标题：FARMERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS LAND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT IN THE HIRMI WATERSHED, NORTHERN HIGHLANDS OF ETHIOPIA
期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2013
卷号：15
期号：1
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：Developing favorable attitud es of local communities towards conservation of natural resources is an indispensable prerequisite for sustainable land management practices. In Ethiopia, ho wever, analysis of farmers' attitudes before planning and implementation of conservation efforts has received little or no attention. This research examined farmers' attitudes towards conservation of natural resources in Hirmi watershed, Northern highlands of Ethiopia. For this purpose, data were collected by means of questionnaire with 0.89 reliability from a stratified rando m sample of 164 farm households during 2011and 2012. Likert- scaling method was employed to assess attitudes of farmers. Results revealed that nearly 62 percent of the participating farmers had high and very high attitudes. A multiple regression model indicated that, farming experience, household inco me, benefits gained, farmers' age extension contact, literacy and access to credit were found to be significant predictors of attitudes. In addition, the results o f the study showed that there was statistically significant positive correlation between attitude and farming experience, household income, farmers' age, extension co ntact, benefits, land holding tenure and literacy. Land tenure security, extensive extension contacts, trainings and awareness creation among respective stakeholders need to be practiced to build favorable attitude of farmers for sustainable land resource conservation
关键词：Attitude; conservation; natural resources; sustainable land management; Northern highlands; Ethiopia
