Wild Edible Plant Species Diversity and Utilization in Sokoru District, Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bikila Warkineh | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bonsa Fikadu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-17T22:57:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-17T22:57:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The protection of wild edible plant species in the Jimma zone of the Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, has received little attention, despite the fact that wild edible plants are crucial during times of food crisis. Before it is lost forever, gathering and recording ethnobotanical knowledge is an essential and pressing undertaking. Sokoru District communities use wild food plants and this project aims to explore and document their uses. Before choosing a particular study area, the Office of Agriculture, elders, and kebele administrative personnel were consulted during a preliminary survey that was conducted to gain an overview of the socioeconomic and cultural elements of the communities in the Sokoru districts that were under study. To calculate the sample size, systematic and purposeful random samplings were employed. The diversity of wild edible plant species found in the Sokoru district was discovered and recorded for the study through semi-structured interviews, group discussions, observation, and key informant-guided field observation. A total of 14 WEPs were reported in the study region; of these, 10 families were gathered and documented. Moraceae, Myrtaceae, Flacourtiacea, and Rosaceae (two species) are the plant families that include the greatest number of wild edible plants; the remaining plant families only contribute one species each. Of the 14 wild edible plant species that have been identified for the study, 10 (71.43%) have been shown to have multipurpose roles, while 4 (28.57%) have a role limited to food in the area. Out of the ten (71.43%) multipurpose wild edible plant species, two (14.29%) were utilized for food and firewood, two (14.29%) for food and construction, three (21.42%) for food and charcoal, two (14.29%) for food and medicinal, and one (7.14%) for revenue value generator. In Sokoru district, ten key informants were randomly selected from 14 informants to rank the six most threatening factors of wild edible plant species. The results showed that overgrazing, wild fires, and construction and building ranked fourth, fifth, and sixth on the list of threatening factors of WEPs in the study area, while agricultural expansion, charcoal making, and firewood collection ranked first, second, and third, respectively. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/6931 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Agricultural Expansion | |
| dc.subject | Food Shortage | |
| dc.subject | Key Informants | |
| dc.subject | Multipurpose Roles | |
| dc.subject | Socio- Economic | |
| dc.subject | Threatening Factors | |
| dc.title | Wild Edible Plant Species Diversity and Utilization in Sokoru District, Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia | |
| dc.type | Thesis |