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Managing Our Farmlands: Indigenous vs Introduced Management Systems Tadesse Dejenie

It is indisputable to say that adopting and implementing of improved management practices on farmlands is crucial to attain remarkable changes on income level of the Ethiopian huge number of population ? farmers who are largely dependents of small scale farms. The questions to be underlined is why, how and where to implement better management practices. If it is needed to meet sustainable farmland utilization and productivity, it is must to develop the habit of organic fertilizer application. This, in turn, can be achieved if other insuring alternatives are obtained to enable the poor farmers waiting for the long processes of organic fertilizer preparations and their rewards. ? introduced methods are putting question mark on the functionality and sustainability of relatively less costly, less laborious, time honored and environmentally adapted indigenous management methods, particularly Ehura and Beret in the study area.