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Table 1 Main characteristic of sampled homegarden agroforestry sites in southern and southwestern Ethiopia

From: Leaves litterfall and nutrient inputs from four multipurpose tree/shrub species of homegarden agroforestry systems

Characteristic

Sites

Yoyra/Chencha woreda

Saja Laftern/Yem woreda

Biophysical

 Altitude (m asl.)

2695

1964

 Annual rainfall (mm)

1263

1365

 Slope (%)

9.32

9.82

 Geographic location

690431

881969

 Easting

37.5307

37.4682

 Northing

6.2832

7.9993

Socioeconomic

 Woreda population by 2021 (projected based on 2007 census and 2.9% rate of growth for SNNPR)

166,644

120,338

 Population density (Km– 2)

445.57

166.1

 Mean farm sizes (ha)

0. 27

1.35

 Homegarden size (m2)

2374.88

2748.64

 Livelihood zone

Enset and barley are complemented by wheat, sweet or Irish potatoes, horse beans, and field-peas

A cereal and enset

 Distance to major markets (hr)

0.6

1.24

Production system

 Major food crops

Enset and barley

enset and maize

 Major cash crops

Wheat, sweet or Irish potatoes,

Teff, maize, sorghum, wheat

 Livestock types

Cow, oxen, sheep, horses, mule

Cow, oxen, sheep, goats

 Dominant ethnic group

Gamo

Yem