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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Public Administration</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Public Administration</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия:  Государственное и муниципальное управление</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8313</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-1228</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">25927</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8313-2021-8-1-59-71</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>International Experience of Public Administration</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Международный опыт государственного управления</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Community Participation in the Reduction of Land Degradation: The Case Study of Shebel Berenta District, Amhara National Region State</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Участие сообщества в сокращении деградации земель: на примере района Шебель-Берента, национальный региональный штат Амхара</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2524-7213</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Mengist</surname><given-names>Adane</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Менгист</surname><given-names>Адане</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MA in Governance and Development Management, MSc in Geography and Environmental Studies, Lecturer of the Department of Civics and Ethical Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>магистр управления и управления развитием, магистр географии и экологических исследований, преподаватель кафедры гражданских и этических исследований</p></bio><email>adanemengist@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4705-851X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nurie</surname><given-names>Tsegahun</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Нури</surname><given-names>Цегахун</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MA in Urban and Regional Studies, Lecturer of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>магистр городских и региональных исследований, преподаватель кафедры географии и экологических исследований</p></bio><email>tsegahunnurie@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0587-4730</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nega</surname><given-names>Mulugeta</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Нега</surname><given-names>Мулугета</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MA in Governance and Development Studies, Lecturer in the Department of Civic and Ethical Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>магистр управления и исследований в области развития, преподаватель кафедры гражданских и этических исследований</p></bio><email>mnega41@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2524-7213</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Jmeberu</surname><given-names>Genanew</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Джмеберу</surname><given-names>Генанью</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MA in Gender and Development, Lecturer of the Department of Civics and Ethical Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>магистр гендерных вопросов и развития, доцент, преподаватель кафедры гражданских и этических исследований</p></bio><email>genanewjemberu@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Debre Markos University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Дебре Маркоса</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-03-16" publication-format="electronic"><day>16</day><month>03</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>8</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 8, NO1 (2021)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 8, №1 (2021)</issue-title><fpage>59</fpage><lpage>71</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-03-16"><day>16</day><month>03</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Mengist A., Nurie T., Nega M., Jmeberu G.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Менгист А., Нури Ц., Нега М., Джмеберу Г.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Mengist A., Nurie T., Nega M., Jmeberu G.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Менгист А., Нури Ц., Нега М., Джмеберу Г.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/public-administration/article/view/25927">https://journals.rudn.ru/public-administration/article/view/25927</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Shebel Berenta district is one of the highland areas of Ethiopia highly prone to land degradation and drought by the report of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, (OCHA). Assessment of community participation to combat land degradation was the main objective of this study. Mixed research approach with concurrent triangulation design was followed. The target kebeles and the number of respondents were selected purposively. The sample size was found to be 368, which was determined by the Yemaneh (1967) formula and addressed through geographical listing method. Primary data was collected through Questionnaire, interview and FGD; whereas secondary data was also gained from researches, reports and different documents. The quantitative data was analyzed descriptively, and the qualitative data was analyzed using thematic analysis. The result shows that the trend of community participation is found to be decreasing/passive and dominated by the top down or planner centered approach of community participation as it was supported by 72.4% and 86.3% out of 149 and 219 total respondents from vulnerable and less vulnerable kebeles respectively. Incentives to inspire community participation are low and not adequate and resulted in the lack of willingness of the community. Lack of awareness, expansion of open grazing lands, lack of commitment from the people and government side, lack of consistency of Sustainable Land Management Practices (SLM), geographical barriers and others are the observed challenges of CP in the area.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Согласно отчету Управления ООН по координации гуманитарных вопросов (УКГВ), район Шебель-Берента является одним из высокогорных районов Эфиопии, который сильно подвержен деградации земель и засухе. Оценка участия сообщества в борьбе с деградацией земель была основной целью этого исследования. В исследовании применялся смешанный подход с одновременным дизайном триангуляции. Кебеле (сельские коммунны), и количество респондентов были выбраны целенаправленно. Размер выборки составил 368, что было определено по формуле Йемана (1967) и определено с помощью метода географического перечисления. Первичные данные были собраны с помощью анкет, интервью и ДДГ (десульфуризация дымовых газов). Вторичные данные также были получены из исследований, отчетов и различных документов. Количественные данные были проанализированы с описанием, а качественные данные были проанализированы с использованием тематического анализа. Результат показывает, что тенденция участия сообщества снижается, преобладает подход к участию сообщества «сверху вниз» и плановый подход, поскольку его поддержали 72,4% и 86,3% из 149 и 219 респондентов из уязвимых и менее уязвимые кебеле соответственно. Стимулы, побуждающие к участию сообщества, невысоки и недостаточны, также проявляется отсутствие желания участия со стороны сообщества. Недостаточная осведомленность, расширение открытых пастбищ, отсутствие приверженности со стороны людей и правительства, непоследовательность практик устойчивого управления земельными ресурсами (УУЗР), географические барьеры и другие проблемы наблюдаются в этом районе.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>community</kwd><kwd>participation</kwd><kwd>land degradation</kwd><kwd>Ethiopia</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>сообщество</kwd><kwd>участие</kwd><kwd>деградация земель</kwd><kwd>Эфиопия</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Taffa T. Soil and Water Conservation for Sustainable Agriculture. Addis Ababa: Mega Publishing Enterprise; 2002.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Woldeamlak B. Land Degradation and Farmers’ Acceptance and Adoption of Conservation Technologies in the Digil Watershed, Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia. 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