrated land use systems where by woody perennials and herbaceous crops and/ animals are grown on a land management unit. The study attempted to evaluate the degree of factors and major problems influencing adoption of agroforestry practice among smallholder farmers of the district. In Wombera district, agroforestry technologies adoption and woody species distribution have not been extensively researched and introduced to smallholder farmers for long period of ti...
Abstract: In countries like Ethiopia where vulnerability is high and adaptive capacity is low, studying impacts of climate change and analysis of future adaptation measures at local scale is critical. In this view, this study was conducted in Arsi Robe, Asasa, Debre Zeit and Kulumsa areas of central highlands of Ethiopia to characterize the local climate, model climate change impacts and adaptation options for the changing climate by 2050s under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios. Historical climat...