Abstract:
In Ethiopia, land degradation has become a serious problem affecting all spheres of social,
economic and political life of the population. The motive of the study was to examine the
degraded sloping cultivating lands and management measures in Lemo District. Both primary
and secondary data were produced by generating qualitative and quantitative data of 175
family heads were selected from three Kebeles by using systematic random sampling as it is
believed that the families are similar with respect to the characteristics that the research
output. The process of analysis of the study was supported out using qualitative description and
quantitative detailed examination. The quantitative data were examined using statistical
software for social science (SPSS) such as Frequency and percent. The qualitative data was
debated to substantiate the study. The findings of the study indicated that decrease in
production of farm land, involvement in off farm activities, increase in size of human
population, lack of full cooperation of family members to involve in land management
practices, low assistance gained from neighborhoods, less access to extension service and
inadequate attention from Woreda Agriculture and Rural Development Office are the major
challenges facing the implementation of land management practices in effective way.
Awareness creation continuous training, resettlement program, creating opportunities for
another means of livelihood and promoting NGOs effort to involve in land management
measures help to solve the problem encountering land management practices in the study area
