Documentation of Indigenous and Introduced Soil and Water Conservation Practices in Southern Ethiopia

Authors

  • Birhanu Wolde

  • Wudinesh Naba

Keywords:

indigenous, introduced, soil and water conservation practices

Abstract

In Ethiopia soil erosion by water significantly contributes to food insecurity among rural households and poses a real threat to the sustainability of existing subsistence agriculture In many parts of Ethiopia particularly southern Region many introduced and indigenous soil and water conservation practices were implemented using different approach However indigenous soil and water conservation practices adopted at farmers field types their names technical dimension and their socio economic importance in the village is not well documented for further studies Therefore the present study was conducted in Gamo Gofa Segen area peoples and Basketo special distict of the Sothern Ethiopia As a methodology discussion was organized at zonal and woreda level agricultural offices and sample of woredas and kebeles having similar farming system were selected with systematic sampling approach Focus group discussion questioner and transect walk were made in the selected kebele and the technical aspects of identified SWC practices were measured and described as well Some of the most common identified indigenous and introduced conservation practices are mulching Intercropping Trenches cut of drain grass integrated with soil stone terraces Targa pataya korayida Aflimayita fanyajju terraces Agro-forestry practices like Home garden live fence park land agro forestry combination of Moringa Stenophetala Mangifera indica Gravelia rebusta Terminalia browenii Cordia africana banana maize and other fruit tree species Therefore the identified practices provide information for researchers extensions and other conserved body to do more in the area of soil and water conservation and should be proven in the research It is better to conduct detail study and disseminate

How to Cite

Birhanu Wolde, & Wudinesh Naba. (2020). Documentation of Indigenous and Introduced Soil and Water Conservation Practices in Southern Ethiopia. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 20(D6), 45–56. Retrieved from https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/2747

Documentation of Indigenous and Introduced Soil and Water Conservation Practices in Southern Ethiopia

Published

2020-03-15