Abstract:
This study was conducted in Arsi Negelle woreda of West Arsi Zone, Oromia regional state. The
main objective of the study was to assess the farmer's perception on soil erosion and soil bunds
construction and to assess the benefit obtained from soil bund construction in Arsi Negelle
woreda. Three representative sites were selected purposively. The data was collected from three
sites namely: lowland, midland and highland. 131-households were selected randomly from six
kebeles. The analysis was carried using SPSS software. Both closed and open-ended types of
questionnaires were used. The 50.4%, 44.3% and 5.3% of respondents were said that, major
causes of soil erosion were absences of soil and water conservation and deforestation, absences
of soil and water conservation and overgrazing and ploughing along slope respectively. The
survey results showed that 63.4 % of sampled households were benefited (yield, moisture and
soil fertility is increased) from practicing of soil and water conservation on their farmland,
whereas 36.6 % of respondents said that they were not benefited from practicing of soil bund on
their farmland. According to the survey result showed 37.4% and 26% of respondents were got
technical advices concerning soil bund technologies from DAs and district Agricultural experts
respectively. In conclusion, this study provided as soil bunds and soil erosion had significant
effect in the study area. |
