The Role of Rural-urban Linkage for Socio Economic Development: the Case of Kokosa Town and Its Surrounding Rural Areas, West Arsi Zone, Oromiya Region, Ethiopia.
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This research was undertaken to assess the role of rural-urban linkages for socio economic development of Kokossa town and its surrounding rural kebeles in West Arsi Zone, Oromiya regional state. These linkages can be social, economic, cultural, and political relationships maintained between individuals and groups in the urban and rural areas. This study was used a descriptive research design and crosssectional survey design. In order to achieve the research objectives, both primary and secondary data was used. Primary data was collected from 30 sample rural households and 153 urban households. Sample size determination was selected purposively and data was collected through observation, interview, survey questionnaires and focus group discussion. In analyzing and interpreting these data both quantitative and qualitative techniques had been employed. In quantitative method of data analysis quantitatively frequency, mean and one sample t-test were employed. The results indicate that the majority population of woreda mostly producing crops such as enset, maize, barley, potato and rearing livestock. Due to small land size, steep slope and use of traditional method of farming, to produce surplus production to the market was limited which affected rural-urban linkages. Livestock rearing in the study area was used for income and food and social security reasons and it was also an indicator of wealth. The financial linkage of town and its hinterlands were based on the availability of financial institutions in the towns, which can stimulate the rural people to use these institutions for loan and saving. The supply of forest and/or forest products and stone extraction to the urban centers were one among the manifestations of environmental rural-urban linkages. There are many main factors that positively and negatively affecting the rural urban linkages in the s udy area.These factors are agricultural output, government policy, infrastructure, transportation cost, availability of natural resources, small land size, information and communication technologies and etc. Finally, the research recommended that, it is necessary to enhance improved agricultural input and output as a means of poverty reduction and improve their livelihood thereby improving socio-economic problems in both rural and urban areas and to expanded road transport in the rural areas to m ake the appropriate linkages between both rural and urban areas.
DOI: 10.20372/nadre:17794
Author: WAKO BADASA
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7080609208
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