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| Ethiopia, Project 145, 2005 - 2007 |
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The Highland of Ethiopia covers 45% of the country and comprises 95% of its agricultural and 70% of its pasture area. Lack of animal feed and exhaustion of soils, as well as the consequences thereof, such as animal mortality, low dairy yields and low market prices are severe problems of this region, where 88% of the population live. Proper management and the use of local tree and shrub species that grow around the pieces of land, gutters, streets and acres could minimize these problems. Until today, little has been done for the identification, prioritization and characterization of local feed - a good opportunity for this project, which organizes a theoretical and practical training for 30 farmers and local development helpers of diverse social backgrounds. The project aims are: 1. Acquisition of social and biophysical information on local fodder and on soil-improving tree and shrub species 2. Develoment of strategies for dissemination that enable the expansion and utilization of species. 3. Identification of potential fodder and soil-improving tree and shrub species by means of informal and formal evaluation; 4. Examination of 108 soil samples. By means of the extracted soil samples, the three most soil-improving local (and one exotic) tree species are chosen. 5. Choice of potential partners who are interested in planting feed and soil-improving tree species 6. Probing awareness-raising measures arising from the project which play a role for the popularization of the tree species, as well as group discussions to determine local institutions and laws that are relevant for the planting
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