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The document contains questionnaires and checklists to assess landslide conditions in Dejen District of Ethiopia. It includes 3 parts: [1] a background questionnaire for household heads on demographics and land use; [2] key informant interview questions on climate variability, perceptions and responsibilities; and [3] a focused group discussion guide and field observation checklist on landslide causes, impacts, awareness and adaptation strategies. The research aims to understand local knowledge and inform government efforts to address landslides in the area.

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Alene Questionaire

The document contains questionnaires and checklists to assess landslide conditions in Dejen District of Ethiopia. It includes 3 parts: [1] a background questionnaire for household heads on demographics and land use; [2] key informant interview questions on climate variability, perceptions and responsibilities; and [3] a focused group discussion guide and field observation checklist on landslide causes, impacts, awareness and adaptation strategies. The research aims to understand local knowledge and inform government efforts to address landslides in the area.

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Appendix 1

MADAWALABU UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

A QUESTIONNAIRE COMPLETED BY THE SAMPLE SELECTED IN DEJEN


WEREDA.
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HOUSEHOLD HEADS
Dear Respondents: My name is ALENE TAREKEGN, a graduate student of Madawalabu
University. I am conducting a research for the partial fulfillment of master degree in
geography and environmental studies. The main objective of this questionnaire is to
investigate assessing the land slid condition along Gohatsion to Debremarkos particularly
Abay river bridge-Dejen town and Yetnora areas in DEJEN District . This type of study is
important for planners as well as decision makers at different level. Therefore, the
information that you provide is believed to help the concerned bodies in understanding
farmers’ knowledge on Land slide, its factors and their impacts. Hence, taking the above
objectives into consideration, you are kindly asked to provide the appropriate answer for the
following questions.
N.B.
1. The response you give will not have any negative impact on you.
2. No need of writing your name on the questionnaire.
3. Please respond for in feeling free wary on think is correct.
Thank You In Advance
ALENE TAREKEGN
Part I Background information of household head

You can ask the researcher any questions if there is an ambiguity and expect to receive
satisfactory answers.
Date of Interview_________________________ Questionnaire Number _______________
Name of enumerator________________________
Kebele----------------------------------------------
1. Sex of household head: _______________
2. Age of household head _______________
3. Religions of household head ___________
4. Marital Status A. Married B. Single C. Divorced D. Widowed
5. Educational Status A. Illiterate B. Read and write C. Primary education completed
D. High school complete E. Higher education complete
6. Family size Male…………. Female………….Total …………
7. Type of agriculture practiced A. Rain fed B. Irrigated C. Both
8. If you used irrigation estimate the size of cultivated land _______ hectare
The major factors that lead for the formation of the land slid along the
study area.
1. Do you think that it is possible to adapt the cause of the land slid condition in the study
area?
A. Yes B. No
2. Who is responsible to adaptation practice? (Multiple answers is possible)
A. Government Organization C. Local community
B. Non-government Organization D. Local Community and GOs
3. What is your copping mechanism when you faced this kind of challenge?
(Multiple answers are possible) A. planting trees B. shifting crops per year C. making a
dame D. all
4. Who receives this major challenge of land slid condition? A/ vehicles B/ human beings C/
animals D/ plants
5. Do you think that the type of soil is the one among the factor which leads to this hazardous
problem? A. Yes B. No
6. What will be the major factor for the occurrence of this challenge in your locality?
A/ nature of soil B/ types of slope C/ topographical structure D/ all will be possible answers
7. Do you practice to overcome this challenge? A/ Yes B/ No
8. What seems like population distribution in your area? A/ densely populated B/sparsely
populated C/ moderately populated
8. Have you made adjustment in livestock management to escape from this danger? A. Yes B.
No,
9. If your answer is yes, the kind of adjustments
A. Destocking B. Changing type of livestock C. Other specify______________
10. What are the hindrances for use of adaptation options of combating techniques of land
slid?
A Lack of money to implement B. Lack of technical knowledge C, Lack of awareness about
this condition
11. What is the determinant causes that follow climate change/ variability through land slid
along asphalt road?
A. Nature of soil B. Fastness of the driver
C. Poor investigation of geologists D. Internal force
12. What are the impacts of land slid along the study area?
A. devastation of animal life B. Death of human life
C. destruction of vehicle D. all are possible answers
13. What will be the best solution for the community who are settling in the study area?

A. leaving those areas C. giving sufficient awareness for farmers

B. giving advice for drivers D. giving gap between settlement and asphalt road

14. Now a day how many of the vehicles has been crushed?

A. Two B. three C. five D. unknown

15. Who is responsible body to assess this hazardous condition?

A. government B. non government C. community D. agricultural office

16 Do you think that sinking of the land is the one among the major cause?

A. Yes B. No

17. What is your responsibility to overcome this condition?

A. high B. low C. medium

18. Is there any advice from governmental office?

A. yes B. No

19. How long your home is distant from your house?

A.20cm B. 10cm C 30cm D. UN known

20. Have you planted varieties of vegetations around your home?


A. yes B. No

21. Have you seen other areas affected by this condition?

A. yes B. No

22. Who pays a great scarification to reduce this dangerous condition?

A. agricultural office sector B. Financial sector C. communication sector D. Municipality sector

E. Geologists
Appendix Two

Questions for Key Informant Interview (KII)


1. Is there any variability of temperature and rain fall in Dejen District in the past?
A. Yes B. No
2. What do you think the household contribution of the study area?
3. What is the household perception of land slid adaptation strategies?
4. What are the local peoples coping mechanisms used to reduce these impacts?
5. Who is responsible to give response to eradicate this condition?
6. What is the responsibility of the households?
7. What is the response of government organization?
Appendix Three
Questions for Focused Group Discussion (FGD)
1. Do you think there is land slid condition in your locality?
2. What do you think the household contribution to reduce this danger
?
3. What are the household activities to resist this problem?
4. What are the barriers that hinder for the formation of land slid?
5 Do you have an awareness this condition is occurred out of asphalt road?
6. What is your final plan or decision if this condition will continue?
Appendix Four
Check list for Field Observation
The researcher will observe if there is:
1. Crop production and livestock husbandry
2. Government and Non-government activities on environmental conservation
3. Planting and reforesting different kinds of trees
4. Major people economic activities in their environment

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