TemesgenAlemayehu2025-06-202025-08https://rps.wku.edu.et/handle/123456789/46326wateristhebasicresourceonthewellbeingofthewholepopulationnotonlythepopulationbutalsootherlivingandnonlivingthingsanditisarenewablenaturalresourcewhichexistintheformofsurfacewater,undergroundwater(inoceanandlake rivertherewereNemoursriveri nEthiopiabuttheproducti vecapacityisnotparamount functi onduetotheindigenousirrigationpracti ceoflocalfarmerswerelowlevelof awareness.Theobjectivesofthisstudyistoassessindigenousirrigati on practice whichisfound guragezonechehaworedaamoramedakebelethatdetermine implementati onofindigenousirrigati onpracticeinrel atedtosoilandwateravailabi of theirproductivityirri lity gationfarming..thedatawascollectedbyusingdifferent instrumentsuchasquestionerandintervi ewwereusedtogeneratethedatabasedon qualitati turalandruraldevel veandquantitativemethodthesecondarydatasourcesweretakenfrom agricul opmentofficeoftheworeda.Fieldsurveywasconductedto collectthenecessarydatafrom 60selectedsamplerespondentsandtheresearchers’ wereselectedthesamplebysimplerandom sampling.Andthedatacollectedwere tabulated,anal yzedandsummarizedviadescription.Andalsotrendsofindigenous irri gationpracti ceinpeople’sproducti bothquantitati veandqualitati vity.Andafteri veinterpretati twasanalyzedanddiscussedby on.Itisnotedthattheindigenousi rrigati on programwhichissponsoredbythegovernmenthasseveraldrawbacks,therefore,on thebasisofthefindingofthestudythisfindi ngsuggestthatshortageofland,dueto populati onpressure causesfarmers tointensity agriculturallowproduction,using landsaving andyield augmentingtechnology.Astheresultofthedeterminantsthat causeerosionhazardfarmerswholiveinthisworedahavepracticedbothindigenous soilconservati onstructureandmodernsoilconservati onstructureforalongperiodto solvetheerosionprobl ems.enThesis