From self-subsistence farm production to khat: driving forces of change in Ethiopian agroforestry homegardens
Traditional agroforestry homegardens deliver multiple products and benefits, including food security and livelihoods for rural households in Ethiopia. However, this land use has been changing towards monoculture production of khat (Catha edulis). This study analyses the development trajectories and...
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| author | Gebrehiwot, M. Elbakidze, M. Lidestav, G. Sandewal, M. Angelstam, P. Kassa, H. |
| author_browse | Angelstam, P. Elbakidze, M. Gebrehiwot, M. Kassa, H. Lidestav, G. Sandewal, M. |
| author_facet | Gebrehiwot, M. Elbakidze, M. Lidestav, G. Sandewal, M. Angelstam, P. Kassa, H. |
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| description | Traditional agroforestry homegardens deliver multiple products and benefits, including food security and livelihoods for rural households in Ethiopia. However, this land use has been changing towards monoculture production of khat (Catha edulis). This study analyses the development trajectories and causes of change in agroforestry homegardens. In total, 84 interviews, including key informant and semi-structured household interviews, and eight focus group discussions were conducted in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Regional State. It was found that khat production was increasing regardless of household wealth status. The proximate causes included better financial income for households, smaller sizes of farms due to farm land redistribution, favourable market conditions for khat, access to irrigation, decrease in governmental subsidies to buy fertilizer and quality seeds for food crop production, a positive experience of other farmers in khat production, and minimizing risks of theft and wildlife damage. Khat production challenges the implementation of national policies towards eradication of poverty and hunger. |
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| spelling | CGSpace956472025-06-17T08:23:24Z From self-subsistence farm production to khat: driving forces of change in Ethiopian agroforestry homegardens Gebrehiwot, M. Elbakidze, M. Lidestav, G. Sandewal, M. Angelstam, P. Kassa, H. agroforestry food security cash crops traditional land use rural economics households livelihoods pollution Traditional agroforestry homegardens deliver multiple products and benefits, including food security and livelihoods for rural households in Ethiopia. However, this land use has been changing towards monoculture production of khat (Catha edulis). This study analyses the development trajectories and causes of change in agroforestry homegardens. In total, 84 interviews, including key informant and semi-structured household interviews, and eight focus group discussions were conducted in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Regional State. It was found that khat production was increasing regardless of household wealth status. The proximate causes included better financial income for households, smaller sizes of farms due to farm land redistribution, favourable market conditions for khat, access to irrigation, decrease in governmental subsidies to buy fertilizer and quality seeds for food crop production, a positive experience of other farmers in khat production, and minimizing risks of theft and wildlife damage. Khat production challenges the implementation of national policies towards eradication of poverty and hunger. 2016-09 2018-07-03T11:03:21Z 2018-07-03T11:03:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95647 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Gebrehiwot, M., Elbakidze, M., Lidestav, G., Sandewal, M., Angelstam, P., Kassa, H.. 2016. From self-subsistence farm production to khat : driving forces of change in Ethiopian agroforestry homegardens. Environmental Conservation, : 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892916000035 |
| spellingShingle | agroforestry food security cash crops traditional land use rural economics households livelihoods pollution Gebrehiwot, M. Elbakidze, M. Lidestav, G. Sandewal, M. Angelstam, P. Kassa, H. From self-subsistence farm production to khat: driving forces of change in Ethiopian agroforestry homegardens |
| title | From self-subsistence farm production to khat: driving forces of change in Ethiopian agroforestry homegardens |
| title_full | From self-subsistence farm production to khat: driving forces of change in Ethiopian agroforestry homegardens |
| title_fullStr | From self-subsistence farm production to khat: driving forces of change in Ethiopian agroforestry homegardens |
| title_full_unstemmed | From self-subsistence farm production to khat: driving forces of change in Ethiopian agroforestry homegardens |
| title_short | From self-subsistence farm production to khat: driving forces of change in Ethiopian agroforestry homegardens |
| title_sort | from self subsistence farm production to khat driving forces of change in ethiopian agroforestry homegardens |
| topic | agroforestry food security cash crops traditional land use rural economics households livelihoods pollution |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95647 |
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