Dataset for the publication 'Enset landrace diversity in major enset growing regions of Southern Ethiopia'

Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) is a major food security crop of the Southern Ethiopian highlands, where it is cultivated on small-holder subsistence farms. Data of survey results through interviews with 375 households is presented, covering 20 communities (kebeles) and eight ethnic groups, along an altitudinal range of 1,500 to 3,000 masl across the main enset-producing belt in Southern Ethiopia. A total of 296 locally named enset landraces were recorded. For each landrace, a number of descriptive traits (as reported by farmers) are available, as is the enset landrace composition of each farm.

This data accompanies the publication ‘Blomme G, Kearsley E, Buta S, Chala A, Kebede R, Addis T, Yemataw Z. (2023). Enset landrace diversity in major enset growing regions of Southern Ethiopia. African Crop Science Journal, 31, 279-299’.