The Perception of Farmers on Soil Erosion and Conservation Measures in the Surrounding Areas of Lake Ziway, Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Table 4

Perceptions towards cause, impact, and future of soil erosion.

Characteristics	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Current condition of soil erosion	Increasing	105	75
	Decreasing	21	15
	Not changed	14	10
Cause of soil erosion	Deforestation	24	17.1
	Absence of afforestation, no soil bunds, and flood protection to reduce yield	41	29.3
	No soil and water conservation measure	37	26.4
	Climate change, no rain, erratic rain, and dry season	12	8.6
	Expansion of cultivated land and no forest, land degradation, flooding, and erosion	23	16.4
	Road expansion for heavy vehicle, erosion, and degradation	3	2.1
Local knowledge to protect soil erosion and soil loss	Present	122	87.2
	Absent	18	12.8
A type of local knowledge to protect soil loss and sedimentation	Unknown	18	12.9
	Constructing indigenous soil bund and planting trees	6	4.3
	Indigenous stone bund and soil bund construction	30	21.4
	Horizontal tilling, indigenous soil bund, and afforestation	26	18.6
	Planting trees and protection of hillsides by filling bags with soil and Euphorbia candelabrum planting	19	13.6
	Do not cut trees, flood protection, deforestation, and land degradation from up	41	29.3
Soil loss could carry nutrients	Yes	136	97.2
	No	4	2.8