Electronic Publication/s proceedings Kindu Mekonnen - Gerhard Glatzel - Birgit Habermann Indigenous Tree and Shrub Species for Environmental Protection and Agricultural Productivity Series on Conference and Workshop Proceedings 2008/1 ISBN-13: 978-3-7001-6131-8 ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-6148-6 Subject Area: Natural Science approbated - online

Kindu Mekonnen - Gerhard Glatzel - Birgit Habermann
Preliminaries page 1
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Kindu Mekonnen - Gerhard Glatzel - Birgit Habermann
Table of Contents page 5
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Kindu Mekonnen
Preface page 11
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Yohannes Gojjam
Welcoming address page 12
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Alemu Gezahegne
Opening address page 13
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Kindu Mekonnen - Gerhard Glatzel - Birgit Habermann
THEME 1: THE STATUS OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE HIGHLANDS page 15
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Adugna Wakjira - Amare Gizaw
Diversifying cropping systems in the mountainous landscape of Galessa, Ethiopia page 17
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Seyoum Bediye - Fekede Feyissa
The status of animal feeds and nutrition in the West Shewa Zone of Oromiya, Ethiopia page 27
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Taye Bekele
Limitation and potential of major soils in the highlands of West Shewa, Ethiopia page 50
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Amare Haileslassie
Soil nutrient stocks and fluxes under smallholders’ mixed farming system in the central highlands of Ethiopia: research experiences from the Galessa and Gare areas page 62
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Deribe Gurmu Benti
An overview on the distributions, status, uses and research needs of selected indigenous tree and shrub species in the Highlands of Ethiopia page 76
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Gerhard Glatzel
Woody biomass in the 21st century: A global perspective page 87
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Kindu Mekonnen - Gerhard Glatzel - Birgit Habermann
THEME 2: WOODY AND HERBACEOUS BIOMASS AS FODDER AND ORGANIC FERTILISER SOURCES page 93
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Gerhard Glatzel - Kindu Mekonnen - Monika Sieghardt
Indigenous tree and shrub species for soil fertility improvement in Galessa and Jeldu areas, Western Shewa, Ethiopia page 95
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Tilahun Amede
Targeting various organic resources and legume best bets to various system niches to reverse decline in land productivity in East African Highlands page 107
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Berhane Kidane - Asgelil Dibabe
Utilisation of the biomass of trees and shrubs as organic fertiliser source: Experiences from Holetta Agricultural Research Center page 108
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Gerhard Glatzel - Kindu Mekonnen - Monika Sieghardt
Indigenous tree and shrub species for fodder production in Galessa and Jeldu areas, West Shewa, Ethiopia page 109
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Ralph Roothaert
Experiences on utilisation of indigenous fodder trees and shrubs in Kenya page 119
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Kindu Mekonnen - Gerhard Glatzel - Birgit Habermann
THEME 3: TENURE AND TECHNOLOGY DISSEMINATION page 121
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Chilot Yirga
Land tenure security and adoption of natural resource management technologies in Ethiopia page 123
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Shenkut Ayele - Elias Zerfu - Berhanu Kuma
Scaling up of natural resource management technologies: Experiences and issues page 140
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Kindu Mekonnen - Gerhard Glatzel - Birgit Habermann
WORKSHOP DISCUSSION OUTCOMES page 153
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