Restoration Efforts of Degraded Land, Challenges and Prospects: The Case of Soro Wereda, Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Eyasu Estefanos Shanko

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Restoration Efforts of Degraded Land, Challenges and Prospects: The Case of Soro Wereda, Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Eyasu Estefanos Shanko

Published in American Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics (Volume 7, Issue 3)

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Land degradation is a global issue and it is more severe in developing countries like Ethiopia. In Ethiopia land degradation has become one of the most important environmental problems and still remains the major challenges that are adversely affecting the agricultural performance of the country: hence the call for improved land management practices. To address the problems of land degradation in Ethiopia, many efforts have been made since 1970s. From then onwards many attempts have been made and integrated watershed management in one among these. The study was undertaken in Soro Wereda, Hadiya Zone, and SNNPR with the objective of assessing restoration efforts and challenges and prospects of the restoration efforts being implemented. In order to achieve the stated objectives, both primary and secondary data were generated by employing qualitative and quantitative methods. Systematic sampling technique was used to select 97 representative households from three kebeles. The quantitative data was analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The qualitative data was analyzed through narration. The findings of the study showed that the major restoration efforts to avert degraded land in the study area are physical SWC measure and area closure. Lack of awareness and sense of ownership, lack of skilled experts regarding SWC engineering works, lack of capital and material support, limited support of NGOs that are confined to only selected kebeles, poverty, and lack of support of biological measures to physical SWC measures are the challenges that constrain the sustainability of restoration process. Adopting of the participatory approach, promoting the awareness of rural communities as well as other stakeholders, management of restored land, and combining of the restoration efforts with local knowledge are core issues to the sustainability of the restoration process. In order to run the restoration efforts in sustainable way strengthening of community participation, capacity building of stakeholders, providing of incentives for those achieve the restoration process and scale up of the best practices are needed.

Published in	American Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics (Volume 7, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajere.20220703.13
Page(s)	77-86
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Restoration Efforts, Degraded Land, Challenges, Prospects, Sustainability, Stakeholders

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