Fedis Agricultural Research Center, Harar, Ethiopia.

The study was conducted for three years (June 2016 - June 2019) to evaluate their adaptability of five agro forestry tree species: Sesbaniasesban, Moringaoliefera, Gravilearobusta, Azadarichtaindica and Leuceanaleucocephala at Dire Dawa Administration Adadakebele, Eastern Ethiopia. The experiment was laid out in RCBD with three replications. The selected tree species had no problem on survival and adaptability at the study area except some growth variation and the outcome had a significant value at (p<0.05) between treatment’s parameters. Moringaoliefera showed the highest performance followed by Azadarichtaindica, Sesbaniasesban and Leuceanaleucocephala in terms of survival rate, height growth, root collar diameter and diameter at breast height at adadakebele. After three years of establishment, Moringaoliefera, Azadarichtaindica, SesbaniasesbanandLeuceanaleucocephala showed the highest average mean survival rate with 90%, 88.55%, 82.78% and 82.11% respectively, at the study area. Hence it can be inferred that the conditions of Dire Dawa Administration matched with the environmental requirement of those tree species. On the other hand, species of Gravilearobusta showed lowest performance. Thus, the long dry season, which extended from eight to ten months in the study area, clearly explains the poor survival and growth response in some of the species. Generally, the study under Dire Dawa condition and related agro ecology, we advocate these adapted species and properly allocate species into the site that grow and adapt well for further agroforestry practices at wider scale on which success of agroforestry practices and forest plantations depend.