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The selection multipurpose plants for environmental and socio-economic benefits to the end users is a a critical decision making challenge in degraded land restoration and sustainable land management programmes. A demand driven multi-criteria based plant species prioritization was done through focus group discussions with local communities and experts in southwest Ethiopia. The article discusses the detail methodologies, the criteria used for the prioritization, the prioritized list of indigenous and exotic plants in the region and the options for making trade-off between environmental and socio-economic benefits.
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The article integrates the indigenous knowledge, experts advise, scientific databases and field studies on root characteristics of multipurpose trees, shrubs and grasses in the sub-humid tropics, southwest Ethiopia, to select the best plants for gully and riverbank stabilization and in the meantime to deliver important socio-economic benefits to local peoples.
Dr Ayalew Talema Legass
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This page is a summary of: Multi-criteria-based Plant Species Selection for Gully and Riverbank Stabilization in a Sub-humid Tropical Area, Land Degradation and Development, May 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2699.
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