Assessment Of Indigenous Knowledge Contribuation To Soil Fertility Management To Ensure Household Food Security In Hetosa Woreda Oromiya Region Ethiopia

The study entitled by “Assessment of Indigenous knowledge contribution to soil fertility managementrnto ensure household food security” was conducted in Hetosa Woreda. Rural communities in Ethiopianrndeveloped several Indigenous soil fertility management strategies that have enabled them tornmaintain soil fertility for sustainable food production. In fact Indigenous knowledge was a commonrnpractice of farmer’s household heads in soil fertility management in the study area. The mainrnassumption of this study was that farmers in the study area engaged in agriculture for a long periodrnof time and they have developed and adopt unique knowledge and skills in soil fertility management.rnThese studies were therefore aimed at identifying of Indigenous knowledge contribution to soilrnfertility management to ensure household food security ensuring agricultural productivity and foodrnsecurity. Four Kebeles in Hetosa Woreda were selected purposively on their bases of population andrnproductivity capacity. Depending upon the application of Indigenous knowledge of four Kebeles onernvillage in which modern means of soil fertility management were predominated to compare withrnthose village apply commonly Indigenous knowledge of soil fertility management. Householdrnrespondents were selected by using random sampling techniques from proportional sample sizernrepresent each village. In order to know the relationships between the outcome variable Yield andrnindependent variables, a multiple linear regression model was implemented. In addition to this, arnlogistic regression model also conducted to demonstrate the effect of using Indigenous knowledge onrnfood self-sufficient. The finding of this research explain that, farmer’s applying Indigenousrnknowledge have better food security. This is because they are with better soil fertility management.rnTherefore, Indigenous knowledge ensure food security. This is through sustained soil productivity. Arnresearcher suggest that, Woreda administrators and Rural agriculture office should, equip farmersrnon soil management practices how they use both Indigenous and modern knowledge system in theirrnfarm. Such activities should aim at empowering Indigenous communities to utilize exchange, developrnand protect Indigenous knowledge and to promote it.

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