Sustainable Land Management Practices and Environmental Disaster Risk in Quarit Wereda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Damene PhD, Shimeles | |
| dc.contributor.author | Simachew, Betigist | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-09T09:07:03Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T08:41:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-09T09:07:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T08:41:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Land degradation associated to mismanagement and utilization of natural resources is among concerning challenge in developing countries including Ethiopia. In response to the challenge, Ethiopian government and its partners have been implementing different land management practices; however the role of the practice was not sufficiently researched. Therefore this paper assessed the role of sustainable land management (SLM) practices for reducing land degradation in Quarit wereda, Amhara region, Ethiopia. Mixed research design method was employed to collect quantitative data from randomly selected 150 HHs and qualitative data in two purposefully selected rural kebeles, where descriptive statistics was used to analyze the quantitative data. The analysis revealed that the most (75%) survey households have been implementing SLMP on croplands varying from on 93.6% barley cultivated farmlands to 32.7% on vegetable farms. The major SLM practices adopted by study community include stone bund (26%), soil bund (39%), strip cropping (75%) and contour farming (87%). Nevertheless, as the study community largely depend on livestock production, the sector depend on crop residues and very scarce and poorly managed communal grazing lands, which tells that the livestock has been creating considerable effect on sustainable land management. The study community also acknowledged the significance of SLM practices as it to minimize land degradation by reduced soil erosion (86.7%), increasing water holding capacity of soil (63%), improve soil fertility (59%), increased agricultural productivity (55%), reducing land degradation (34%), flooding (24%) and land slide (22%). Most of the respondent households (94%) reported that nature of landform was key factor that influence their decision to implement SLM. From theses we can learn that adoption of SLM practice have been improving over time, however more promotion and extension required until the entire farming community understood significance of the practices and implement it wherever required. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/25328 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | land, land management, land degradation, soil erosion, sustainable land management | en_US |
| dc.title | Sustainable Land Management Practices and Environmental Disaster Risk in Quarit Wereda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |