2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Comparative studies on Ensete livelihood systems in southwestern Ethiopia: Area studies approach
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15402007
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Area studies
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
SHIGETA Masayoshi Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Associate Professor, 大学院アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 助教授 (80215962)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OHTA Itaru Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Professor, 大学院アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 教授 (60191938)
ITANI Juichi Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Associate Professor, 大学院アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 助教授 (20232382)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2006
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| Keywords | Africa / Livelihood System / Environmental conservation / Area Studies / Ethiopia / Enset / ELS / Sustainability |
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| Research Abstract |
This research project aims at the full understanding of Ensete Livelihood Systems (ELS) that developed in Ari area of southwestern part of Ethiopian highlands. Basic data collections were made at a village in South Omo zone on the following topics: labor input and distribution, outer resource input, crude yield and total energy. The amounts of consumption, processing, sales and domestic distribution are also recorded. These data set are used for the preliminary estimations of the productivity per unit of area and that of labor input. These data on the productivities are intended to compare their effects against the environmental conservation such as soil and vegetation. To test the hypothesis-ELS is environmentally more friendly than cereal farming complex in Ethiopian highlands-, similar quantitative data set was prepared for the productivities of cereal fields such as sorghum, barley, teff, wheat and maze. Through these comparisons with other systems, evaluation was made on the potential of ELS for environmental conservation in terms of soil fertility and carrying capacity. In the latter part of the project, we attempted an estimation of carrying capacity of ELS based on the South Omo data set. We also tried to expand the scope of comparison to the other livelihood system based on Matoke banana agricultural complex in Uganda. Basic data set was collected at Ganda area in Uganda of the East African Highland. In the final year of the project, we organized an international workshop titled as "The making of Banana and Enset areas in Asia and Africa" in which Ugandan banana researchers and Ethiopian enset researchers participated. In the workshop, international forum for Musaceae (banana familiy) crops of the comparative livelihood studies is decided to formulate.
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Research Products
(47 results)
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[Journal Article] Preface2005
Author(s)
Masayoshi Shigeta
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Journal Title
African Study Monograph, Supplementary Issue 29
Pages: 1-2
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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[Journal Article] Preface.2005
Author(s)
Masayoshi Shigeta
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Journal Title
African Study Monographs Supplementary Issues No. 29
Pages: 1-2
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Journal Article] Livestock as Resource.2004
Author(s)
Ohta, I.
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Journal Title
Mid-term report : Distribution and Sharing of Resources in Symbolic and Ecological Sytems : Integrative model-building in Anthropology(in Japanese)
Pages: 324-428
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Book] Nomad.2004
Author(s)
Ohta, I.(co-edited with Tanaka, J., Sato, S., Sugawara, K.)
Total Pages
736
Publisher
Showado Press(in Japanese)
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
