Land use Dynamics and Its Implication on Livelihoods. The case of Two Neighboring Woredas in Tigrai Regional State
| dc.contributor.advisor | Adal, Yigremew ( PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ghebremedhin, Tekleweiny | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-02T12:38:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:26:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-02T12:38:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:26:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Land degradation, one of the subsequent negative results of land-use dynamics, has become a critical problem in many parts of the Ethiopian highlands. There is great need for rehabilitation and conservation works in such areas. The aim of this study is to empirically assess the magnitude of impactland-use!cover change has on livelihoods and identifY changes realized following government rural intervention projects focusing on land management technologies. The analysis of land-use/cover changes involved interpretation of available satellite images of the study area (taken in 199314, and 2007/8, respectively). For the assessment of soil loss due to erosion by water, rill erosion, land degradation etc .. . and its implication on food security, a survey study in the study area was undertaken at the scale of cultivatedfields. Investigation on available data of land-use/cover change indicates that over the fifteen years or so considered, the main type of land use remained agriculture. The major changes observed were the increase in cropland and shrub land areas at the expense of the open grazing and woodland areas. This has implication on runoff generation. The people of the study area are, therefore, facing problems of poverty and resource degradation, which require prudently composed solutions that integrate development and conservation measures. The newly introduced SWC measures have generally obtained acceptance by the local farmers. They are acknowledged as being affective measures in arresting soil erosion and as having the potential to improve land productivity. Still, their sustainable adoption and widespread replication by the farmers seem less likely. The major factors discouraging the farmers from adopting the introduced soil and water conservation technologies on their farms were found to be labor shortage, land tenure uncertainty and problem of fitness of the technologies to the farmers' requirements a~d the farming system circumstances. Though it was claimed that participatory procedures were followed, facts on the ground did not seem to support this. The study which started in May 2008 and ended in July of 2009 concludes by suggesting some measures that should be taken to enhance adoption and widespread replication of the conservation technologies by the farmers and ensure sustainable land-use in the area. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/12406 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dynamics and Its Implication | en_US |
| dc.title | Land use Dynamics and Its Implication on Livelihoods. The case of Two Neighboring Woredas in Tigrai Regional State | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |