To eradicate or not to eradicate? Recommendations on Prosopis juliflora management in Afar, Ethiopia, from an interdisciplinary perspective

Pastoralism

Research, Policy and Practice

Table 3 Main uses of Prosopis juliflora among Afar pastoral households

Environmental good	Harvests/year	Value/year (ETB)	Proportion due to Prosopis	% of HHs benefitting	Prosopis income/hh
Fuelwood, home consumption	119	2983	65	96	1939
Fuel wood for sale	153	5648	76	3	4292
Charcoal, home consumption (bags)	35	1712	86	18	1472
Charcoal for sale (bags)	1043	57,631	90	18	51,868
Poles for house construction	69	1664	54	52	899
Poles for house repair	26	210	68	47	143
Fencing (homes farm, kraal)	34	699	71	74	496
Farm implements	14	261	43	21	112
Household furniture	77	1636	17	4	278
Honey (litres)	48	5760	5	0.2	288
Wild fruits	65	530	4	3	21
Bush meat	12	2550	23	1	587
Medicinal use	49	1294	6	10	78
Leaves for livestock feed	175	3995	30	12	1199
Pods for livestock feed	136	3374	87	39	2935
Total		95,890	46		69,248

Source: Field Survey Data (January 2014 and December 2013): The harvest per year, value per year, proportion and the proportion of households earning a given income are generated from household survey data. Income due to Prosopis is computed from value per year based on proportion income associated to Prosopis