He learns from the indigenous knowledge of Sidama people
My research stay in Ethiopia: I learn from the indigenous knowledge of the local people I am Shibire Bekele from Ethiopia, Studying MSc. In Tropical Forest Management in TU Dresden, Germany. Agroforestry system I am working in my master thesis on financial analysis of smallholder’s woodlot and homestead agroforestry systems in Southern Ethiopia. The thesis is integrated under the WoodCluster project and supervised by Prof. Jürgen Pretzsch from TU Dresden and co-supervisor Dr. Tsegaye Bekele from Hawaasa University, Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources. I am interested to work under this theme as most farmers in Ethiopia use their land based on the previous land use where only some of them consider the market factors of their production. Analyzing profitability of woodlots and homestead agroforestry system will help the local land owners to plan on the farming system which rewards the household with more financial profit. It is a great pleasure to collect my da