Socioeconomic contributions of small-scale private urban tree nurseries in Gondar and Bahirdar Cities

Figures & data

Figure 1. Map of the study area.

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of nursery owners

Variable	Categories	Frequency	Percent
Sex	Male	14	82.4
	Female	3	17.6
Marital status	Single	6	35.3
	Married	10	58.8
	Divorced	1	5.9
Education level	Read and write	1	5.9
	Primary school	2	11.8
	Secondary school	1	5.9
	Diploma and above	14	82.4
Age	20–30	6	35.3
	31–40	8	47.1
	41–50	2	11.8
	>51	1	5.9

Table 2. Characteristics of Gondar and Bahir Dar nursery between age, family size and experience

Gondar	Variables	N	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Std. Deviation
	Age	6	30	45	35	5.477
	Family size	6	1	8	3.5	2.588
	Experience	6	1	15	4.33	5.317
Bahirdar	Age	11	24	56	34.55	9.114
	Family size	11	1	6	3.18	2.228
	Experience	11	2	18	7.09	5.504

Figure 2. Year of experience of nursery owners.

Table 3. The mean and Std. Deviation of annual seedling production of urban nurseries

	Bahir Dar	Gondar	Aggregate
Mean	18920	15464	17700
Std. Deviation	15990	13363	14782

Figure 3. Annual seedling production of urban nurseries.

Figure 4. Number of seedling species within the urban nurseries.

Table 4. Number of species in Gondar and Bahir Dar

Variable	Mean	Std. Dev
No of seedling in Bahirdar	13.36364	5.954372
No of seedling in Gondar	21.16667	11.25019

Table 5. The most common species of seedling that raised in Gondar nurseries

Gondar			Bahir Dar
Species of seedling	% N = 7	Ava. Price (ETB)	Species of seedling	(%) N = 11	Ava. Price (ETB)
Casuarina equistifolia	100	28	Duranta repensvariegata	91	13.5
Duranta repensvariegata	83	23	Cupressus semperuuirens	73	133
Ficus benjamina	83	162	Ficus benjamina	73	117.5
Azanirachta indica	67	15	Olea africana	64	21.7
Callistemon rigidus	67	138	Terminalia brownie	64	85.7
Carica papaya	67	20	Callistemon rigidus	55	82.5
Phoenix reclinata	67	58	Grevillea robusta	55	19
Pinus patula	67	62.5	Jacaranda mimosifolia	55	25
Podocarpus falcatus	67	50	Mangifera indica	55	17
Spathodea nilotica	67	70	Thuja	55	155

Table 6. Total cost of tree nursery owners

No	Cost items	Gondar nursery	Bahir Dar nursery
1	Compost	172,000	652,400
2	Polyethylene tubes	293,200	1,009,100
3	Sand	82,700	262,800
4	Seed/seedlings	178,000	1,365,000
5	Soil	90,000	498,300
6	Land cost	810,000	1,072,700
7	Labor	88,000	335,200
8	Materials cost	75,200	241,100
9	Water	36,200	100,000
10	Fertilizer	3000	5000
Total cost incurred		1,828,300	5,541,600

Table 7. Average annual profitability of urban tree nursery in Gondar and Bahir Dar

Cities	Average annual seedling production no and (SD)	Average annual growth cost (Birr)	Average annual growth income (Birr)	Average annual net income (Birr)	Average return on investment (RORI %)
Gondar	15464, (SD) = 13363	304717	643093	338,377	95.7% (77–141%)
Bahirdar	18920, (SD) = 15990	503782	1313965	810183	95.58% (46–270%)
Aggregate data	17700, (SD) = 14782	433524	1077186	643663	95.6294

Table 8. Purpose of income gaining from nursery operations

Expenditure of income from nursery	Gondar		Bahirdar
	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
For subsistence(For buying clothes, food and education children,cermonies)	6	100	11	100
For saving	2	33.3	5	45.5
For buying car	1	16.7	2	18.2
For building and constructing houses	3	50	3	27.3
For expansion of nursery production and sites	1	16.7	4	36.4

Figure 5. The customers of urban nursery production.

Figure 6. Temporary and Permanent labor in Bahir Dar and Gondar Nurseries.