Sustainable Agricultural Management of Land Using Technology for Soil and Water Conservation within the Central Rift Valley, Central Ethiopia

Table 6

The role of modern soil and water conservation technologies.

Category	Description	Response of sample respondents
		Agree		Disagree
		Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Strength	Increase soil fertility	282	84.9	50	15.1
	Increase agricultural production	296	89.2	36	10.8
	Involved expertise knowledge	275	82.8	57	17.2
	May not be affected by fragmentation	172	51.8	160	48.2
	Save time and effort	206	62.0	126	37.8
	Facilitate long-term land management	262	78.9	70	21.1
Weakness	Demand for large capital	253	76.2	78	23.78
	It could affect soil microbes	237	71.4	95	28.6
	Can cause environmental pollution	224	67.5	108	32.5
	Disregard local knowledge	174	52.4	158	45.56
	Imposed by the government	196	59.0	136	41.0