Abstract:
Surveys of farming systems are inevitable, especially in developing
countries like Ethiopia where so few basic data on the field are
available. Information assembled during the surveys permited the
calculation of efficiency of resource use and indicated resource
bottlenecks inhibiting productivity or the adoption of new technology
(Dixon, 1979). Effective planning depends up on the information
developed during the initial diagnostic activities (Tripp and Wooley,
1989). According to Collisons study (1987), identifying farmers'
management strategies and understanding how they compromise
production methods is a pre requisite for evaluating new techniques
proposed for the system. The description of farmers circumstances
is attained through the review of secondary data and various kinds
of surveys.
Yeju awraja has never been surveyed so far. No information on the
farming systems of the area is available except the study made at a
micro level by the Technical Committee of Agroforestry of Ethiopia
which identified this area as one of the area having a potential for
improvement of productivity and sustainability through agroforestry
interventions. Therefore, problems should be recognized and the root
causes, both physical and socio-economic, which triggered off these
problems should be assessed in detail at a micro level and subsequent
actions should then be prioritized accordingly.
