Land use and land cover dynamics and traditional agroforestry practices in Wonchi District, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Investigating the land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics and the status of traditional agroforestry practices provide important data for policymakers. The main objective of this study was to assess the LULC dynamics and traditional agroforestry practices among smallholder farmers across the two agro-ecological zones in Wonchi District of Ethiopia.

Methods

Landsat images were acquired from Earth Explorer, and changes in LULC were quantified with three Landsat sensors in the three time-series (1985, 2001, and 2019). Supervised classification with maximum likelihood technique was employed using ERDAS Imagine and ArcGIS. A ground survey was conducted with 100 key informants who were selected from 10 sites using a purposive sampling method. The collected data were sub

SUBMITTER: Meragiaw M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8877395 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature