Better livelihood through agroforestry-
livestock system in Ethiopia
Gezahegn Alemayehu1, Tsega Berhe1, Eyob Gelan1, Mulugeta Mokria2 and Rebecca Doyle1,3
1International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) , Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ,
2World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) , Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ,
3University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Introduction
Agroforestry is the intentional integration of trees
and shrubs into crop and or animal farming systems
on the same land-management unit. Agroforestry
offer enormous opportunities to enhance food- and
nutritional security as well as generating household
income, especially in the tropical and sub-tropical
developing regions.
Aim: To evaluate and demonstrate the benefits of
agroforestry-livestock integration for livelihoods
improvement in Ethiopia.
Conclusion
Agroforestry practice diversify farmers income source and
the integration with livestock production have good potential
to improves the livelihood and food security of the
households.
Results
Income sources from agricultural practices were more
diverse in good tree access sites compared to the less tree
access.
More food insecurity was reported in LTA sites in Humbo,
compared to GTA sites, and food insecurity was more common in
general in Humbo than Dugda. Food insecurity was less common
in Humbo when they had access to trees. More food insecurity
was reported in GTA areas of Meki compared to LTA areas.
Gezahegn Alemayehu
gezahegn.almayehu@cgiar.org ● P.O.Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ● +251 116 17 2219
● ilri.org
This project was funded by Biovision Foundation
This document is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.
December 2021 .
December 2021
Study area
The research project was conducted in Dugda
(Oromia) and Humbo (SNNP) districts of Ethiopia.
Data collection
Data was collected from 40 households each
district (20 with good trees access (GTA) and 20
with less tree access (LTA) ).
ILRI thanks all donors and organizations which globally support its work through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund.
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Acknowledgements
▪ Biovision Foundation for Financing this project
▪ Humbo and Dugda district Agricultural offices
▪ Areka Research Center