Seid Getinet, Kebebew Zerihun
Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Natural Resources Management, Ethiopia.
Heliyon. 2022 Apr 20;8(4):e09281. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09281. eCollection 2022 Apr.
Agroforestry systems are among the promising land use systems that enable to address both the development and livelihood issues of the community all over the world. In southwestern Ethiopia, homegarden and coffee agroforestry systems are widely used farming systems. Despite the fact that the systems are widely used and important, there are little studies on the subject. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess homegarden and coffee agroforestry systems plant diversity and composition in Yayu Biosphere Reserve. To achieve the study's goal, data was collected through forest inventories and household surveys. A total of 101 plant species from 49 families were identified, with 74 from homegardens (37 families) and 57 from coffee agroforestry systems (34 families). In terms of dominating plants in agroforestry systems, home gardens are dominated by herbaceous plants, accounting for 51 percent, whereas coffee agroforestry systems in the study region are dominated by trees, accounting for 72 percent. About 38 percent of household gardens and 77 percent of coffee agroforestry are made up of indigenous plant species. According to the findings, both agroforestry systems at the research site have a great diversity of plant species. As a result, the systems may be able to provide a wide range of services to farmers. Farmers, professionals, and legislators must collaborate to improve the systems' components, composition, and arrangements in order to maximize and protect the systems' multiple benefits.
农林业系统是有前景的土地利用系统之一，能够解决世界各地社区的发展和生计问题。在埃塞俄比亚西南部，庭院和咖啡农林业系统是广泛使用的农业系统。尽管这些系统被广泛使用且很重要，但关于这一主题的研究却很少。因此，本研究的目的是评估亚尤生物圈保护区的庭院和咖啡农林业系统的植物多样性及组成。为实现研究目标，通过森林清查和家庭调查收集了数据。共识别出49科的101种植物，其中庭院中有74种（37科），咖啡农林业系统中有57种（34科）。就农林业系统中的优势植物而言，庭院以草本植物为主，占51%，而研究区域的咖啡农林业系统则以树木为主，占72%。约38%的家庭庭院和77%的咖啡农林业系统由本土植物物种组成。根据研究结果，研究地点的这两种农林业系统都有丰富的植物物种多样性。因此，这些系统可能能够为农民提供广泛的服务。农民、专业人员和立法者必须合作，以改善系统的组成部分、构成和布局，从而最大化并保护这些系统的多重效益。
