Adoption of soil conservation practices in North Achefer District, Northwest Ethiopia

Abstract

Land degradation in the form of soil erosion presents a threat to food security and sustainability of agricultural production in Ethiopia. In response, governments and development agencies have invested substantial resources to conserve soil. However, the efforts put toward to conserve soil have failed to meet the anticipated objectives. Hence, the study was carried out to investigate the factors that are affecting the adoption of soil conservation measures in North Achefer District. The data were collected from 121 households by the use of household survey, focus group discussion, and key informant’s interview. Descriptive, inferential, and binary logistic regression models were employed to analyze the factors determining adoption of soil conservation measures in the study area. The most important factors affecting the adoption of soil conservation were age, farmers’ level of perception on soil erosion, family size and labor availability, livestock holding, farm size, farmers’ contact with development ag...