The population 0/ Enerata kebele pe1iorms traditional subsistence Agriculture. But, thernagricullural praclice has been affected by land degradalion mainly through soil erosion andrnsoil fertility dec/ille. 111 this rural kebele, the problem has become more severe since recentrntimes. [t is being aggravated by Ihe na/ure o/lhe slope, land ji-agmenlation and populationrnpressures. JI/ addition, the cause of the problem is multi-faceted alld interrelated. Thernmagnitude a/the problem is also severe. To manage th is. fa rmers of the study area have beenrnpracticing their 0-1111 know/edge for several gell eraNOI1S. So, the study has attempted tornexplore Ihe widely implemenled land management praclices o/the sludy area. It has focusedrnOil soil and water conservation Gild soil fertility improvement practices. Moreover, the studyrnhas involved both the traditional a1ld modern land lIulllagell1elll practices. To address thernobjectives, qualitative research methods have largely been employed through qualitativerndescriptions. Various lools 0/ data col/eclion such as houseirold surveys(out 0/1545 peasantrnhouseholds, 90 of them were randomly selected, using simple random sampling procedurernand 5 model /armers were proportionalely ineluded, I ji-om each village), field observalions,rnfocus group discllssions and key informant interview were used. Accordingly, the traditionalrnland management measures identified during the study ine/ude traditional ditches (feses 'j,rntraditional cut-off drains ('tekebekeb), traditional check dams ('bahilawi kitir ), croprnrOlatioll, cultivating Lupilles lupine ('gibto 'j, traditiollall11G1ll1ring, etc.rn011 the other hand, the modern land mallagemelltlechnologies were introduced to the farmersrnvia conservation experts and development agellts. These are diversion ditches, agro-foreSl1Yrnpractices, chemical/ertilizers, compost and Ihe like. Neverth eless, it iras been /ound out thaIrnthe outcome has 1I0t beell as expected and the problem of soil degradatiol/ has continued. Asrna result, land productivity Itas beell declini1lg. Based 011 tlte study, one of the major reasonsrnfor Ihe problelll is tire lack 0/ appreciation and recognition offanners ' traditional knowledgernin modern land management efforts. The indigenous knowledge offirrlllel's in the area has 1101rnyet been jirl/y considered ill the design and implemelltation of modern cOllservatiollrntechnologies. 17,e sllldy iras also confirmed lirat jilrmers have valuable knowledge abolll therntype 0/ slopes, soil condilions. vegetalion cover and socio-cultllral selling.lÂ· 0/ tireir localrnenvirollment, wMclt is cOlltailled in their tradiliollal practices. Hmvever, their practices lIeedrnsome kind of improvements. It has also beel/ ;,zvestigated fhat both the traditional measuresrn((lid the modern lalld mallagemelll techl/ologies of the study area have strength alld limitatioll.rnTherefore, cOllsidering the traditiollall1leasures ill the desigll Gnd implemelltatioll of modeI'llrnland management technologies lIlay reduce the severity of the problem. This cOllld help tornachieve betler results.