Agro-Ecological History of Abe Dongoro District, Ca.1941-2000s A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies of Jimma University

Abstract

The placeAbee Dongoro is the area where the Mecha Oromo lives in all over the district starting from earlier.The name Abe Dongoro is named from two Oromo Clans ‘Abe’ and ‘dongoro’. Abee is the fourth son of Horro of Jawwi and Dongoro is the 6thson of Ibantu both Horro and Ibantu was the son ofJawwi.Then the name of Abe and Dongoro was named with the name of above mentioned Oromo clans.Abee is the place located eastern direction starting from Ambacha river.Whereas,Dongoro is the name of place located south of Ambacha river up to Angar qal’a (Angar xiqqaa) river.Before the year 1991 some places is today found in Horroo district like Loti Anno (Harȍ Shȍxȇ) and Baɋale , Burkitu Oborra kebele were apart of Abee Dongoro starting from the Reign of Haile Sellasie.In the post 1941-2000s period there is acontinious resettlement programme by diffirent Ethiopian rulers . The settlement is mainly from shawa during the emperial rule especially from Baċo area .During the Derg regim there is ageat settlement program mainly from Wollo, Gojjam and Tigrai.During this period all 31 kebeles of the district accepted the new settlers with cota.There is also asettlement in todays FDRE government, the settlers were from Hararge and Arsi area. Asaresult of this settlement and traditional land use the agro-ecology of Abe Dongoro was seriously affected.This thesis examines the agro-ecological history of Abe Dongoro by focusing on the local information. It attempts to describe chages in the demographic and landscape. It also give attention on changes population settlement pattern, land use pattern, crops types and vegetation typs.It analyzes how the area Kwnon for its coffee, maize and sorghum. It also describes the lack of infrastructure for the peoples living in the district. From this the lack of tranisportation system,absence of hospital,veterinary medicine for their livestock and lack of market for som remote areas from their admnistretive tow of Tullu Wayyu.Farm tools and production technique is also apart of my study in this research. Backward technology and farming techniques greatly affect the peoples and their production was very low still today except investors in the low land (gammȍjjï) areas of the district.