Homegarden Plant Use and Their Traditional Management Practice in Bule Hora District, West Guji Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Research Article Agri Res & Tech: Open Access J Volume 21 Issue 4 - May 2019 Copyright © All rights are reserved by Yirefu Tefera DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2019.21.556168 Homegarden Plant use and their Traditional Management Practice in Bule Hora District, West Guji Zone, Southern Ethiopia Yirefu Tefera1*, Adugna Babu2 and Behailu Bizuayehu1 1Department of Biology, College Natural and Computational Science, Wolkite University, Ethiopia 2Department of Natural and Resource Management, Bule Hora University, Ethiopia Submission: April 12, 2019; Published: May 14, 2019 *Corresponding author: Yirefu Tefera, Department of Biology, College Natural and Computational Science, Wolkite University, P. O. Box. 07, Wolkite, Ethiopia Abstract Homegardens are one of the most diverse agroforestry systems and make a vital contribution to meet various household needs, especially for smallholder farmers in developing countries. Hence, this study aimed to assess the homegarden plant use and their traditional ways of management in Bule Hora district of Southern Ethiopia. A total of forty-eight households were randomly selected from three kebeles. Of which, seven key informants were selected purposively by criteria of age, good indigenous knowledge and long residence. Data were collected using (14.29%),focus group followed discussion, by Euphorbiaceae, questionnaire, fieldMyrtaceae, observation Poaceae, and Lamiaceae field work. and Frequencies, Solanaceae relative with 4 frequencies, (5.71%) species abundance each. Tree and accounted relative densities for the lion’swere shareused to of analyzethe plant the habit. data. The A totaluse category of 70 plant of homegarden species belongs plant to showed 39 families that foodwere crops identified. (40.98%), The Fabaceaeincome sources had highest (32 %), number construction of species (14%), 10 medicinal (13.3%), fuel (13%), shading (10%), soil fertility (10%), ornamentals (9.6%), live fence (8.30%), spices (7%), stimulants (5.3%), and organicfodder were fertilizer identified.
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