Assessing the Impact of Watershed Management Interventions on Livelihood of Small- Scale Farmers and Ecosystem Services in Choke Mountains, East Gojjam Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Keywords:
benefit-sharing, land degradation, local communities, watershed management interventions, participation
Abstract
In Ethiopia natural resources management interventions have been implemented since the 1980s to restore degraded landscapes However little efforts have been made to investigate the impacts of natural resources management interventions on ecosystem services and livelihood This study was conducted in the Choke Mountain Northern Ethiopia to investigate the effects of communitybased watershed management interventions on ecosystem services and livelihood of smallholder farmers Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to collect and analyze data The results indicated that deforestation population pressure topography overgrazing and continued cultivation are major causes of land degradation Consequences of land degradation include a reduction in farm size a decrease in soil fertility and crop production drought food insecurity and poverty Also the results demonstrated that a shortage of clean water and a decline in vegetation composition are among the impacts of land degradation on ecosystem services The local communities perceive that watershed management interventions support to restore ecosystem services and improve livelihood They are also optimistic that degraded landscapes can be restored through the implementation of watershed management interventions and have been contributing to the establishment of watershed management interventions on communal and private lands mainly through providing free labor Collaboration among local communities government and non-governmental organizations is key to sustain the implemented watershed management interventions
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2020-03-15
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