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3.1.2. South Gondar administrative ZoneSouth Gondar is located 667 km away from the country’s capital city of Addis Ababa and 97km from regional capital city, Bahir Dar. It has 10 rural and 2 urban districts with an area of14298.73 Sq. km which covers from river Abay in the West up to river Beshilo in the East;and with a population of 2.05 million (1,038,913 men and 1,008,293 women). Populationdensity of South Gondar is 143.17 (Mesfin, 2009). About 90% of the population lives in ruralareas engaging in agriculture. It has 334 kebeles (305 rural and 29 urban). TopographicallySouth Gondar is characterized by extensive range of Guna mountain hills (20.65%),undulating (33.73%) and rolling plains (42.14%), rivers (3.08%) and 0.37% is swampy area.It lays at an altitude between 1500m and 4231 m.a.s.l. Average temperature of the Zoneranges from 10ºc to 30ºc. Agro ecology of south Gondar is 58.48 % W/Dega, 27.35% Dega,13.02% Kola, and 1.15% frost. Livestock population reached about 2.37 million (cattle721698, equine 262260, sheep and goat 664264, poultry 516496 and bee hive 206710)(DoARD, 2008).3.1.3. Fogera DistrictOne of the twelve districts of South Gondar Administrative Zone is Fogera where the studywas conducted. Although the delivery system of training is almost similar in districts of theregion, Fogera had chosen because of relatively potential crops, livestock commodities andmarketing facilities belongs to there and it was better opportunities for undertaking innovativeinterventions as it is a Pilot Learning Site of IPMS project.3.1.3.1. Location and topography of the study areaThe study area, Fogera district is located 625 km east from the country’s capital Addis Ababaand 55 km from regional city Bahir Dar to North and 42 km South of Debre Tabor. Thedistrict is comprised of 27 rural peasant administrative and 2 urban settings, and its center isWoreta town. Woreta is located geographically 11° 58’N latitude and 37° 34’E longitude.Average altitude of Fogera ranges from 1800 to 2500 m a.s.l. The study area covers 76%plain, 13% gentle and 11% of mountainous slopes.32
Figure 4. Map of the study Area (Fogera Woreda) Source: ANRS, BoRD, 20033.1.3.2. PopulationThe total number of households in rural areas of 27 PAs in the district is 40566 out of these36488 (90%) are men and 4078 (10%) are women headed. Population of rural areas is 201411out of these 103354 (51.3%) are males and 98057(48.7%) are females (Mesfin, 2009).3.1.3.3. Agro- ecology and farming systemAgricultural practice of Fogera is mixed farming system i, e crop and livestock production arethe major engagement of the people with 92% mixed farming, 5% daily laborers, 2% onlycrop Production, 0.5% handicrafts and 0.5% trading. Most of crops are grown with rain fedfarming system. Growing crops in the study area are rice, maize, sorghum, tef, wheat, field33
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Page 25 and 26: 2. LITERATURE REVIEWIn this chapter
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Appendix Table 1. Category of train
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3.2. What do you think about the ti
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