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Item The Impact of Small Scale Biogas Technology on Household Income and Health in Ada’a Woreda, Oromia Region, Ethiopia.(Addis Ababa University, 2018-06) Tesfaye, Woubakal; Diriba, Dawit (PhD)Access to modern energy is a key element in rural development. This thesis identified the Impact of Small Scale Biogas Technology on Household Income and Health in Ada’a Woreda, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. 9 kebeles were purposively selected where there are high numberof biogas users. The descriptive statistical significances and the association of the dummy and continuous variables with the dependent variable were tested using chi-square and t-test. Propensity score matching was used to assess the impact small scale biogas technology has on health and income of household. The study found out small scale biogas technology is favorable among users due to; subsidy form the government; relatively cheap comparing to other fuel sources; as it considers the health economic and environmental benefits; as it saves fuel; it being smokeless; its durability; the fact that it cooks quickly; as it effectively uses waste from farm and produces compost for farm use. The result from Propensity score matching indicated that small scale biogas technology has a significant and positive impact on health So, the impact of small scale biogas technology has an average treatment effect of 8249.2 ETB, 5968.5 ETB, 9961.5 ETB, 8652.3 ETB per annum to household income using nearest neighbor, radius, kernel and stratification methods respectively. Looking at the impact of small scale biogas technology on health, the study looked at three outcome variables; cost of the treatment for the victims in the households; the number of days spent for fuel collection per week and; total members of the household affected by indoor air pollution (IAP). The impact of biogas on cost of treatment has an average treatment effect of 320.2 ETB, 392.5 ETB, 339.2 ETB, and 332.8ETBusing nearest neighbor, radius, kernel and stratification methods respectively. The impact of biogas on number days spent for fuel collection has an average treatment effect of -1.5, -1.4, -1.3, and -1.3 days using nearest neighbor, radius, kernel and stratification methods respectively. Lastly the impact of using small scale biogas technology on total members of household that are affected by the illness -1.2, -1.2, -1.2, and -1.2, member using nearest neighbor, radius, kernel and stratification methods respectively. The result indicated the positive impact of small scale biogas technology on health. As the technology has a great potential in promoting sustainable and renewable energy, much effort should be done in promoting the technology, awareness raising to non-user household and peer education should be done. Key words: Biogas, IAP,Income,Propensity Score Matching, Renewable energyItem Involvement of Local Community in Tourism Planning and Development in Awash Melka Kunture Prehistoric Site, South West Shoa Zone, Oromia(Addis Ababa University, 2019-06) Belemo, Diribi; Diriba, Dawit (PhD)This study was designed to assess the involvement of the local community in tourism planning and development in Awash Melka Kunture Prehistoric Site, South West Shoa Zone. The target population of this study was households of Godeti Wamber, Dambi Roge, Muti Alibo kebeles, and Awash Melka town, experts of Kersa Malima District Culture and Tourism Office and Awash Melka Kunture Prehistoric Site. In order to conduct this study, mixed research approach and descriptive research design were used. Purposive and proportionate stratified sampling techniques were used to determine sample size and simple random sampling technique was applied to select household from the sample size. Besides, the household questionnaire survey and interview were used as a data collection instrument, whereas both primary and secondary sources of data were used to collect relevant data. Key informants for interview 3 experts from District Culture and Tourism and 1 from Awash Melka Kunture Site and 212 households for questionnaire survey were selected. Quantitative-led mixed methods of data analysis were used. The final result of this research was analyzed, interpreted and discussed by using descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics, binary logit model. The study identified that the extent of local community involvement in the study area was low it accounted for less than 3.5 mean in all indicators. The willingness of their involvements for both involved and non-involved, it scored above 3.5 Mean in different ways of involvement. Therefore, this shows that the willingness of local community involvement in tourism planning and development in the study to be high. This result also revealed that the involvement of the local community in tourism planning and development in the study area has a different economic, sociocultural and environmental contribution. The study identified that socio-demographic, economic characteristics and institutional factors affected local community involvement in tourism planning and development. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher recommended that awareness creation, develop a tourism-related educational workshop and prioritizing local community will improve and enhance local community involvement in tourism planning and development. Key words: Local community involvement, Tourism Planning, Tourism Development, Awash Melka Kunture