Changing the spiral: Restoration effort of degraded land in Ethiopia, challenges and prospects, the case of Hadiya zone

Land degradation resulted from man-made and natural causes lead countries to the environmental and socio-economic problems. Currently it is threatening lives of millions of people particularly in developing countries where the agriculture is the main source of subsistence and income. Now restoration programmes have been taking place in the areas where land degradation is severe problem. Countries, governments and other stakeholders agree on that restoration of degraded lands leads to alleviating the poverty effects in the countries under problem. The results of the restoration efforts, its contribution to address environmental problems and poverty aspects depends on the way how the actors of the restoration process involved in, their interest over the process and the extent to which the varying interest of these actors reconciled. -- Relevance to Development Studies -- Dealing with restoration effort as a means to address the issue of land degradation and the livelihood aspects of households, brings it at the core of development issue. The issue of land degradation, restoration efforts and the poverty alleviation strategies are the interrelated aspects that should be treated accordingly, and at the same time the core issues of development particularly in developing world. There are number of actors involved in the process of restoration of degraded land. This paper enables to discuss about actors in the restoration process as an issue addressing the rural development strategy from the point of view of role and interest