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Paper Title
Community Perception And Participation Towards Soil And Water Conservation Practices: A Case Study Of Gubalafto District Of Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Authors
Dr.Mahesh Kumar Akkaraboyina, Belay Mekuriyaw Tareke
Abstract
Soil and water conservation was not only related to the improvement and conservation of ecological environment, but also inhibit to the sustainable development of the agricultural sector and the economy at large. An attempt was made to assess the levels of perception and participation of the community towards SWC practices, in the Gubalafto district of Amhara region, Ethiopia. In this study the requisite information was gathered from social surveys, interviews, focus group discussions, field observations and secondary data sources. Descriptive and inferential data analyses were applied in the study and the results showed that 66.7% of the farmers participated in the SWC practices by force and for payments. It was found that the participation of various stake holders was lower in the planning and monitoring phases and higher in the implementation phase. Misperception about the importance of SWC is existing within the community, and a single factor ANOVA indicated that there were no remarkable variations among the three agro ecological zones of the study district on the level of misperception. For effective working and to obtain better results, the involvement of all the stakeholders and farmers is needed during all the phases. Hence, necessary measures must be taken to ensure voluntary participation and to remove the misunderstandings of all the concerned participants.
Keywords- Community, Participation, Perception, Soil and Water Conservation
Publication Details
Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1802153Page Number(s) - 832-837Pubished in - Volume 6 | Issue 2 | June 2018DOI (Digital Object Identifier) - Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)
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Dr.Mahesh Kumar Akkaraboyina, Belay Mekuriyaw Tareke, "Community Perception And Participation Towards Soil And Water Conservation Practices: A Case Study Of Gubalafto District Of Amhara Region, Ethiopia", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.6, Issue 2, pp.832-837, June 2018, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1802153.pdf
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