Assessment Of The Practices And Aspects Of Farmland Management In Gozamen Woreda East Gojjam Zone Ethiopia

Farmland is so matchless precious natural resource which is vital for gainful agriculturalrnproduction that calls for improved and efficient management practices. Thus, in order to utilize itrnin a sustainable manner, numerous management practices can be involved at a given farmland.rnThe intention can be to control soil erosion, insects and weeds and /or to maintain its fertilityrnwhich is vital to maximize productivity. There are various time-honored indigenous farmlandrnmanagement practices in Gozamen Woreda (District) which serve as a base to carry outrnimproved land management systems. There are some newly introduced methods in practice asrnwell. Nevertheless, the Woreda is still characterized by poor farmland management practices.rnAccordingly, this research was aimed to assess the practical indigenous and modern farmlandrnmanagement practices and aspects, to examine positive and negative impacts of each of the landrnmanagement practices in terms of agricultural productivity and environmental protection and tornassess the major determining factors of adoption and implementation of improved farmlandrnmanagement practices in the study area with special reference to two sample Kebeles (Chertekelrnand May Angetam). Through employing questionnaires, key informant interviews, fieldrnobservation and case studies, it was found that although different introduced farmlandrnmanagement methods are put in practice in Gozamen, traditional management practices take therndominant share with respect to their intensive implementation, and some of environmentallyrnadapted and less costly indigenous management methods have not gotten attention. Organicrnfertilizers help to maintain long run soil fertility with less cost on farmlands and the surroundingrnenvironment, but require long processes. On the contrary, inorganic fertilizers help to achieverncrop productivity within a short period of time but maintain short term soil fertility (usually for arnsingle cropping season). Likewise, insecticides and pesticides have tremendous impacts on thernenvironment and health of animals, plants and human beings. Age, sex, number of labor forces,rnnumber of livestock, number of farm plots, contact with DAs and farmers’ participation onrncommunity forums and panel discussions with regard to farmland management are the mainrndeterminants of the adoption and implementation of improved farmland management practices.rnGovernment policies, sources of fuel energy, problem of properly integrating indigenous and introduced management practices, absence of other alternative engagements, animal feeding systems, grazing and plowing systems and farmers’ reluctance for carrying responsibility are the other constraining factorsS

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