10  Rural livelihoods, are exposed to the precarious effects of climatic variability and extreme weather conditions  Precipitated by several years of environmental degradation  Negatively impacting on household economies (MoWRMA, 2007)  Land degradation is an alarming challenge in the Amhara region  Loss of approximately 2 to 4 billion tones of top soil annually through erosion  20,000 to 30,000 hectares of land unproductive (Taffa, 2009).
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