Enset landrace diversity in major enset growing regions of Southern Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesConsultanten
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen
cg.contributor.affiliationBlueGreen Labs, Belgiumen
cg.contributor.affiliationHawassa Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationE-Nemaen
cg.contributor.affiliationSouthern Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopiaen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeAgroecology
cg.contributor.initiativeDiversification in East and Southern Africa
cg.contributor.initiativePlant Health
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierGuy Blomme: 0000-0002-3857-964X
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4314/acsj.v31i3.2en
cg.issn1021-9730en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalAfrican Crop Science Journalen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCONSERVATION AND USEen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCROP PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No povertyen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume31en
dc.contributor.authorBlomme, Guyen
dc.contributor.authorKearsley, Elizabethen
dc.contributor.authorButa, Sisayen
dc.contributor.authorChala, Alemayehuen
dc.contributor.authorKebede, Ruhamaen
dc.contributor.authorAddis, Temesgenen
dc.contributor.authorYemataw, Zerihunen
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-17T08:09:34Zen
dc.date.available2023-08-17T08:09:34Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/131575
dc.titleEnset landrace diversity in major enset growing regions of Southern Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractEnset [Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman] is an important food security crop of the Southern Ethiopian highlands. The cultivation of enset is characterised by a wide variety of landraces, suitable to varying agro-ecological conditions and with multiple uses by households. The objective of this paper is to present enset landrace diversity, characteristics and uses in Ethiopia. The study was done through interviews with 375 households covering 20 communities (kebeles) and eight ethnic groups, along an altitudinal range of 1,500 to 3,000 masl across the main enset-producing belt in Southern Ethiopia. A total of 296 locally named enset landraces were recorded. Landrace presence was mostly constrained at the kebele and zone levels, with limited overlap in landrace names across these boundaries. Moderate to high enset landrace diversity was observed on farms across the entire study region. Cultivating a variety of landraces not only allowed for diversified uses, but increases the likelihood of retained yield and food security under variable environmental circumstances. Farmer experience and indigenous knowledge allow for the selection of specific landraces suited to prevalent agro-ecological conditions. We identified a perception bias in the attribution of landrace agro-ecological characteristics, with farmer insight often dependent on the environmental conditions that the local community was exposed to. We underscore the importance of research-based characterisation of enset landraces, to ensure optimal cultivation of this food security crop in changing climatic conditions.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2023-08-14
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBlomme, G.; Kearsley, E.; Buta, S.; Chala, A.; Kebede, R.; Addis, T.; Yemataw, Z. (2023) Enset landrace diversity in major enset growing regions of Southern Ethiopia. African Crop Science Journal 31(3) p. 279 - 299. ISSN: 1021-9730en
dcterms.extentp. 279-299en
dcterms.issued2023-08-14
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherAfrican Crop Science Societyen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectcrop productionen
dcterms.subjectagronomic charactersen
dcterms.subjectensete ventricosumen
dcterms.subjectlandracesen
dcterms.subjectclimate change adaptationen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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