l1hiopia Ul the horn of Atric« h;" r.umernus natural resources and is oc<upi~d h) most subsisuncc agricultural engaged pcortc <'11 rout>h '.Opor-.i:1I ~· whu h need \~lnOUS land management pracuces for funner dcvelopmcm 111 d1fkn·n. 1•a)S. \s pointed 1·111 i.rro<.s \frica. more 1h.rn h.rlf ofitv popul,uiun .irc n\lt vnly rural t>.i111j and '""';" or l,111J. till')' .,~\· 1nf111nt111e prvv-urv un lan.l n1 11 ir' n,·1r,011rr-.·' I h1..· main tool to ~•ddress this hi~· counirj level issue is kind .1Jminbu-;11i.111 (rurul larul n.·i;i,tr.uio'.11 ant' other sensuive land issues ("rral I.ind rn"Hillu) ·.d1ich n·qu rrs 1cdmic11t·s. budget. c fecuve 111~1i1u1inn;il '"t up. luu1..1inuid h:gi'."il,1th It, .111J \lfllJl,t! ..:or111·1i'.11u:111 ,.1 rc,tph.: .1nJ <le.:i,ion 111:1"'\.I'\, 1Jh1~ wcrk tric> to undcrstund peonlc's 1 '''" on lanJ rcvrsi-auon and iaxauon 111 f..cwot district. able to use their opinions as an .nput for possible aJ_11..;1mcn1, in the near f11l'11~. l'lii> i~ because u11nrn11ni1y panicipatiun h u crucial thing lo exploit in\lJJo!Cl10US knowledge and hence to sustain any ~cvel1>pme1 t uucrvention Iwo kebcles n om here were selected rurp.>scliill} to achieve rhe ohrectivcs ol the research One kchete was where fost 1cgis1n1111.>11 wn~ carried out. the eo called l\fJ•n'>cr. l\n1l other nrc "nq where second 1cgi<1r~1inn was carried out the so ~oiled C.rub-nml>a The sources ol data were both prrmary and secondary J'hc kgbla11on. wnuen docu111c111~ a11J work p<rforrnuncc rcpNb were W~\l0ll.1r) \i:ll.1 of rural land 1eg1W'Ulic0n ,11d uxarien lh1111 Cl.lncc111cli ol'iccs and 1hc1r branch I he ncccvsary pnmar; datJ .. vcrc collected 1hr<>,1gh lie Id vl"cn anon ,1ml <lrrcct ~urv.:) l>) self-udmimstercd quc,uonnairc~ of' arious ~IO!lp$ who huJ 1..:J.i11vn to the uucrvcnuon. I he 'll"C) 11roup~ were rn di>tric1 Jnd k.d>dc lcvclcs. It "a' 1c1 t•uup,, l\•11.I number ol rcspouJ~m~ cl\cludiutt lhl· crosscheck 111:c1i111! partkip.111i.. m k.:bclc k'c was 107 and 8 at Jb11ic1 level lhc number lli (ros<Chcd mceung pur1kip.11:, in '.he s1u,J) ur1:.1 ""S .!'17.1 ht JlrcaJ) cullectcd oatu trom paruculurly selected formers were: arrnlp~'d dcscrip!l\cl) by a "'ftware called SPSS anJ presented in percentiles. ~raph• and 1:1bl~~ Other groups of Jat~ were ai:aly1cd wuhout Sl1SS q11:.:n11111i\~ly J' well as quillr131ivcl> hence. tney were simple 1r :mnly1C· h} having small 11u111bcr ('I reop1>11J.:nt,. lids \'<)lk concluded tha1 local communil~ JK11tic1pm1u11 from the 't·ry bcginnin]; ga'c means or cxplniung indigenou« knm1led;ie and crucia! things to sustain any development in1e1ve111iu11 wirh lhe presence of' ••"drc:ncss crea.iun l11Jividu d µcrc1"JJll1m' towu1Js Jj,1,11g posit11·1· rnntributions of rJral land registration of Agambcr kc'X!IC rcsp<>nJcnl~ \h!rC low"r 1hu1 or Gub-amba kebelc in gcnc·al. Gub-:1111ba kcbek rcspondc1ts were :1blc w list at least thl"l'c issue~. bu1 Agamber kcbclc respondents Ji,1cd 111J.ximum of thr"c issues 93% respondems in !he s:udy area were listing and justif) ing the conLribu1i011s of rural land registration. Another 7% of the re~pondenls in th< study :;rea couJJ nol lisl even one issue an:! they t'nly said that 1l:ey \\ere orJcrcd by •he administrator LO be registered . . "bout 20% and 80'l-o ol r~spondents of l\gamber kebele could not list uny and list up to three issues abou1 the conlribution of rural land reg1stra1io11 respecthely. About 30% and 70% ol" Gub-amba kcbclc could list three and four up to <ix i;;.u~s respectively. 75 % uf respondent:. in the sltldy area said ncreasi~I' land scc.urily and wise use of land such as