Effects of Land Use Change on Forest Coffee Production in Gomma Woreda, Jimma Zone, Oromia, South West Ethiopia
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2024-06-01
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Addis Ababa University
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The main objective of this study is to investigate the effects of land use change on forest coffee production in Gomma woreda, Jimma zone, Oromia Regional State, South West Ethiopia. To meet this objective, explanatory research design with mixed research approaches. The researcher applied both primary and secondary sources of data so that questionnaires and interviews were employed as the data collection instruments. This study was conducted on 120 households who were taken purposively from six kebele such as Goga Kamise, Dehi Kechene, Goga Kilole. Yachi Esa, Koye Seja, and Bulado Choche, of Gomma woreda on the basis of those key farmers who are model for their coffee productions capacity. The collected data was analyzed through frequency, percentage, Mean, and standard deviations. Further, in order to see the relation between the variable liners’ regression was also employed. The findings of the study show that, deforestation has a significant effects on the forest coffee production with a P-value of 0.003 which is less than the significant level, as well as the intensification is also significant effect with a P-value of 0.000 which is less than the significant level 0.005 .However, afforestation with a P-value of 0.028 and extensification with a P-value of 0.049 respectively have positively significant effects on the forest coffee productions in the study area. The findings of this study show that unsustainable land use practices, including deforestation and agricultural intensification, pose significant threats to forest coffee cultivation by degrading soils, diminishing biodiversity, and increasing vulnerability to climate impacts. The researcher recommended that encouraging farmers and stakeholders to adopt conservation practices that protect forest coffee ecosystems, such as sustainable land use planning and the conservation of bio diverse habitats.
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Land Use Change, Forest Coffee, Coffee Production, Extensification and Intensifications, Coffee