Assessing The Impacts Of Land Holding Certificate On Soil Conservation Practices The Case Of Girar Jarso Woreda.oromiaethiopia

In Ethiopia, among many factors, tenure insecurity is considered as a main problem forrnland degradation. The objective of the study is to assess impacts of land holdingrncertificate on soil conservation practices and the major constraints of soil conservationrnin the study area. Structured questionnaire survey, Key informant interview, directrnobservation and focus group discussion methods were applied to collect the necessaryrninformation from farm households. A total of 120 households were interviewed to collectrnprimary data. Secondary data were also gathered from published and unpublishedrndocuments such as office records and reports, books, and related thesis works. Then, therndata acquired analyzed using descriptive statistics techniques and binary logisticrnregression. Descriptive statistics were used to compare different categories of samplernunit 's in terms of means and percentage. Cross tabulation is used to compare andrnanalyzed data gathered ji-om households. The study result shows that soil conservationrnpractices such as soil bund, stone bund, check dam and plantation of trees were seemedrnto be more influenced by land holding certificates. based on the analysis made on somernselected variables, educational level, farm experience, family size and land renting haverna significant impact on farmer 's soil conservation practices so that it should be highlyrnconsidered in the study area

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