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International Journal of Political Science and Development Vol. 7(8), pp. 244-260, October, 2019. DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2019.120 ISSN: 2360-784X
Research
Practices, Opportunities and Challenges of Rural Livelihood Diversification Strategies: the Case of Five Selectes Wereda of Ilubabor Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
Bekalu Dibaba, Endalkachew Girma and Sagni Haile
Lecturer at Mettu University, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Mettu, Ethiopia. E-mail: Beka17mtu@yahoo.com, Phone Number: +251917465924
Accepted 22 October 2019
The study of livelihood
diversification is one of the major concerns in developing countries. It
is, therefore, timely to investigate the practice, opportunities and
challenges of livelihood diversification rural household. The main
objective of this study was to assess the role of livelihood
diversification strategies the practice, opportunities and challenges.
The study employed both qualitative and quantitative research method in
the form of triangulation. Therefore, survey, in-depth interview, and
focus group discussion method has been used to collect information from
household sample respondents. Out of 12 woreda of Ilubabor, the team of
researcher selected 5 woreda‟s which can be representative for the
whole. Then, 3 kebele from each selected wodeda‟s were selected for
information using simple random sampling technique. Finally, 555
households were selected from each selected kebele‟s for survey
questionnaire using systematic random sampling technique. On the other
hand, in-depth interview, key informant and FGD‟s with selected local
community members and experts has been undertaken to get more detail and
complex information from target groups. The finding of the study has
revealed that, the all types of livelihood strategies are practiced in
the study area (on-farm, off-farm and non-farm) even though, on-farm
take the line share and comprises of more than 90% of the all livelihood
strategies. Furthermore, the finding of the study reveals, opportunities
for livelihood diversification, like the five community capital (human
capital, social capital, physical capital financial capital and
environmental capital) are not well utilized by local community and it
is more potential resource than actual resource in the process of
diversifying local community livelihood strategies. Along with the
challenges of livelihood diversification strategies, lack of awareness
creation and training services, lack of finance, infrastructural
problem, lack of opportunities in non-farm sector, low level of mass
media exposure and more others are the major detrimental factor for
livelihood diversification in the study area.
Cite this article as:
Bekalu D., Endalkachew G., Sagni H (2019). Practices, Opportunities and
Challenges of Rural Livelihood Diversification Strategies: the Case of
Five Selectes Wereda of Ilubabor Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia.
Int. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 7(8) 244-260
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