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International Journal of Food Science and Agriculture

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Article Open Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ijfsa.2023.03.015

Composition of Shade Tree Species in Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Farms at Western Oromia

Hika Bersisa

Bako Agricultural Research Center, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Finfinnee (Addis Ababa), Ethiopia.

*Corresponding author: Hika Bersisa

Published: April 25,2023

Abstract

Ethiopia has the longest tradition of coffee production and consumption in the world with inimitable coffee ceremony. Different authors testimony’s revealed as Ethiopia is the first and fifth largest Arabica coffee producer in Africa and world, respectively. Survey was conducted in East Wallaggaa coffee growing areas of western Oromia to identify currently utilized tree species as coffee shade. Stratified random sampling method was used. Three Peasant associations per district and 5 farms per district were used for the achievement of the work. Totally 90 representative coffee farms were assessed. GPS, car dashboard to measure distance interval in km, structural questionnaire and the like were utilized for data collection. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Advanced books were used in order to refer the scientific name, common name, species and families of trees. About fifteen trees species were registered across surveyed coffee growing areas. Those tree species were categorized under 15 and 9 tree species and families, respectively. More than 3 tree species were utilized as coffee shade tree with a single coffee farm. Across surveyed area, this much 67% of household were used more than 4 tree species, while 37% were used 2 type of tree species. According to the survey result 3 legumes tree species and 15 none legumes species including 2 fruit tree, 3 timber tree and 3 locally available were identified across surveyed area. Depending on their canopy diameter, tree species were categorized into 3 kindly, large, medium and small canopy diameters. Among these high percent of assessed tree species were characterized with medium canopy followed by small and large canopy diameter. The study has suggested that, the detail research should be made regards to selection of proper and multipurpose tree species to be used as coffee shade tree.

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How to cite this paper

Composition of Shade Tree Species in Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Farms at Western Oromia

How to cite this paper:  Hika Bersisa. (2023) Composition of Shade Tree Species in Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Farms at Western Oromia. International Journal of Food Science and Agriculture7(1), 105-111.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ijfsa.2023.03.015