SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION OF PEASANTS IN DÄMBÄÇA  WÄRÄDA FROM 1974-1991

ANDUALEM, TSEHAY

dc.contributor.author	ANDUALEM, TSEHAY
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-23T06:37:51Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-23T06:37:51Z
dc.date.issued	2021-03-23
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12061
dc.description.abstract	Peasants being the dominant part of the Ethiopian population were not a major issue of historical study until the last three decades.The main intention of the study is to reconstruct the socio-economic condition of peasants in Dämbäça wäräda during the darg period (1974- 1991).The study gives socio-economic issues a lion share giving less emphasis to political history.The socio-economic condition of peasants during the last two quarter of the 20thc. was not a concern for anyone of historical researcher in Dämbäça wäräda.So reconstructing the respective history had a paramount importance for the further historical study and narrow the information gap.Accordinglly, as the study covers the darg period (1974-1991),the different programs of the darg like land tenure reform,producers’cooperatves,service cooperatives, literacy campaign, villagiazation and afforestation inlight with the socio-economic effects upon the peasant’s life had been given due emphasis.Then the different socio-econonomic condition of peasants with respect to economic activites, social practices such as idder, mahbär, marriage as well as belief systems are pointed out:socio -economic problems(famine,disease,migration) prevailed among the society in the wäräda under study are pointed out. To authenticate the sources intensive interviews had been made with different personalities.Historical sources about Dämbäça wäräda had also been validated in Däbrä Marqos Archival Center.In addition I have personal exposure with the condition of peasants in Dämbäça wäräda that helped me to reveal the socio-economic condition of peasants on the ground.Before 1974 the peasants of Dämbäça wäräda suffered socio-economic exploaitations.With the coming of Derg government, almost all peasants of Dämbäça wäräda were made owners of farmland;peasants became free from the socio-economic exploaitation of nobilities.The Derg socialism philosophy fosters socio economic equality of peasants in Dämbäça wäräda.Hence the plight of peasants seemed to be mitigated.Some programs of darg like literacy campaign,land reform and service cooperatives achieved success in Dämbäça wäräda while some other programs like villagization,national military service and producers’ cooperatives faced mounting opposions.As aresult,the socio economic condition of peasants became stagnant as well as poverity,migration and hun	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	OF HISTORY AND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT	en_US
dc.title	SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION OF PEASANTS IN DÄMBÄÇA WÄRÄDA FROM 1974-1991	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US