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Indigenous Tree and Shrub Species for Environmental Protection and Agricultural Productivity

Series on Conference and Workshop Proceedings 2008/1

Indigenous Tree and Shrub Species for Environmental Protection and Agricultural Productivity

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ISBN-13978-3-7001-6131-8
ISBN-13 Online978-3-7001-6148-6
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Kindu Mekonnen, Gerhard Glatzel, Birgit Habermann

Preliminaries

1

Kindu Mekonnen, Gerhard Glatzel, Birgit Habermann

Table of Contents

5

Kindu Mekonnen

Preface

11

Yohannes Gojjam

Welcoming address

12

Alemu Gezahegne

Opening address

13

Kindu Mekonnen, Gerhard Glatzel, Birgit Habermann

THEME 1: THE STATUS OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE HIGHLANDS

15

Adugna Wakjira, Amare Gizaw

Diversifying cropping systems in the mountainous landscape of Galessa, Ethiopia

17

Seyoum Bediye, Fekede Feyissa

The status of animal feeds and nutrition in the West Shewa Zone of Oromiya, Ethiopia

27

Taye Bekele

Limitation and potential of major soils in the highlands of West Shewa, Ethiopia

50

Amare Haileslassie

Soil nutrient stocks and fluxes under smallholders’ mixed farming system in the central highlands of Ethiopia: research experiences from the Galessa and Gare areas

62

Deribe Gurmu Benti

An overview on the distributions, status, uses and research needs of selected indigenous tree and shrub species in the Highlands of Ethiopia

76

Gerhard Glatzel

Woody biomass in the 21st century: A global perspective

87

Kindu Mekonnen, Gerhard Glatzel, Birgit Habermann

THEME 2: WOODY AND HERBACEOUS BIOMASS AS FODDER AND ORGANIC FERTILISER SOURCES

93

Gerhard Glatzel , Kindu Mekonnen, Monika Sieghardt

Indigenous tree and shrub species for soil fertility improvement in Galessa and Jeldu areas, Western Shewa, Ethiopia

95

Tilahun Amede

Targeting various organic resources and legume best bets to various system niches to reverse decline in land productivity in East African Highlands

107

Berhane Kidane, Asgelil Dibabe

Utilisation of the biomass of trees and shrubs as organic fertiliser source: Experiences from Holetta Agricultural Research Center

108

Gerhard Glatzel, Kindu Mekonnen, Monika Sieghardt

Indigenous tree and shrub species for fodder production in Galessa and Jeldu areas, West Shewa, Ethiopia

109

Ralph Roothaert

Experiences on utilisation of indigenous fodder trees and shrubs in Kenya

119

Kindu Mekonnen, Gerhard Glatzel, Birgit Habermann

THEME 3: TENURE AND TECHNOLOGY DISSEMINATION

121

Chilot Yirga

Land tenure security and adoption of natural resource management technologies in Ethiopia

123

Shenkut Ayele, Elias Zerfu, Berhanu Kuma

Scaling up of natural resource management technologies: Experiences and issues

140

Kindu Mekonnen, Gerhard Glatzel, Birgit Habermann

WORKSHOP DISCUSSION OUTCOMES

153