Enhancing livelihood assets of households through watershed management intervention program: case of upper Gibe basin, Southwest Ethiopia

Impact of soil and water conservation practices on crop income in tembaro district, southern Ethiopia

“…Similarly, Daniel and Mulugeta (2017) reported that older farmers became exhausted and were unable to take care of their farmlands. In contrast to our findings, Mengistu and Assefa (2020) discovered a favorable association between age and SWC practice.…”

A convergent parallel mixed method of study for assessing the role of communication in community participation towards sustainable tourism

“…Several studies assert that in order to achieve sustainability through tourism, the economic benefits must be maximised while the environmental and social costs to the destination area are minimised (Beeton, 2001;Shen et al, 2008;Zolfani, 2015;Mengistu and Assefa, 2019), while Nguyen et al (2020) recommended capacity building programmes for engaging the locals in tourism industry. Nirmala and Aram (2018) suggested that the sensitive reporting of environmental issues through regional newspapers would provide better awareness to the local people.…”

“…According to SLF approach, sustainable livelihood can be achieved when one can balance one's own vulnerability with five key capital assets (DfID, 1999). SLF employs various scaling and indexing methods to measure the natural, physical, financial, human and social capitals (Mengistu and Assefa, 2019). Huai (2016) reported that several countries have been encouraging their population to attain these capitals.…”

“…Several studies have advocated that local involvement shares a major role for improving environmental conservation and has a positive impact on capital assets (Shen et al, 2008;Mengistu and Assefa, 2019). Policymakers have not been successful in framing environmental measures without the participation of locals (Eden, 1996;Tao and Wall, 2009).…”

“…Based on previous studies, in-depth interviews were conducted with local people practising different vocations (Mengistu and Assefa, 2019). A total of 16 stakeholders representing diverse social groups from Mahabalipuram were selected using non-probability sampling technique of heterogeneous population for the study with 2 Tourist Guides, 2 Tourism Department officials, 2 Sculptors, 2 Fishermen, 2 Local residents, 3 Street vendors and 3 Taxi drivers.…”