Environmental History of the Ayu Guagusa Woreda during Twentieth Century

The study of the relationship between humans and nature in the past is Environmental history. Environmental history was well-known as a new discipline in the 1977 at the American society. Its study in Africa lies in its emphasis on colonial capitalism and imperialism as environmental contexts and processes. The study in Africa was the results of colonialism because of the environmental degradation and prolonged to multi-faced environmental problem. Study in Ethiopia was ignored due to the emphasis of studies for political centers and political elites. Likewise other part of Ethiopia, the environmental history in Ayu Guagusa District was not well studied.
Ayu Guagusa woreda was positioned in the Awi Administrative Zone, Northwest Ethiopia. The district populated by ethnically diverse. The diverse peoples produced the maize, pepper corn, wheat, téff, Dagussa, barely and bean through practice of traditional agricultural system. Following land reform since 1975, the government formed Peasant association in the study area. Then, the villagazition, resettlement and other programs were also introduced by the socialist government to instruct the ideology into the rural peasant. The programs negatively resulted soil degradation in the district. This land degradation rehabilitated by measures such as reforestation, afforestation, gave awareness for the local peoples, terracing, crop rotation, animal manure and counter plough in the district.

Keywords: Environmental History, Ayu Guagusa Woreda, Villagazition, Peasant Associations.

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Bogale Aligaiz Agalu. Environmental History of the Ayu Guagusa Woreda during Twentieth Century.Scientific Research and Reviews, 2022, 15:127. DOI: 10.28933/srr-2021-12-0505

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