Soil and Water Conservation Practices and Determinants Factors of Farmers adoption in Liban Jawi District West Shoa, Ethiopia

Abstract

Even if public participation in soil and water conservation practice, in the form of the campaign is becoming common in Ethiopia, but its effectiveness is remains a challenge on the ground. This thesis has dealt with the Soil and Water Conservation Practices and Determinants Factors of Farmers adoption in Liban Jawi District West Shoa, Ethiopia. The study used across-sectional based descriptive research design. The qualitative and quantitative data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data were generated from 301-sample households selected from three kebeles using questionnaire survey, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Among sampled respondents, 66.8% (201 in numbers) were males and 33.2% (100 in numbers) females. Among these, 33.2% (100 in numbers) of them were the adopters of the introduced SWC practices, but 66.8% (201 in numbers) were non-adopters. The collected data were analyzed by chi-square and binary regression model. The results of chi-square analysis depicted that the significant relationship between sex of household, educational status of household, slope, off-farm activity, access to credit and extension service between the adopter of SWC practices and non-adopters. Logistic regression model showed that the sex of household heads, slope of the farmland, extension services, credit service, family size and farm size were the determinate factors that negatively and significantly influenced adoption of soil and water conservation measures in the study area. Whereas, Extension service, age of household and distance of farmland were found to be positively influencing farmers’ adoption decision of soil and water conservation measures. From the result of the survey, it is possible to conclude that sex, age, slope, distance, extensions service, off-farm, family size, farm size and extension services were the major factors that influencing farmers’ adoption of soil and water conservation practices. Thus, to effectively address issues of adoption of soil and SWC practices, the study area Agriculture, Natural Resource office, and other concerned bodies should consider the factors that discourage farmers’ adoption of SWC measures.