Livelihood and soil conservation practives among the farmers of yaii chebo, Oromiya Regional state,Ethiopia.

Alemayehu Belay

Livelihood and soil conservation practives among the farmers of yaii chebo, Oromiya Regional state,Ethiopia.

2009

Alemayehu Belay(Researcher)

This study amins at analyzing the interaction between livelihood and soil conservation practices in Yaii Chebo, Ambo wereda.It particularly focuses on the facors which contribute for making decision to adopt soil conservation practices among farmers and power relations emerging as different actors interact in the conservation scheme.Observations, semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, survey method and cases were used to collect data for this study.The farmers at Yaii chebo reside in slopes which naturally makes it vulnerable to land degradation in the form of soil erosion.various factors like population pressure and a consequent deforestation, at different times in history, have made the degradation process aggravated.The interaction between the livelihoods of farmers and the environmental changesis so enormous to the extent of forcing farmers continually make small livelihood supported by governmental and nongovernmental organizations at various levles. yet, the decisions to adopt soil conservation practices are long term investments, most farmers rather prefer to focus on the immediate subsistence of their househlds.Moreover, the soil conservation interventions has created a power hierarchy whereby access to farm information and alternative livelihood diversifying means are linked to previously existing ownership of farm resources leading to the relative advantage of resource rich farmers.The analysis showed; there is no guarantee that awareness leads to adoption of soil conservation practices. holistic and contextual dimensions of soil conservation interventions will be needed to maintain a sustainable environment.

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