Assessing the Impacts of Land Holding Certificate on Soil Conservation Practices: The Case of Girar Jarso Woreda.Oromia,Ethiopia
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2012-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
In Ethiopia, among many factors, tenure insecurity is considered as a main problem for
land degradation. The objective of the study is to assess impacts of land holding
certificate on soil conservation practices and the major constraints of soil conservation
in the study area. Structured questionnaire survey, Key informant interview, direct
observation and focus group discussion methods were applied to collect the necessary
information from farm households. A total of 120 households were interviewed to collect
primary data. Secondary data were also gathered from published and unpublished
documents such as office records and reports, books, and related thesis works. Then, the
data acquired analyzed using descriptive statistics techniques and binary logistic
regression. Descriptive statistics were used to compare different categories of sample
unit 's in terms of means and percentage. Cross tabulation is used to compare and
analyzed data gathered ji-om households. The study result shows that soil conservation
practices such as soil bund, stone bund, check dam and plantation of trees were seemed
to be more influenced by land holding certificates. based on the analysis made on some
selected variables, educational level, farm experience, family size and land renting have
a significant impact on farmer 's soil conservation practices so that it should be highly
considered in the study area
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soil conservation practices