Assessment of seedling survival and plantation success: Acase study from Tigray Regional state, Ethiopia
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[1] Universidad de Lisboa
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- Localización: XI young researchers meeting on conservation and sustainable use of forest systems / coord. por Elena Hidalgo Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Dorado Reyes, Ainhoa Iñiguez Soto, Diego A. Damián Carrión, Samuel Gato Martín, Guillermo Jové Alcalde, Raúl Arcadio Fernández González, 2017, ISBN 978-84-617-9574-1, pág. 29
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
A study with the objective of assessing the survival of outplanted seedlings and the success of plantations in the last five years was conducted in Tigray Regional state. The study was carried out in 6 randomly selected Woreda to represent three agroecologies (two for Dega, two for Weina Dega and two for Kola) and 2 randomly selected Kebele from 5 plantation sites. The study contains both biophysical survey to assess the survival of seedlings and social survey to assessthe perception of the local community and experts the success of the plantation activity. The study employed both primary and secondary data sources. The primary data was obtained from field assessment and key informant interview, focus group discussion and expert filled questionnaire while the secondary data was from report. Results of the study show that there were variations in the survival of outplanted seedlings between plantation sites of the same Kebele, between the Kebele of the same Woreda and between the Woreda. The regional mean was 52% with high level of variation that ranged from 0 to 100% survival of outplanted seedlings. Generally, the planting activity has failed and the reasons are lack of pre and post plantingmanagement, moisture stress, poor soil and site condition, planting unmanageable number of seedlings, weak law enforcement and lack of monitoring and evaluation mechanism. In the study area, four types of ownership were identified; private, communal, state and youth group. Among the ownership types, the private was the most successful while the communal was failed. For successful plantation, watering, post and pre planting management of outplanted seedlings and budgeting and permanent employment of guards were recommended.
