Impacts and Impediments of Community Participation on Soil and Water Conservation to Sustainable Land Resource Management in Laelay Maychew Wereda, Tigray, Ethiopia

Tadesse, Dawit (2014) Impacts and Impediments of Community Participation on Soil and Water Conservation to Sustainable Land Resource Management in Laelay Maychew Wereda, Tigray, Ethiopia. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

This thesis is about impacts of community participation on soil and water conservation to sustainable land resource management. For this purpose Socio - economic data was collected from randomly selected households in the study area. Most of them agreed to their awareness about the causes and consequences of land degradation. And they put rapid population growth as a major cause to forest depletion and soil erosion. They are also aware of about land degradation can be controlled by using soil and water conservation in on farm and off farm activity through active community participation. According to the findindings the level of community participation is in good level. But their level of economy is still from hand to mouth. In this thesis the major factors that affect community participation on soil and water conservation are also identified. The major soil and water conservation activities or practices used to control land degradation in the wereda such as soil bund, stone bund, hill side terraces, gabion check dam, and other physical and biological conservation methods are included. The level of education, health, income, social facilities like transportation and communication should be improved to increase their level of participation. In addition to this the conservation of soil and water needs participation from different stock holders (individuals, government organizations and non government organizations).

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	community participation, soil and water conservation, sustainable land resource management.
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GB Physical geography G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Tim Khabala
Date Deposited:	24 May 2018 14:20
Last Modified:	24 May 2018 14:20
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/4078

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