Home gardening enhances conservation and food security in Ethiopia

Mar 14, 2023

Mrs. Mamitu Kumbi never imagined that her 0.9 hectares of land could be productive enough to produce an abundance of various fruits before 2019. “This area was bare, unproductive, and only used for waste disposal,” she recalls. She was hesitant at first when...

Agroforestry in Amhara, Ethiopia – TheWaterChannel

Feb 21, 2023

Agroforestry is a new name for a set of long-standing practices. Farmers in Amhara have immense traditional knowledge and experience in tree management under different agroforestry systems and methods. They tend to deliberately grow trees on the same unit of land as...

Agroforestry: a primer

Nov 16, 2022

Design and management principles for people and the environment Conventional agriculture is very productive. But high productivity comes at a cost: soil that is depleted or eroded, watercourses that are polluted or drying up, and a food system that produces 20–40% of...