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Project proposal on natural resource conservation in Mt.
Damota area
Ashebir Borena
Wolaitta Development Association Wolaitta Soddo,
Wolaita,
Woreda – Damot Woyde, Ethiopia.
E-mail:
wda@ethionet.et
Accepted
8 March, 2008 |
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The
general objective of this project is to maintain ecological
balance on Mount Damota and its surroundings. There are, of
course, a number of specific objectives behind proposing
this project. Some of them that deserve paramount importance
are bringing attitudinal change among farmers on natural
conservation, reducing deforestation and wildlife
extinction, reducing soil erosion and augmenting the daily
income of the farmers around the mountain. The overall
financial input of this project is 1,451,440 Eth. Birr. It
is already planned that the project is going to start on May
2005 and end on April 2007 .The main activities of the
project are conducting training and workshops for farmers to
raise their awareness, raising seedling in three nursery
sites, planting the seedling on primarily targeted area that
is, Mt. Damota, provision of farm implements to farmers,
distributing fruit seedlings to the farmers who are living
surrounding the mountain and carrying out conservation
activities on farmers farmland. The direct beneficiaries of
the project are farmers settled around Mt. Damota. 5000
households are the direct targets of the project. The
outputs of this project are 2 workshop conducted, 5
trainings launched, various agricultural implements provided
to farmers, 1,575,000 seedlings raised, 125,000 fruit
seedlings purchased, 1,575,000 seedlings planted on Mt.
Damota and 125,000 fruit seedling distributed to the farmers.
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