The study was conducted to see the role of agroforestry income diversification of rural house-holds in upper kokate marachare kebele of soddo zuriya woreda. The objective was mainly to assess the role of agroforestry for rural households in the study area. Both primary and secondary sources were used on the research where 32 respondents were directly involved on filling questionnaire and key informant interview with field observation were part of data collection tools employed. The major findings were; agroforestry have significant role on income diversification, avocado is the second most important fruit which generate income for households next to common cereals of the area, the reason behind participating on agroforestry was linked with sustaining livelihood of growing family size and poor access to extension service on agroforestry and finance were the major challenges.
The study was conducted to see the role of agroforestry income diversification of rural house- holds in upper kokate marachare kebele of soddo zuriya woreda. The objective was mainly to assess the role of agroforestry for rural households in the study area. Both primary and secondary sources were used on the research where 32 respondents were directly involved on filling questionnaire and key informant interview with field observation were part of data collection tools employed. The major findings were; agroforestry have significant role on income diversification, avocado is the second most important fruit which generate income for households next to common cereals of the area, the reason behind participating on agroforestry was linked with sustaining livelihood of growing family size and poor access to extension service on agroforestry and finance were the major challenges.