Agroforestry for Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change: A Review

Abstract

The IPCC established that there is accord that the increase of heat tricking gases in the atmosphere will result for climate change ultimately will cause the sea level rise, increased incidence of extreme climatic events including intense storms, flood events and droughts. Therefore, presence of frequent climate-related hazards is causing loss of life and property, social disruption and economic hardships in the Ethiopia. Some scholars investigated that change in climate will have effect on the agricultural productivity, thus food insecurity. Susceptibility is aggravated in Ethiopia due to low adaptive capacity, practices rain-oriented mono-cropping system, widespread poverty and low technology uptake. This paper reviews on agroforestry for sustainable agriculture and climate change adaptation and mitigation in Ethiopia. Agroforestry system is practiced overall the world and it has a major importance for reduction the impacts of climate change. This review dedicated to cross referencing of different studies comprise studies on identified climate changes predominantly concentrating on major climatic components like temperature and rainfall. In addition to this, the role of agroforestry for sustainable agriculture and climate change alleviation are highlighted and several studies are cross referenced and examined. This review also tried to discuss the opportunists and challenges in identifying different land use system that contribute most for food security and climate change alleviation. This can fill the issue of existing research and knowledge gaps. Lastly, the paper deducted to identify research gap and provide the possible solution for identified problem.