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    Local Practices on Compost Preparation and Utilization: the Case of Enarji Enawuga Woreda, East Gojam Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-12-12) Alebie Sewale; Jebessa Habte (PhD)
    Organic farming is environmentally friendly and at the same time maintains the soil fertility and its integrity (Kassa Teka et al., 2010). This study was assess awareness and practice of local farmers, in the case of Debre work town surrounding rural Kebeles. Questionnaires, interviews and field experiment were used to gather necessary information. The researcher took 384 sample respondents from six kebeles; the sampling method applied was simple random and purposive sampling. The data analysis was conducted through statistical techniques such as descriptive statistics and qualitative techniques. In this study all the determinant factors age (AOR=14.492, 3.884-54.075), family size (AOR=13.642, 1.602, 11.297), shortage of input (AOR=2.700, 3.098-6594), type of fertilizer preferred (AOR=2.602, 2.11-7.064), size of pit (AOR=2.456, 2.045-8.980), and knowledge on composting (AOR=1.358, 2.135-5.683) were significantly (P<0.05) associated with organic farm. According to the findings from the total respondents 339(88.28%) utilized inorganic fertilizer, 27 (7.07%) utilized compost and 18(4.69%) of them neither utilized compost nor inorganic fertilizer. From the total respondents 331 (86.19%) are married and 53(13.80%) of them are single. The result of field experiment revealed that, there was a difference in growth rate of crops among compost and inorganic fertilizers (the mean leaf size of cabbage with compost was 13.5cm, with chemical fertilizer was 7.25cm and without any fertilizer was 5.55cm). Therefore, the findings of the study suggest that stakeholders should give more focus on the development of organic farming to improve the quality and quantity of crop products to generate more income from organic farming and maintain the wealth status of people in Enarji Enawuga Woreda.