Fruit plant species with potential for cultivation and use in Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Johanka Barsová

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

The aims of the theses were to find find fruit species, especially wild ones which are suitable for cultivation in Arba Minch region. Table of fruit species of Ethiopia was made with some additional information like mode of their consumption, local name, other plant parts used, other uses except from eating the fruit, ecology in Ethiopia, and grown habit. It was also paid attention at the current status of fruit in Ethiopia both as a part of the diet and its importance in production and export market. The research also noted the major pests and diseases of cultivated fruit species in Ethiopia. There were searched wild fruit species with high nutritious potential for im-provement of malnutrition in Ethiopia. Some cultivated species were also emphasized for their significant content of some nutrients.

Keywords

Ethiopia, Fruit, Nutrition, Micronutrient, Deficiency, Ethnobotany, Malnutrition, Healt, Fruit crops, Cultivated, Wild, Arba Minch

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 14. 4. 2022

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: doc. Ing. Zbyněk Polesný, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

Bachelor programme:
Tropical Agriculture