Adoption ofImproved Natural Resource Management Technologies in North Western Ethiopia: A Case Study in Dangila Woreda of Amhara Region.
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2006-12
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The major objective of this research is to examine the state of adoption of improved NRM
technologies particularly, the adoption condition of two improved NRM technologies which are
economically and ecologically important in the study area ( bund and woodlot tree planting) and
to identify some of the basic socio-economic and institutional factors affecting it. The source of
data was based mainly on the survey of 160 randomly selected sample HHHs of the five PAs of
the woreda under investigation. However, data of 148 sample households was analyzed since the
data of 12 sample households was deficient with the necessary information . The study has
employed both descriptive and qualitative data analysis techniques.
As it is evidenced from the survey result the majority of the farmers of the study area
implemented(adopted ) NRM technologies. However, the mode of implementation was both
forceful as well as on voluntary basis. Hence ,even the though the adoption incidence seems
encouraging, the adoption intensity and its final out come is minimum and it is not as expected
in the study area .Thus ,the research result have shown us that the adoption condition of fanners
to the improved NRM technologies ,specifically the bund and woodlot tree planting technologies
is influenced by a range of socio-economic and institutional factors.
Therefore, the factors like land holding size, livestock size, agricultural extension service
delivery/frequency of extension contacts by conservation agents, land tenure security,
participation of fanners at planning stage of NRM activities and attitude of the beneficiaries
towards the bund technology were found to be significantly associated with the adoption
decision of bund technology. On the other hand, age of the household heads, land holding size,
agricultural extension service delivery, land tenure security, physical access of market ,
participation of beneficiaries at planning stage of NRM works and the attitude of farmers
towards the woodlot tree planting technology have been found significantly associated to the
adoption decision of the farmers to wood lot tree planting.
In conclusion, blanket approach to natural resource management intervention efforts could
make the measures inappropriate to local conditions and could be even unacceptable by the land
user. Hence local specific, household focused and technology based approaches have to be
followed in order to able to tackle the socio-economic and institutional factors that are involved
in adoption decision ofNRM technologies by the farmers of the study area.
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Natural Resource Management