ABSTRACT
The farming system of the North Gondar zone is predominantly a crop– livestock mixed farming system; livestock plays a vital role for the poor smallholder farmer as a source of power, food, immediate cash income and fertilizer. North Gondar zone has the largest livestock population of any zone in the Amhara region. Uncontrolled grazing of increasingly scarce common areas has contributed to the degradation of many range and pasture lands.
