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    The Impact of Soil and Water Conservation Approaches on Crop Productivity in Liban Jawi District, West Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024-08) Abera Benti; Bikila Warkineh
    Ethiopia's agriculture is plagued by periodic drought, soil degradation caused by overgrazing, deforestation, high levels of taxation and poor infrastructure (making it difficult and expensive to get goods to market). Agriculture in Ethiopia is the foundation of the country's economy, accounting for half of gross domestic product (GDP), 83.9% of exports, and 80% of total employment.. The purpose of this study was to analyze impact of soil and water conservation practices and its impact on crop productivity in Liban Jawi Woreda in Western Shewa Ethiopia. A total of 145 sample households randomly selected from the sample kebele and they were involved in survey questionnaire. Out of total respondents 75 of them were practicers and 70 of them are not practicers/non adopters of soil and water conservation technologies. The study were used both primary and secondary data. Primary data was gathered using household survey questionnaire, focus group discussion and key informants interviews. Published and unpublished research papers were major sources of secondary data. The results obtained form respondents were analyzed by using logit model, percentages, frequencies, mean and chi-square by using spss software. The result obtained from this study indicated that education level, sex, labour availability, distance of farm land, farming experience, extension worker contact, land ownership and livestock holding house hold head influence adoption/practicing soil and water conservation technologies. The outcome of the finding indicated that crop productivity of adopters was high yield than non adopters of soil and water conservation approaches in Liban Jawi Woreda,Western Ethiopia.