Nardos Tafa Kebebe*, Niguse Bekele
Extensive land use changes and soil management practices are the result of rapidly increasing human populations and their needs and/or uses of the land for various agricultural activities and for other purposes. This study was carried out with the objective of evaluating the effects of different land use practices on socioeconomic activities in Taltalle watershed, West Shoa. Field observation and sample collection were carried out with the help of topographic map of the study area. Four land use types were identified. There is a rapid change of land use land cover in the study area due to its proximity to Ambo Town, land degradation, population growth, climate change, etc. Knowing of this fact, the present study was initiated and conducted in Taltalle watershed area of Ambo, Central Ethiopia, with the objective of assessing the impact of land use land cover on socio-economic activities.