Tree-crop-livestock intensification

Group 3Dr. Tsegaye BekeleDr. Yitebetu Moges

Adane kassaGebru Jember

Tesfay AlemesegedBayleyegn Azene

Dr. Assefa Ta’aEneyew Adgo

Sisay Nune

Interventions/post-plantation

• Policy or creating synergy• Research and development priorities• Extension and advocacy• Capacity building• Partnership and networking • Gender• etc

Tree planting campaignCurrent status– Campaign shows government commitment and awareness

creation among the public– Huge number of seedlings (millions and billions) planted– Recent move-50% trees for animal feed-----how to integrate it

with research not yet known.----planted but survival of it is not known

– Model woreda where this campaign gave result is not seen– Pockets of success stories exist, but networking and

partnership as an instrument for scaling up not utilized– There is commitment (individually)– Agroforestry successful in homesteads (grazing regime)

Interventions/post-plantation

• Current status• One size fits all approach… – appropriate technology selection not exercised

(e.g., species selection for right agro-ecology, right management not followed)

– Not so much focus on research as support-science-policy interface

– 10% for trees does not work in SNNP (high population-small land holding-flexibility

Interventions/post-plantation

Gaps• No clearly defined ownership (for planting

area, management responsibility)-No follow-up (no protection and silvicultural practices)

– No clearly defined purpose of planting (target)– Seed source is not known– Extension and advocacy is not well done. Only

on a seasonal basis-not done in organized manner

Interventions/post-plantation

• DAs don’t get adequate knowledge and skills (training and access to information)-knowledge base at lower levels on NRM is low

• Planting practice not based on required skills• (Harmonization on regions)• Networking and partnership as an instrument for

scaling up not utilized • Land use policy exists, but directives and

regulatory instruments don’t exist at lower levels• Gender integration/mainstreaming is lacking

Interventions/post-plantation

• Regulatory gaps vs. ownership– Camels passing on individual household

properties ..how to integrate– ‘Tragedy of commons’ on communal lands (every body

uses the resource but no body cares for it.– On planting- Orientation of practices is lacking…could

be planted upside down– Numbers planted are huge’..planted , survival not

known (no monitoring and evaluation mechanism)– The idea of area closure for this intervention is

important for success– Implementation of land use planning is very important

Interventions/post-plantation

Suggestions• Clearly defining ownership (private/communal-

shareholder approach)• Technology packages or selected based on proven

scientific evidence• Flexibility in adapting policies for different farming

systems-e.g., allocating 10% of land to be allocated for tree planting in SNNPR failed

• Capacity development to implementers (DAs)• Strong linkages between research and extension is

important

Interventions/post-plantation

Suggestions• Partnership (between NGOS and government) and

networking is weak but needs strengthening (platform)- technology selection and for scaling up activities

• Dialogue and consensus on grazing management at all levels

• Directives of regulatory activities (hilltops untouched, middle part for forestry/agroforestry, valley bottom for crop farming-lessons from Thailand-landscape mgmt)

• Monitoring and evaluation as a learning mechanisms• Community empowerment on decision making and

implementation skills

Interventions/post-plantation

Niches

• Directives of regulatory activities (hilltops untouched, middle part for forestry/agroforestry, valley bottom for crop farming-lessons from Thailand-landscape mgmt)

• Remains to be discussed further.