Abstract
Plant Species Diversity and Structure in Homegarden Agroforestry Systems of Bulen District, North-Western Ethiopia
Highlights
Land around the farmers house with trees are one of agroforestry practices known to be ecologically sustainable and diversifies livelihood of local community
Homegardens are fundamentally different from large scale agricultural systems, mainly because they are small in size, intensively managed production systems and require low levels of agricultural inputs the structure of home garden in the tropics is based on horizontal and vertical strata
The spatial arrangement of homegarden agroforestry is variable in the study area
Summary
Land around the farmers house with trees are one of agroforestry practices known to be ecologically sustainable and diversifies livelihood of local community. Homegarden agroforestry system is the land use system involving deliberate management of multipurpose trees and shrubs in intimate association with annual and perennial agricultural crops and invariably livestock within the compounds of individual houses, being intensively managed by family labour [1]. Homegardens are fundamentally different from large scale agricultural systems, mainly because they are small in size, intensively managed production systems and require low levels of agricultural inputs the structure of home garden in the tropics is based on horizontal and vertical strata. Horizontal structure is determined by localization of each homegarden species with in the garden using farmer’s house as a reference. In order to maintain agro-ecosystem resilience and to meet the homegarden products for requirements of the people during stress of climatic hazard like drought, flood, scientific information is required
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