Abstract:
Provision of agricultural land ts vital [or poverty reduction, fond security as 1111d
economic development. Past and current land tenure systems of Ethiopia have been
argued as the major causes ;iw food insecurity and environmental problems. I l1g!1
agricultural parcel .fh1r,me11w!io11 hinders agricultural and rural development. 111
the country, the federal govcrnmen: and some regional states allowed voluntary
based land consolidation, even thouf.fh 110 satisfactory land consolidation has been
done yet. New scientific approach of 111.wntifying Iandjiagmentatlon and designing.
land consolidation system could be considered. Maior objectives in 1/Je study are t(1
q1,1£mtijy landfragmeruation ard to design appropriate land consolidation system to
the sl11dy area. To address objecilves of the sl11<(v pri111c11)1 and secondary data
were collected by means of survey questionnaire, focus group discussion, key
informant lmerview. raw d11t11 g1Jtliering from the concerned bodies. /h:ld
measurements aud observation. Around 90 household samples were randomtv
selectedfromfive tl(f!enu11 villnties of the kebete (the lowest units ofodministratiotu
in proponton la tire 11111n{)er of tuhabitants of lite villag«. Fragmentation index.
reduction coefficient. Sl'SS am/ GTS were applied to analyze darn. The metlwdologv
developed to design the l1111d consolidation sys1~1111 Include quantijvinx lom!
fragmentation by index, setting criteria. grading parcels. valuating !n11d,
identiftcatton of parcels 10 be consolidated. stand 011d seed nutnagement, parcel
exchange and parcel creation and evaluation of the resutt. 71w approach showed
genera! advantage for the study area and particular benefitjor the landholders. The
system improvea parcel size and structure.
Key terms: land consolidotion. kuulfrogmentation, land bank. parcel. allotment.
Geographic Information System, fit-for-purpose, seeds, stands and 01·vnf!rs interest.