Acknowledgment

I would like to glorify God forgive me power in every steps next my warm appreciation goes to
my supporter Girma Haile for help and directing me throughout this practicum. In the same
manners I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to brother and tiro afata woreda agricultural
office for their kindly corporation and provide me with adequate

data related to this my

attachments.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents

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Acknowledgment ....................................................................................................... i
Table of Contents ...................................................................................................... ii
Abstract .................................................................................................................... iii
1. Background of the study ........................................................................................1
2. Mission, Vision and Goal ......................................................................................2
3. Activity of the Organization. ................................................................................2
4. Contribution of the organization ............................................................................3
5. SWOT Analysis .....................................................................................................3
6. Organizational Structures.......................................................................................4
7. Conclusion and Recommendation .........................................................................5

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Abstract
The Socio economic assessment land degradation impacts on house hold food security in Tiro
Afata woreda. This study focus on point the general on how to ensure food security in Tiro Afeta
woreda. Possible action that can be taken to correct unbalanced or sustain. It helps to initiate the
researcher and other interested party to carry out detail assess in the area the major
recommendation and suggested to solve the unbalanced problem food security for the woreda.

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1. Background of the study

Natural resource management refers to the management of natural resources such as land, water,
soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for
both present and future generations (stewardship).
Natural resource management deals with managing the way in which people and natural
landscapes interact. It brings together land use planning, water management, biodiversity
conservation, and the future sustainability of industries like agriculture, mining, tourism, fisheries
and forestry. It recognizes that people and their livelihoods rely on the health and productivity of
our landscapes, and their actions as stewards of the land play a critical role in maintaining this
health and productivity.
Natural resource management specifically focuses on a scientific and technical understanding of
resources and ecology and the life-supporting capacity of those resources.[2] Environmental
management is also similar to natural resource management. In academic contexts, the sociology
of natural resources is closely related to, but distinct from, natural resource management.
Natural resource management issues are inherently complex as they involve the ecological cycles,
hydrological cycles, climate, animals, plants and geography etc. All these are dynamic and interrelated. A change in one of them may have far reaching and/or long term impacts which may even
be irreversible. In addition to the natural systems, natural resource management also has to manage
various stakeholders and their interests, policies, politics, geographical boundaries, economic
implications and the list goes on. It is very difficult to satisfy all aspects at the same time. This
results in conflicting situations. As indicated on the back ground about of Natural resources
management of tiro Afeta. These woreda found in the eastern Ethiopia parts of jimma zone of
oromia regional states. The woreda has a total area of 1001.9 km2 with one urban center i.e Dimtu
town, which is administrator of the woredas. The woreda has own boundaries with sekoru,
Limukossa, kersa and omo nada woreda.
Topographically its characterized mainly dissected plateaus and mountains. The altitude range of
the woreda is from 1640 to 2800.
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2. Mission, Vision and Goal

Mission
By organized man power and Natural resources increasing sustained production and
productivity to assure food security of the woredas communities.
Vision
In 2013 E.C At level of farmers to crate modernized agriculture and to play great advance
of industry

Goal
To support farmers by technology.
To increase product and production and grade up customer satisfaction.
To create convertible natural resources environment to community.
To Create and organized assure to benefits of farmers

3. Activity of the Organization.

Natural resources are vital to our survival. Natural resources include soil; water resources;
geological features and landscapes; native vegetation, native animals; other native organisms and
ecosystems. The ecosystems we rely on every day are not infinite. So to sustain natural resource
management (NRM) tiro afeta woreda agricultural Bearo the office of natural resources to lay out
the ways to manage of NRM at woreda.
As point out on the back ground woreda Agricultural and rural department of Natural resources
management are lay out different ways of Natural resource management based on the woreda
situations. The tiro afeta land scopes are more than half covered by long, or medium topography
and also its need more attention due to protect natural resource likes top soil erosion, gully make
salinity increases and so on. As they shows on resent research about woredas, production rapidly
decrease the productivity of the woreda by the effects of land by erosion. Due to that the woreda
administrations and woreda agricultural office departments of Natural resources proclaim the
way of protections of Natural resources in to the woreda by mobilizing all community in the

protection and management natural resources three month in year starting from July to March.
This approach known as Community based natural resources management.

4. Contribution of the organization

The Woreda Natural resource Department to contribute the following Activities. As we know the
woreda Natural resources (NR) office top responsible (play great role) to implement Natural
resource management from all. So that to assure the activities the NR Department conduct different
mobilization training for the expert and community, Assigned expert for different kebele at water
shade management, allocated different important cost, facilitate transportation for the expert and
give technical support on the field.

5. SWOT Analysis
Strength = the strength on natural resources management on the woredas my visiting at the
ground activity as the follows.
Community based management, which are all society to be participate starting from
planning to implement.
To assure all community participations
Hold responsible by community leaders
Weakness = the weakness side of this community based natural resources management are
All waters shade management not uniformly support by skill man power.
Only use local materials, which is affects the durations of the implemented work.
Shortage of skilled man power.

Lack of consistence because of campaign work annually (for one to two months).

Some people cannot recognize the benefits of natural resources management.

Opportunity = the opportunities of natural resources management for

the farmers and

governments are
To protects the run off the water.
Shield the loss of the top soil.
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 Incasing productivity of the farmers.

Incasing the awareness of farmers on the natural resource management.
To incasing care capacity of the cattle (the amount holding cattle per hek)
Threat As my study in the woreda at different kebeles on natural resources managements are
the following.
If the works lack of sustain it may be occurred high erosion.
Some places NRM work not support by skilled man

6. Organizational Structures

Woreda Natural Resoures Department Head

Experts of NR

Development
Agent

Farmers

Technical

Store man

Experts

Experts of pant science

Development
agent

Farmers

7. Conclusion and Recommendation

7.1 Conclusion
Role of government
The role of the central and local government in decentralized decision-making is analyzed. It is
argued that proper and effective NRM sustainable decision-making requires profound institutional
and cultural change in the society. It entails that environmental concepts be incorporated in the
values, attitudes, and behaviors at both society (at any geographical or administrative unit) and
individual levels. The government at any level can play an important role in this process through
direct investments in the environmental sector, the creation of an incentive system able to guide
private entrepreneurs towards a more sustainable use of natural resources, the design of more
appropriate institutions or the re-organization of the existing ones.
Also important to achieve the above changes is the adoption of a decision-making approach able
to better account for the complexities of the environmental problems and of the sustainability
concept. That is, a decision-making framework able to place due importance on:

capacity-building;

information and communication;

co-operation;

negotiation; and

consultation and partnership,

Which, in turn will:

improve environmental knowledge and awareness;

optimize information collection; and

Gain support, consensus, and commitment of individuals in the identification, preparation,

implementation, monitoring and evaluation of NRM programmers.

7.2. Recommendation
The natural resources base land, water and forest if fundamental to the survival and livelihood of
the majority of the people in rural Ethiopia. As indication in the previous section these resources
are under intense pressure from population growth and in appropriate farming and management
Practices. Small scale farming who depend on those resources, face severe constraints related to
intensive cultivation, overgrazing, deforestation, soil erosion and soil fertility decline, water
capacity, livestock feed and fuel food crisis. These factors often interact with one another and bring
a downward spiral of declining crop and livestock productivity, food insecurity, high population
growth rate and environmental degradation. The net result is that a re-enforcing cycle is set
trapping more and more of the rural population in poverty, food insecurity and in the degradation
of natural resources.
Thus, improving the natural resources base is central to any effort to arrest this vicious cycle and
improve the productivity of small-scale farmers, who constitute the largest group of people below
the poverty line. The current extension program, however, relies on the intensified package
approach and is primarily focused on accelerating production, using fertilizer and improved seed
(mainly hybrid maize), irrespective of farmers capacity and agro-ecological zones. This has been
unprofitable to farmers and inadequate to address the core of the problems faced by most resourcepoor farmers. In order to address this, it is vital to go beyond narrow technical treatment of specific
sectorial areas and adopt a broader thematic framework (that cuts across various disciplines) that
would bring the integration of key sectors to generate a positive synergy to reverse the downward
spiral. Some of the key thematic and intersectional linkage areas that are fundamental in addressing
the poverty, food insecurity and natural resource degradation trap are highlighted below.
Empowerment
The Governments Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Programmed (SDPRP) calls
for empowering local community and demand-driven approach to technology generation and
dissemination. The Government seems committed to the devolution of authority from Federal to
Regional governments. It has recently made Woreda as the center of economic development. Two
preconditions are essential if true empowerment is to take hold in rural Ethiopia. The first and most
crucial is the emergency and establishment of local and community organizations discussed above.
The second one is reducing the work burden of women in key tasks and improving their decisionmaking ability in natural resources management and overall status in rural society.
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Women often face social, cultural and at times legal constraints that limit their decision-making
capacity in farming and natural resources management. The traditional role of women puts gender
specific constraints in fuel wood and water collection, post-harvest activities, livestock
management which increases the pressure on their time and increases the demand for large families
reinforcing the nexus problem.
Community and grassroots organization
The overlapping and at times conflicting responsibility among the various agencies in the areas
of agriculture and rural development, food security, and natural resources management has been
the cause of serious constraint for effective coordination and implementation of programmers in
these areas. As a result, there is a lack of clear direction on policies and priorities of each agency
in contributing to this corporate objective. This newly created Ministry of Rural Development,
headed by the Deputy Prime Minister, has potential to address this problem. Under the new
institutional set up each agency is obliged to report its activities to MRD and this provides a
potentially useful institutional safeguard in avoiding duplication and harmonization of policies and
actions among these agencies at the Federal level.