Non-Wood Forest Products in Ethiopia

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL VIII DEVELOPMENT

Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts

EC-FAO PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME (1998-2000)

Tropical forestry Budget line B7-6201/97-15/VIII/FOR

PROJECT GCP/INT/679/EC

NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS IN ETHIOPIA

by Girma Deffar

December, 1998

Addis Ababa

This report has been produced as an out put of the EC-FAO Partnership Programme (1998-2000) - Project GCP/INT/679/EC Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts.The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the EC or the FAO.

This paper has been minimally edited for clarity and style

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1. INTRODUCTION

2. NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS (NWFP) IN ETHIOPIA

2.1 General

2.2 Beekeeping in Ethiopia

2.3 State of the resource base

2.4 Review and evaluation of past and current development efforts

2.5 The gum/olibanum resin products of Ethiopia

3. MEDICINAL PLANTS

3.1 Medicinal plant resources of Ethiopia

3.2 Utilization and marketing of medicinal plants and products

3.3 Status of the medicinal plants

4. CONCLUDING REMARKS

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