United States Agency for International Developmen

Adie, Aberra

Alene, Temesgen

Asfaw, A.

Bezabih, Melkamu

Dubale, Workneh

Ebrahim, M.

Jogo, W.

Mekonnen, Kindu

Mulema, Annet A.

Thorne, Peter J.

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Africa RISING in the Ethiopian HighlandsCore partners PicturesFodder and fertilizer trees action research in Africa RISING sitesKindu Mekonnen, Melkamu Bezabih, Wellington Jogo, Peter Thorne, Annet Mulema, Aberra Adie, Workneh Dubale, Mohammed Ebrahim, Addisu Asfaw, Temesgen AleneAchievements• Tree lucerne showed better survival and growth on farms inSinana and Lemo Africa RISING sites (Table 1).• Tree lucerne in well-managed farmers’ fields reached for use asanimal feed within nine months after planting.• The right farm typologies + compatible growing niches =successful tree lucerne farming (Figure 2).• Local tree management practices- manuring, watering, and fencing  resulted in a positive effect on the performance of tree lucerne planted on farms.• A cutting height of 1 m to 1.5 m and a cutting frequency of 2-3 times per year found to be acceptable to keep tree Lucerne healthy and productive.• Supplementation of tree lucerne leaf to crop residue based diets significantly improves animal performance (Figure 2).• Trainings are given to 300 male and 100 female participants on tree lucerne management, production and utilization. • Two students (male and female) attached and conducted MSc theses research on tree Lucerne.Introduction• Shortages of protein rich animal feed, soil fertility depletion and lack of wood for various products and services are critical challenges in the Ethiopian highlands.• Tree Lucerne (Chamaecytisus palmensis) is one of the options to address interlinked farming systems challenges Objectivesa) Study survival, growth, management and utilization of tree lucerne across contrasting sites and growing niches.b) Identify key determinants of tree lucerne performance on farms in the crop-livestock systems.Research methodologies FRGs were established in the eight Africa RISING research kebeles A total of 253 farmers participated in the action research Data on survival, growth, management and utilization were collected through periodic field assessments and on-station experimentsPotential partnership for phase II• Ministry of Livestock and Fishery• Ministry of Farming and Natural Resources• Ministry of Environmental, Forest and Climate Change• Regional, Zonal and Woreda Agriculture and LivestockOffices• Federal and Regional Research Institutions and centers• AGP-LMD, GRAD, GIZ-SLM, InterAide France, CRS, RST,SUNARMAFuture plans: facilitate private and community nurseries, trainings, development partners for scalingTable 1. Mean survival, height and RCD by regionSurvival and growthAmhara (N=48)Oromia (N=41)Tigray (N=38)SNNPR (N=32)P valueSurvival after 9 months (%) 14.81 35.21 17.89 43.56 0.000Height after 9 months (m) 0.36 1.24 0.46 0.66 0.021RCD after 9 months (cm) 0.34 0.88 0.56 0.93 0.002Correlations: survival and height correlation(r) is equal to 0.527 (p=0.000); survival and RCD, r=0.786 (p=0.000)1517192123250 14 28 42 56 70 84 90Body weight kg head-1Days of the feeding period100 g/d 200 g/d300 g/d 400 g/dFigure 3. Body weight development of yearling Menz sheep supplemented with different levels of dried tree lucerne leafFigure 1.  Tree lucerne performance in Lemo, Africa RISING siteFigure  2.  Tree lucerne and garlic intercropping in Sinana, Africa RISING siteThis poster is copyrighted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). It is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. November 2016We thank farmers and local partners in Africa RISING sites for their support

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