The Process of Enset Cultivation and Its Transplantation in Cheha Woreda South-Western Ethiopia

Wondimu, Habtamu; Kebede, Ashenafi

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“…In our study, long-term SPEI represents water availability of the previous 3 years. The extended period between long-term drought (negative SPEI) and annual increase in enset production area in our model can be partially explained by the time constraints of enset growth and management, for it takes up to a year to propagate a mother plant to produce viable young plants, and then at least another year for young plants to mature to an extent that they take up space in the garden plot (Blomme et al, 2018;Tsegaye & Struik, 2002;Wondimu & Kebede, 2021). Furthermore, from a social perspective, this pattern corresponds well with resilience thinking and the adaptive cycle described by Fath et al (2015), in which a crisis (in this case drought over a number of years) is followed by phases of innovation (choosing to plant more enset), new growth and conservation of buffers against future shocks (maintenance of enset as food security).…”

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Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought‐prone indigenous agrisystem

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Societal Impact StatementClimate resilient crops will become increasingly important, especially in regions where smallholder farmers are vulnerable to climate extremes. Enset, a multipurpose perennial staple crop consumed by over 20 million people in Ethiopia, purportedly provides food security during periods of drought. Here, we find evidence that frequent severe drought events led to an increase in enset production area. This is consistent with a broader pattern whereby farmers preferentially cultivate perennial and storable crops after long-term drought events, providing an example of adaptation to fluctuations in climate through crop choice in indigenous agrisystems. Summary• Smallholder farms in the semiarid and subhumid tropics are particularly vulnerable to increased climate variability. Indigenous agrisystems that have co-evolved with climate variability may have developed resilience strategies. In the Southwest Ethiopian Highlands, agrisystems are dominated by the multipurpose perennial staple enset (Ensete ventricosum), characterised by flexible harvest timing, high yield, long storage, and putative drought tolerance, earning it the name 'the tree against hunger'.• We tested three hypotheses using crop production area and climate data. First, that enset production area is greatest in the most drought-prone locations.Second, that farmers respond to drought events by increasing enset production area. And third, that drought encourages shifts in agrisystem composition more widely towards perennial or storable crops.

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Section: Farmers Planted More Enset After Drier Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought‐prone indigenous agrisystem

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Cultural, economic, and symbolic value of the enset crop in Sebat-Bet Guraghe, Southwest Ethiopia: a qualitative study

Wondimu

2022

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Enset, with its starch-rich corm and pseudostem, is a staple meal for over 20 million Ethiopians, although it is almost unknown outside of a small production zone in southern Ethiopia. As a result, to fill a gap, this study investigates the Gurage people of Ethiopia’s socially constructed indigenous knowledge in producing and consuming the enset plant and its economic, cultural, and symbolic representational value, which has received little attention from several authors. In achieving the study’s stated objectives, a qualitative research approach was used, allowing the researchers to investigate the lived experiences of the local people. Although secondary data sources were used to analyze the discussion in this study, primary data was predominantly used. This primary data was collected through observation, key informant interviews, casual conversations, and focus group discussions. We found that the Gurage people are somewhat different from other enset cultivating societies in enset cultivation and transplantation. According to the study’s findings, enset is a factor in wealth stratification. Despite the previous studies, we discovered that enset plays a significant role in socializing the study people in various ways. Based on the study’s findings, the researchers recommend a more in-depth study focusing on the medicinal, disease or frost tolerance, pest and pathogen incidence importance of the enset plant in Chaha Woreda.

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The Process of Enset Cultivation and Its Transplantation in Cheha Woreda South-Western Ethiopia

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Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought‐prone indigenous agrisystem

Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought‐prone indigenous agrisystem

Cultural, economic, and symbolic value of the enset crop in Sebat-Bet Guraghe, Southwest Ethiopia: a qualitative study

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