Ecological Conditions and Ecosystem Services of Artificial Wetlands in Semiarid Ethiopian Highlands

Table 8

Provisioning services provided by the study sites using the household survey.

Provisioning services	Washa		Borale		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Food provisioning services
Vegetables	33	71.7	49	100	82	86.3
(i) Garlic	15	32.6	20	40.8	35	36.8
(ii) Potatoes	6	13	10	20.4	26	27.4
(iii) Carrots	10	21.7	15	30.6	25	26.3
(iv) Cabbage	2	4.3	4	8.2	6	6.3
Crops	18	39.1	36	73.5	54	56.8
(i) Bean	8	17.4	20	40.8	28	29.5
(ii) Barely	6	13	6	12.2	12	12.6
(iii) Shalom	2	4.3	3	6.1	5	5.3
(iv) Lentils (misir in local language)	2	4.3	7	14.3	9	9,5
Fruit	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fish	12	26.1	6	12.2	18	18.9
Honey harvesting (bee keeping)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raw material provision
Water for
(i) Livestock drinking	46	100	49	100	95	100
(ii) Irrigation	33	71.7	49	100	82	86.3
(iii) Washing/cleaning	13	28.3	36	73.5	49	51.6
(iv) Human drinking	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grass for:
(i) Fodder and grazing	45	97.8	49	100	94	98.9
(ii) Thatching	22	47.8	14	28.6	36	37.9
(iii) Crafting (house utensils, mattresses)	21	45.6	14	28.6	35	36.8
Fuel wood and construction materials	14	30.4	4	8.2	18	18.9
Medicinal plants	18	39.1	12	24.5	30	31.6