Local tree knowledge can fast-track agroforestry recommendations for coffee smallholders along a climate gradient in Mount Elgon, Uganda

Gram Gil, Vaast Philippe, van der Wolf Just, Jassogne Laurence. 2018. Local tree knowledge can fast-track agroforestry recommendations for coffee smallholders along a climate gradient in Mount Elgon, Uganda. Agroforestry Systems, 92 (6) : 1625-1638.

Quartile : Q2, Sujet : AGRONOMY / Quartile : Q2, Sujet : FORESTRY

Résumé : Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) is economically important for many smallholder farmers in the Mount Elgon region of East Uganda, but its production is increasingly threatened by climate change. However, ecosystem services (ES) provided by companion trees in coffee agroforestry systems (AFS) can help farmers adapt to climate change. The objectives of this research were to develop agroforestry species recommendations and tailor these to the farmers' needs and local context, taking into consideration gender. Local knowledge of agroforestry species and ES preferences was collected through farmer interviews and rankings. Using the Bradley-Terry approach, analysis was done along an altitudinal gradient in order to study different climate change scenarios for coffee suitability. Farmers had different needs in terms of ES and tree species at different altitudes, e.g. at low altitude they need a relatively larger set of ES to sustain their coffee production and livelihood. Local knowledge is found to be gender blind as no differences were observed in the rankings of species and ES by men and women. Ranking species by ES and ranking ES by preference is a useful method to help scientists and extension agents to use local knowledge for the development of recommendations on companion trees in AFS for smallholder farmers.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : agroforesterie, Coffea arabica, petite exploitation agricole, exploitation agricole familiale, adaptation aux changements climatiques, changement climatique, services écosystémiques, choix des espèces, savoirs autochtones, genre (femmes/hommes)

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Ouganda

Classification Agris : F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
P40 - Météorologie et climatologie
E50 - Sociologie rurale

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 1 (2014-2018) - Agriculture écologiquement intensive

Auteurs et affiliations

• Gram Gil, IITA (UGA) - auteur correspondant
• Vaast Philippe, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR Eco&Sols (FRA)
• van der Wolf Just, IITA (UGA)
• Jassogne Laurence, IITA (UGA)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/585507/)

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