Opportunities And Challenges Of Rural Livelihoods In Dandi Woreda Ethiopia

This case study investigates the opportunities and challenges of rural livelihoods in Dendi Woredarnfrom the point of view of determinates of livelihoods of peasant farmers, namely, land, non-farmingrnactivities, supplementary farming, utilization of technology and agricultural diversification in thernDano Egersa Gibe rural area. Dano Egersa Gibe kebele was selected purposively to investigate andrnunderstanding the status of livelihoods of rural farmers in terms of different agricultural production,rnnon- farming activities and supplementary agricultural result of households. These differentrneconomic activities and levels can measure the level of livelihoods of rural households. Based on therndifferent economic levels, Dano Egersa Gibe households were classified into three wealth categories.rnThese three wealth categories of households are: Better off life, medium and poor households. Amongrnthree categories of households, 60 sample households were selected for data collection. To collectrndata; key informant interview, field observation and interview questionnaires techniques werernemployed. The results of the study showed that lack of oxen, land scarcity, utilization of agriculturalrninputs, problem of financing agriculture, low of agricultural diversification and climatic relatedrnchange and food insecurity have negatively affected the livelihoods of households in the study area.rnIn contrast, high utilization of agricultural technology, quality of personal behavior, hard workingrnand quality of land holding improve the livelihoods of peasant farmers in target area. Moreover, thernproblem of poverty, low attention of work, food insecurity, recourse loss and addicts – in brief havernexacerbated the severity of local communities. In general, personal factors impacting the livelihoodsrnof household farmers, for most among these are factors related to the character of individualsrnincluding early adoption of technology, risk taking behavior, identifying opportunities andrncompetitiveness are the most important attributes to improve the livelihoods of householders in local communities. In case of these challenges, the living conditions of the most peasant farmers are declined. As a result, the study suggests that the government interference should be needed to reducernthe drawbacks of the living condition of households and to accelerate the pace of the development of local communities

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