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SOIL & CROP SCIENCES

Enset farming system – a resilient, climate-robust production system in South and South-Western Ethiopia

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Article: 2074626 | Received 18 Feb 2022, Accepted 03 May 2022, Published online: 24 May 2022

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Figure 1. Ecosystem services of enset (Ensete ventricosum).

Figure 1. Ecosystem services of enset (Ensete ventricosum).

Figure 2. Dairy cow feeding on enset leaves.

Figure 2. Dairy cow feeding on enset leaves.

Figure 3. Heavy mulching with enset leaves to prevent soil erosion and enhance nutrient cycling.

Figure 3. Heavy mulching with enset leaves to prevent soil erosion and enhance nutrient cycling.

Figure 4. Enset home-garden agroforestry system in Sidama region. (a) typical enset homegarden surrounding the backyard of living place; (b) Hawassa Zuria woreda development agent explaining importance of enset to Hawassa University students visiting homegarden agroforestry: as food, shade for coffee, erosion prevention, requiring less tillage, and livestock manure.

Figure 4. Enset home-garden agroforestry system in Sidama region. (a) typical enset homegarden surrounding the backyard of living place; (b) Hawassa Zuria woreda development agent explaining importance of enset to Hawassa University students visiting homegarden agroforestry: as food, shade for coffee, erosion prevention, requiring less tillage, and livestock manure.

Figure 5. Khat cultivation in homegarden in Yuwo kebele of Wondogenet woreda, Sidama region.

Figure 5. Khat cultivation in homegarden in Yuwo kebele of Wondogenet woreda, Sidama region.