Werka, Asfaw Keno (2006) Resettlement Dynamics in Ethiopia: With Special Reference to Qeto Resettlement Area, West Wellega Zone, Oromia Region. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
The study showed that social and economic service infrastructure development since the arrival of the 2000s has not shown significant improvement. Accesses to health, education, and safe drinking water in the Qeto re-settlement, even, in comparison with the adjacent local and the1980 re-settlers’ kebeles is very low. Veterinary clinics and agricultural input services are not put in place, even if they are highly required. Increased competition over the utilization of social (health and educational) and economic (road and transport) service infrastructures between the recent re-settlers and the 1980s was noted. This could lead to overcrowded ness; deterioration of facilities, and inefficient utilization of resources. Contrary to the resettlement design document, the study showed that majority of the 2000s re-settlers was not landless farmers. Re-settlers were deployed to the study area without making comprehensive feasibility study and detailed soil study based on the assumption that says there is considerable amount of land in South and South West of the Country, which has intensified the land shortage. The average land holding size of peasants in the study area being 0.95 ha in Gawo Dalle and 1.2 ha in Hawa Welel, where already about 28% of the total local peasants population were landless, the re-settlement pogrom’s site selection lacks rationality. Farmlands were taken from the 1980s settlers in mender 21 and given to the 2004 re-settlers, and from locals (in Mucho, Tulama, Arabshi and Arere Kebles ) allotted to Gudina Mucho, Tulama and Village 18 settlers, without compensation, which ended up with clashes between re-settlers and locals, where serious injuries from locals as well as re-settlers, burning of houses, grains and grain stores of the hosts encountered though both the re-settlers and the host are from the same region and the majority belonging to the same ethnic group, the Oromos, implying that unless there is adequate resource to satisfy both the host and the guest, resettlement program cannot integrate locals with settlers only by being intra regional. All settlement batches in the study area were found to have exerted destructive effects on natural environment in the study area. Big trees in crop field, forest covers and riverine belts were severely reduced. On the other hand, no significant tree plantation was done to replace the losses. Social and economic relations of varying extents were found to exist between locals and re-settlers and also among re-settlers themselves. The 2003 and 2004 re-settlers’ fought over land resource with locals at four sites (kebeles), The study showed that crop production is the main source of income in the study area but agriculture is not intensified; And, most settlers could not obtain sufficient yield after the harvest of their first seasons' cultivation, neglecting the complexity of resettlement program, the design document, is too much ambitious in demanding the re- settlers to become self sufficient with food right after the first harvest. Adequate rainfall and surface water, suitable agro climate for production of diversified crop types make the Qeto settlement convenient for settlement. Most of the 2003 and 2004 re-settlers in the study area were found to be peasants engaged in crop production and livestock rearing at home. Hence, the 2000s have a necessary agricultural work experience at home that could turn them to the status of the successful settlers soon -provided they obtain sufficient and good quality farmland with necessary inputs. Key words: Resettlement; plan; social and economic relations; and environment
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Tim Khabala |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2018 09:40 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2018 09:40 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/5533 |
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