This document discusses agroforestry and the SLUF's work promoting the ensete-based, multistory agroforestry practices of the Gedeo people in southern Ethiopia. It notes that agroforestry is more sustainable than monoculture farming as it promotes agricultural development while protecting natural resources and helping adapt to and mitigate climate change. The document then describes the elements of the Gedeo agroforestry system, including various trees, crops, and animals integrated into the upper, middle and lower stories. It also addresses where and how SLUF promotes these practices, and the challenges they face, such as policy barriers and cultural food habits, recommending further research and dialogue.

1. Habtemariam Abate (Ph.D)
Executive Director, SLUF
Rio De Janeiro, June, 2012

2.  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

3. Agro forestry is sustainable unlike monoculture:
 Promote agricultural development while
 Responding to CC (adaptation, mitigation) and
 Reduce lose of natural capital and resources

4.  Promote Agl Devt

5.  Reduce lose of natural capital

6.  Responding to CC (Mitigation, Adaptation)

7.  Location

8.  Density: 1000-1500 persons/km2 vs 178 (Cereal
based HE)
 Support: 3 million people

9. Upper story (Trees (Canopy)
 Milletia
 Albezia
 Cordia Africana
 Croton Macrostachys
Middle Story
 Ensete Ventricosum (pacemaker)
 Coffea Arabica

10. Floor
 Herbaceous Annual Crops (grains)
 Root crops and vegetables
 Faunal Agroforest Components
 L/S
 Bee hiving

14. 4.1) Geography

15.  4.2 Land Use Type of Intervention areas

20. 5.1 In Hillsides

24. 5.2 In Farmlands

26. a) Policy Perspective
Can not address Food Security
a) Community Perspective
Cultural barrier (Food Habit)

27.  Constructive policy dialogue
 Research Input