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    ASSESSING AGRICULTURAL LAND SIZE FRAGMENTATION AND IT’S ECONOMIC EFFECTS: IN THE CASE OF EZHA WOREDA IN GURAGE ZONE, CENTERAL ETHIOPIA.
    (wolkite universty, 2024-08) THOMAS KEBEDE; FITSUM TAMIRAT.
    The research title is focuses on the assessing Agricultural land size fragmentation and its socio economic effect the case of Ezha woreda Gurage Zone Central Ethiopia. Land fragmentation was a single farm consists of a large number of separated land plots in common agricultural phenomenon in many countries. To addressing of this, issue the study objective were to identify the main cause of agricultural land size fragmentation and its socio economic effect on agricultural land. To achieve this objective, the necessary data were collected from both primary and secondary data source. The samples were selected through a simple random sampling and respondent’s interviewee. The total sampling size was 43 respondents. The given data were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative method. The present land holding or plots of land of farmers were located in difference places. The finding indicates, majority of the farmers have less than 1-hectare land in the study area. The major causes of agricultural land size fragmentation in the study area were population growth, land distribution and redistribution, increase number of farmers. The possible solution for agricultural land size fragmentation and its socio economic effect in Ezha woreda is controlling the population and creating job opportunity other than agriculture.