Abstract:
Land resources are increasingly scarce and the quality of resources becoming decreasing due to
land degradation, population pressure, and poor land management practices (Mamuye, 2015).
The impact of SLM practice on the productivity of farm plots and level of acceptance varies
across different landscapes and agro-ecological zones (Etsay, Negash and Aregay, 2019). The
problems of study area are shortage/free grazing land, short term benefit, plowing nearest to
river and focused on physical SWC rather than biological practices. Thus, the current study was
conducted to SLM practice and determinants of sustainable land management practices: A case
of Gondar Zuria woreda, Amhara region state. By multistage sampling technique, the study
woreda was selected purposively and two sample Kebeles were selected by using stratified
sampling technique. A total of 337 representative sample households were selected by systematic
random sampling technique from a sample frame made by kebele experts based on sampling
interval. Data collection techniques were used to collect the primary data and the secondary
data were collected from different documents. Household survey, FGD and key informant
interviews. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from primary and secondary
data sources. Descriptive and econometrics analysis were carried out to analyze the data. Mean
variation of each explanatory variable regressed in the model described using the descriptive
statistical analysis using t-test and chi-square values. As descriptive analysis crop rotation,
terracing, stone faced bund and organic manure were currently more practices than others. As
the impact of SLM on socioeconomic condition of descriptive result within crop income 63.5%
and 19.7% adopter to non-adopter increase respectively, whereas livestock income 47.4% and
59.2% adopter to non-adopter increase respectively. Based on the result obtained using binary
logistic regression model, educational status, livestock holding, access of credit, distance to
home, farming experience, land form and land certification that seven variables had been
significantly related with the household’s to SLM practices. The findings of this study
recommend that making agricultural extension service provision timely; transfer the necessary
information in time through community representatives, telephonic conversation and other
Medias.
