Farmers' Participation in Watershed Management in Sodo Zuria District of Southern Ethiopia

This examination aimed to survey the farmers' participation in watershed management and distinguish significant factors deciding the farmers' participation and cooperation in watershed management practices in the investigation territory. Descriptive statistics and econometric models were utilized for investigation purposes to meet the expressed targets. The sampled farmer families were classified low, medium, and highly dependent on their support score esteems the 4-8, 9-12, and 13-16 participation run separately. The farmers' participation in problem identification and decision making, planning and monitoring and evaluation is shallow in contrast with their participation in the execution level. The Ordered Logit Model outcome uncovered that among the 17 variables estimated to influence the farmers' participation in watershed management, 8 variables were measurably noteworthy with the speculated sign as determinants of farmers' participation in the watershed the executives. Consequently, the family size is positive and significantly influence the farmers' participation; dependency ratio negatively and significantly influences the farmers' participation; more dependency ratio diminishes time, work, and enthusiasm to partake in watershed management practices, education positive and fundamentally influence the farmers' participation, farm size is positive and significantly affect the farmers' participation, the distance of parcel of land from residence positive and altogether influence the farmers' participation, soil fertility positive and altogether influence the farmers' participation, extension contact positive and altogether influence the farmers' participation, farmers households who approach credit were found to have negative and fundamentally influence the farmers' participation.