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| dc.contributor.author | Melkamu Getie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-08T05:44:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-08T05:44:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-12 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/16935 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The introduction and promotion of agroforestry in Zegie peninsula would not be a new idea since farmers have been practicing the act of keeping trees together with food crops and/ or animals on their farms.The major purpose of this study, is to assess traditional agro forestry practice, socio ecomonic benefits, and constraints in purposively selected rural kebeles of Zegie peninsula.The study was based on a household survey conducted on 316 households and the data was gathered using a structured questionnaire.For the accomplishment of the study four focus group discussionswith model farmers,elders,land committee members,and female headed householdsand alsothree key informant interviews with kebele experts, forest conservation task force and watershed committee were held.The responses of sample households were analyzed using SPSS version 20, and the qualitative data were narrated and summarized accordingly.Multinomial logit model was employed to estimate the determinants of the choice of agroforestry practice by the households.The result indicates that eight agroforestry practicesexist in the study area namely;homegarden (99.7%),coffee based multistory AFPs (82.6%, live fence (44.6%), boundary planting (16.8%), scattered trees on crop lands (7.3%),wind breaks (2.5%), fodder bank (1.9%),and trees on pasture (1.3%).From the total respondents, 315(99.7%)had adoptedagroforestryand 1(0.3%)did not adopt and involved small businesses/weaving. Some of the benefits were fuelwood (96.2%), diversify’incomes (86.4%), medicine (80.7%), soil nutrient improvement (76.9%), honey production (68.4%), and food supply (61.4%).The major constraints of agroforestry practices identified by households were diseases and pests (99.4%), scarcity of land (71.5%), lack of marketing access (67.7%),lack of credit facilities (50.9%), and water shortage (46.8%), inorderofmagnitude.Resultsofthemultinomial logistic regression modelshowedthat six variables significantlyaffected the choice of agroforestrypractices by households.Size of farm land,family size,capital,gender,watersource,credit and price of marketinghad an influence on their decision to choice of plant/not to plant trees.In generaldiseases and Pests that attack seedlings and even killed them before they matured. For further agroforestry enhancement, diseases, pests, droughts resistance, andimproved species should be required. Moreover appropriate policy and credit facilities should be established. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Agroforestry | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of Traditional Agro Forestry Practices, Socio-Economic Benefits, and Constraints in Zegie Peninsula, North Western Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
