Amharic

• Oral accounts on the development of agriculture in the north-central part of the Lake region
• Types of crops and field technology
• History of livestock production before and after the onset of crop production
• Farming in the revolutionary years
• Interview conducted in Tullure, Lume, East of Modjo town, Lake region, Ethiopia

• Farmers’ testimonies on the history of agriculture and environmental change
• The state of the area’s agriculture in the contemporary period (after 1991)
• Cropping patterns and the reasons behind them
• Interview conducted in Ejersa Gerro, Lume, Lake region, Ethiopia

• Remarks on the link between soil types and plant growth.
• Local cuisine.
• Distribution of major and minor crops.
• Land shortage and landlessness.
• Interview took place in Ude, just to the south of Debre Zeit town, Lake region, Ethiopia

• History of the area’s agriculture since the late nineteenth century.
• Farmers’ perceptions about climate change.
• History of fertilizer use.
• Remarks on local and state administration in the contemporary period.
• Land tenure issues in the post-1975.
• Interview conducted in Ali Wayoo, just north of Arsi Nagelle town, Lake region, Ethiopia

• His own experience as a “model farmer.”
• Remarks on the challenges he and most farmers now face in agriculture.
• Comments on water resources and hiking fertilizer prices.
• Malaria prevention.
• Interview conduced in Ali Wayao, just to the north of Arsi Nagelle town, Lake region, Ethiopia

• Remarks on the arrival of new cultivars in the last five years
• Fish farm
• Interview conducted in Aje, west of Shashamane town, Lake region, Ethiopia.

A photographic view of the central part of the Lake region, near Lake Langano

• History of local society
• History of land tenure
• History of local administration

• Individual life narratives
• Factors affecting agricultural production
• Farming in the post-Derg era
• Impact of modern inputs on farm production
• Interview conducted in Koshe, Maraqo, southeast of Buta Jira town, Lake region, Ethiopia