Elias Bojago Dado

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Analyzing urban sprawl in response to land use land cover change dynamics in Areka town and surrounding area: Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia
Selemon Thomas Fakana, Elias Bojago, Abebe Alambo Tona, Fekadu Fanjana Falta, Wondimu Elias Worajo, Alefu Chinasho Gujube
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2026
Urban sprawl, the uncoordinated and spatially dispersed expansion of urban areas into surrounding rural lands, poses significant challenges to sustainable development, resulting in the loss of agricultural and forest land, habitat degradation, and a weakening of ecosystem services. Using Landsat data for 1995 and 2025, LULC was analyzed for spatiotemporal change in Areka Town and its surrounding area, employing GIS and remote sensing techniques. Training samples were generated by combining multiple bands, and supervised classification was performed using the Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm. The resulting classification map was validated using a confusion matrix and the Kappa statistic. The Kappa coefficients of the LULC maps for 1995 and 2025 were 0.8942 and 0.9428, respectively. The findings demonstrate that substantial landscape transformation occurred between 1995 and 2025. Built-up areas and vegetation cover increased by 1,188.83 ha (+492.98%) and 1,291.49 ha (+40.09%), with annual rates of increase of 39.63 ha/year (16.43%) and 43.05 ha/year (1.34%), respectively. However, agricultural and bare land decreased by -1875.8 ha (−47.16%) and -604.9 ha (−23.24%), respectively. Population density analysis revealed that, in 2000, it ranged from 244 to 3264 people/km 2 , whereas in 2020 these values rose to 478 to 4,644 people/km 2 , indicating substantial spatial and temporal intensification accompanied by the outward expansion of the built-up area. Spectral indicators (NDVI and NDBI) provide a quantitative assessment of vegetation dynamics and urban expansion. In 1995, NDVI values ranged from 0.06 to 0.39, whereas in 2025, values had shifted slightly to −0.04 to 0.39, indicating a reduction in vegetation vigor and an increase in impervious surfaces (concrete, asphalt, and buildings). Likewise, the NDBI values, which ranged from −0.24 to 0.19 in 1995 and −0.27 to 0.21 in 2025, reveal a consistent increase in built-up intensity. The gradient directional analysis also demonstrated an asymmetric growth pattern radiating outward from the CBD, along the northern (N), northeastern (NE), and southern (S to SSE) axes, associated with infrastructure development and major roads linking the town with emerging peri-urban settlements. The findings would provide critical insights into the spatial extent and pattern of urban sprawl, helping in sustainable urban planning and land resource management. • GIS and remote sensing analysis using Landsat imagery revealed pronounced urban sprawl • LULC supervised classification using the SVM algorithm achieved plausible accuracy • Built-up expanded (+492.98%), at the expense of agricultural (−47.16%) and bare land (−23.24%) • NDVI and NDBI analysis confirmed declining vegetation vigor and increasing urban sprawl • Directional sprawl analysis showed asymmetric outward expansion along major infrastructure development
Exploring urban solid waste landfill sites for Arba Minch Town, Ethiopia: A suitability analysis employing geospatial technologies for sustainable urban development
Alemayehu Abera, Elias Bojago, Mamush Masha, Gemechu Tadila
Cleaner Waste Systems, 2026
Geospatial technologies were applied in this study to evaluate potential landfill sites to accommodate solid waste in the fast-growing Arba Minch Town, southern Ethiopia, by integrating multiple criteria, including environmental (slope, land use/land cover types, distance from streams/rivers, and distance from protected areas), social (distance from settlements), and economic factors (distance from road networks). Using several criteria, including land use and land cover, road network, land slope, stream, distance from settlement, and distance from protected areas, the weighted overlay analysis method was used to evaluate suitability. In this process, weights were assigned to the factors based on their significance in determining landfill site suitability. Following the overlay analysis, the weighted aggregation results revealed four levels of suitability for solid waste landfill sites in the study area: unsuitable, less suitable, moderately suitable, and highly suitable. According to this study, the majority of the area (48.6 %) is unsuitable for landfill sites, 24.6 % is less suitable, and 19.8 % is moderately suitable for landfill sites. Only 7 % of the total area is highly suitable for a landfill site, with the most suitable areas located in the northeast of town. In conclusion, this study proposes a practical solution to the problem of solid waste landfill sites using geospatial technology. The AHP-weighted GIS overlay yielded an overall accuracy of ∼8–10 % points better (97.6 % vs. 89.4 %) as well as producer and user accuracies of 97.3 and 97.9 %, respectively (vs. 88.5 and 90.2 % points) to produce more accurate, reliable, and compliant landfill siting. The results of this study show that the implementation of GIS with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method has the potential to select appropriate landfill sites for future use in the region. These findings provide geospatial insights for municipal planners and regional authorities to develop resilient solid waste strategies, thereby enhancing environmental sustainability and urban resilience in Arba Minch and similar towns in Ethiopia. • Overall 48.6 % area unsuitable, only 7 % highly suitable are located northeast direction. • Stakeholder cooperation needed for better waste management. • AHP-GIS integration effective for landfill site selection. • Study limited to non-hazardous waste; recommends separate hazardous waste sites. • Community awareness crucial for sustainable waste practices.
Mapping landslide susceptibility in Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia, using geospatial techniques and multi-criteria decision-making analysis
Selemon Thomas Fakana, Fekadu Fanjana Falta, Megegn Mada Mano, Elias Bojago, Mekonen Shibru Gebremariam, Mathewos Markos Fakana
Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2026
GIS-based analysis of urban expansion in Wolaita Sodo, South Ethiopia: implications for sustainable development
Mamush Masha, Gemechu Tadila, Elias Bojago
Discover Sustainability, 2025
Urbanization and population growth are the major drivers of land use and cover changes in peri-urban areas. This study aimed to analyze urban expansion and land use and land cover (LULC) changes in Wolaita Sodo City, South Ethiopia. Three Landsat (2003, 2013, and 2023) satellite images were used for the study over 20 years. GIS and remote sensing techniques were used to analyze urban expansion and land cover changes in the city. The maximum likelihood algorithm for supervised classification was used to create LULC maps. The satellite image results show that built-up areas increased by 4,654 ha (10.82%), 7914.9 ha (18.4%), and 11681.5 ha (27.2%), respectively, in the first, second, and entire study periods, though the rate was 326.09 ha/year, 376.66 ha/year, and 702.75 ha/year in the first, second, and entire study periods. This rapid growth due to city development has resulted in land grabbing, mainly affecting peri-urban farmers. Managing urban expansion, land use, and agricultural land invasion are crucial for livelihoods. Future studies should integrate innovative techniques with land-use optimization to identify areas that will be covered by future city growth. This will help to balance urban development and environmental conservation.
Monitoring spatio-temporal changes in land use, land cover, and NDVI using MODIS data in Ethiopia’s Gambela region
Elias Bojago, Gemechu Tadila, Mamush Masha
Discover Applied Sciences, 2025
Understanding spatiotemporal changes in land use, land cover (LULC), and vegetation dynamics is crucial for sustainable environmental management and planning. This study investigated LULC and vegetation changes in the Gambela region of Ethiopia using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite data from 2004 to 2024. This study relied on MOD13A3 (NDVI, 1 km, monthly) to track vegetation changes from to 2004–2024, as well as Landsat image classification was used to LULC estimation. The IGBP was refined using a random forest with NDVI thresholding to identify shifts. The accuracy was 87% through Sentinel-2 and ground truth, and NDVI deviations were associated (0.80) with yields. Geospatial and statistical techniques were employed to detect and quantify transitions between land cover classes and fluctuations in greenness in the study area. Six LULC classes, namely forest, agricultural land, grassland, irrigated land, built‑up area, and water bodies, were mapped and analyzed. Between 2004 and 2024, forest cover declined by 2 693.9 km 2 (from 74.2% to 65.3%), agricultural land expanded by 4 618.4 km 2 (from 5.3% to 20.6%), and grasslands contracted by 2 397.8 km 2 (from 19.5% to 11.5%). Irrigated areas more than tripled (0.4% to 1.2%), and built‑up extent grew nearly five‑fold (0.2% to 0.9%), whereas water bodies remained largely stable during this period. NDVI analysis revealed a 12% reduction in high-greenness areas, typically corresponding to NDVI values ≥ 0.6 (often 0.6–0.8), and a mean NDVI drop from 0.62 to 0.59 in non-forest zones, indicating declining vegetation health in converted landscapes. The study found significant LULC changes driven by agricultural expansion, settlement growth, and climate variability, with declining natural vegetation and increasing cultivated and built-up areas in the western and central regions. MODIS data are valuable for environmental monitoring, offering insights into land management and climate adaptation.
Agroforestry practices, adoption factors, and livelihood contributions among smallholder farmers in Didu district, southwestern Ethiopia
Alemayehu Abera, Elias Bojago, Mamush Masha, Teshome Lidatu
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2025
Agroforestry (AF) has the potential to deliver for rural livelihoods, environmental sustainability, and climate change adaptation and mitigation. Little attention has been paid to smallholder farmers’ perceptions, adoption levels with barriers, and influencing factors. This study examines how adoption is determined and the livelihood contribution of AF practices among smallholder farmers in Didu District, Southwestern Ethiopia. This study employed a mixed-method cross-sectional design. Using a multi-stage sampling procedure, 296 respondents (174 adopters and 122 non-adopters) were selected. The collected data were analyzed using thematic, descriptive, and inferential methods. Farmers adopted various AF practices in different home gardens (36%), scattered trees in croplands (29.71%), boundary tree planting (16%), and hedgerows (2.29%). The major barriers to AF adoption were the lack of extension services (98.3%), limited land (97%), and inaccessible markets (94%). A binary logistic regression analysis was adopted, and it was positively influenced by wealth level (p<0.01), level of education, size of the farm, slope of the farmland, extension relations, and farming experiences (p<0.05) and negatively by distance from home to farmland (p<0.05). Analysis of the net profit margin also showed that practice adopters had higher profitability rates than non-adopters (16.54% vs. 9%), and the AF reported economic benefits to smallholder farmers in the study area. The results showed that the diversified nature of smallholder farmers’ livelihoods in the area was largely supported by AF practices. Through AF practices, society has experienced diminished poverty levels together with enhanced food accessibility, and farmers have achieved better earnings and living conditions. This study proposes strategies to enhance AF as a base for enduring socioeconomic progress and supervision of natural resources.
Quantification of Soil Erosion and Hotspot Area Identification Using GIS-Based RUSLE Model in the Damota Area Districts, South Ethiopia
Mamush Masha, Mengie Belayneh, Elias Bojago
Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2025
Investigating the effects of local climate zones on land surface temperature using spectral indices via linear regression model: a seasonal study of Sapanca Lake
Oznur Isinkaralar, Emmanuel Yeboah, Kaan Isinkaralar, Isaac Sarfo, Sevgi Öztürk, Dilara Yilmaz, Elias Bojago
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2025
Diversity of Spice Plants, Their Use and Function as Additive in Traditional Ethiopian Gastronomies and Culinary Recipes
Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series B Biological Sciences, 2025
Spatio-temporal rainfall variability and trends using a Kriging-interpolation and Innovative trend analysis approach: the case of Wolaita zone, south Ethiopia
Elias Bojago
Discover Sustainability, 2024
Climate change is one of the worst environmental issues, with a negative impact on most developing countries across the globe and in some regions, including Ethiopia. This study seeks to establish the temporal and spatial changes in rainfall for the period 1987–2021. In this study, ordinary statistical measures, such as the mean and coefficient of variation, precipitation concentration index (PCI), and standardized anomaly index (SAI), were applied to investigate the rainfall variation. Concerning the estimation of the spatiotemporal distribution and magnitude of changes in, non-parametric Mann-Kendall (MK) tests, Sen’s slope estimator, and innovative trend analysis (ITA) were also conducted in ArcGIS 10.8 environment and XLSTAT/R. The study showed significant fluctuations in rainfall in the Wolaita zone, with minimum mean annual rainfall in 1997 and maximum rainfall in 2003. All but the Belg season had more negative seasonal anomalies than positive ones. The annual rainfall for each of the AEZs in different parts of the country ranged from one another; it was 969.03 mm in a southeast lowland AEZ and 1648.75 mm in the northwest highland AEZ. Rainfall was not uniformly distributed throughout the year and study area; the highland AEZs received more rainfall in the Belg and Kermit seasons than in the lowland seasons. In the ordinary kriging results, the extent of variability in the CV of the mean annual rainfall for each zone was identifiable. The southwest lowland AEZ produced a CV of 24.22% with a decrease in rainfall amounts, and the northeast highland AEZ produced a CV of 31.63% of the rainfall distribution amounts. This area includes lowland and highland AEZs of the northeastern part of the study area’s rainfall, which is moderately distributed by PCI. This information is helpful when attempting to associate development and cropping systems with temporal and spatial climatic patterns with respect to rainfall for agro-climatological activities and projects or flood regulatory measures.
Medicinal ethnoveterinary plants used for treating livestock ailments in the omo-gibe and rift valley basins of Ethiopia
Abenezer Wendimu, Elias Bojago, Yitbarek Abrham
BMC Veterinary Research, 2024
Determinants of adoption of urban agriculture (UA) as climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and its impact on food security: evidence from Wolaita Sodo city, South Ethiopia
Mamush Masha, Elias Bojago, Innocent Ngare
Discover Sustainability, 2024
GIS and remote sensing-based wildlife habitat suitability analysis for Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) at Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
Mamush Masha, Gemechu Tadila, Elias Bojago
Quaternary Science Advances, 2024
Quantifying forest degradation rates and their drivers in Alle district, southwestern Ethiopia: Implications for sustainable forest management practices
Mamush Masha, Elias Bojago, Mengie Belayneh, Gemechu Tadila, Alemayehu Abera
Geomatica, 2024
Effects of participatory forest management programs on Land use/land cover change and its Determinants in Alle District, southwest Ethiopia
Mamush Masha, Elias Bojago, Gemechu Tadila, Mengie Belayneh
Heliyon, 2024
The Effect of Different Rates of Farm Yard Manure Application on the Growth of Irish Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Production in Offa District, Southern Ethiopia
Yitbarek Abrham, Abrham Shumbulo, Elias Bojago
Agricultural Science Digest, 2024
GIS-based spatio-temporal analysis of rainfall trends under climate change in different agro-ecological zones of Wolaita zone, south Ethiopia
Elias Bojago, Ayele Tessema, Innocent Ngare
Heliyon, 2024
Adoption of community-based land rehabilitation programs (CBLRP) and its effect on livelihoods in Offa district, south Ethiopia
Bezabih Fanta, Zekarias Zemarku, Elias Bojago
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2024
Traditional ethnobotanical knowledge and ethnomedicinal use of plants in the Tropical Rift Valley of Ethiopia
Abenezer Wendimu, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign, Elias Bojago, Yitbarek Abrham
Heliyon, 2024
Determinants of agricultural knowledge and information usage to achieve SDGs: Misrak Badawacho district, Southern Ethiopia
Elias Maldayo, Marisennayya Senapathy, Elias Bojago
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2024
Determinants of smallholder farmers' adoption of agroforestry practices: Sodo Zuriya District, southern Ethiopia
Mathewos Tega, Elias Bojago
Agroforestry Systems, 2024
Day-Flying Lepidopteran Species Abundance, Diversity, and Distribution in Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia
Abenezer Wendimu, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign, Elias Bojago
Psyche Journal of Entomology, 2024
Evaluating soil erosion and determinants of farmers’ adoption of soil and water conservation measures in the Offa district, southern Ethiopia
Mamush Masha, Elias Bojago
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Effects of soil and water conservation practices and landscape position on soil physicochemical properties in Anuwa watershed, Southern Ethiopia
Elias Bojago, Mesele Woldemichael Delango, Daniel Milkias
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Assessing the impacts of soil and water conservation practices on soil physicochemical properties in contrasting slope landscapes of Southern Ethiopia
Mamush Masha, Elias Bojago, Mengie Belayneh
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Evaluating the impact of productive safety net program on rural household food security achievement: Endogenous switching regression modeling approach
Nuru Muhammed Mustafa, Fasiledes Fetene Asfaw, Emam Adem Endris, Elias Bojago
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Beef cattle fattening practices and marketing system in tropical highlands of Ethiopia
Abenezer Wendimu, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign, Elias Bojago, Zekarias Zemarku
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Impacts of land-use and topography on soil physicochemical properties in the Wamancho watershed, Southern Ethiopia
Mamush Masha, Mengie Belayneh, Elias Bojago, Silas Tadiwos, Amanuel Dessalegn
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Determinants of food insecurity and coping mechanisms in Offa district, Southern Ethiopia
Mamush Masha, Elias Bojago, Yitbarek Abrham, Dawit Leja, Mesele Woldemichael Delango
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Determinants of adoption and intensity of improved haricot bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) varieties: A Socio-agronomic study from southern Ethiopia
Moges Cholo, Senapathy Marisennayya, Elias Bojago, Dawit Leja, R.K. Divya
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Small-scale irrigation (SSI) farming as a climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practice and its influence on livelihood improvement in Offa District, Southern Ethiopia
Elias Bojago, Yitbarek Abrham
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
GIS based spatial-temporal distribution of water quality parameters and heavy metals in drinking water: Ecological and health modelling
Elias Bojago, Inderjeet Tyagi, Faheem Ahamad, Surendra Kumar Chandniha
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 2023
Household food security, determinants and coping strategies among small-scale farmers in Kedida Gamela district, Southern Ethiopia
Girma Woleba, Temesgen Tadiwos, Elias Bojago, Marisennayya Senapathy
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
An analysis of rural farmers' livelihood sustainability in Offa district, Southern Ethiopia
Robel Orsango, D. Sundaraa Rajan, Marisennayya Senapathy, Elias Bojago
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
ICP_OES determination of essential, trace essential, and non-essential elements in the anatomical parts of medicinal herb (Pentas Schimperiana) grown in Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia
Tsegaye Bojago Dado, Camerun Kastro, Yeshanew Fikire, Kusie Gudishe, Elias Bojago
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Status of household food security, its determinants, and coping strategies in the Humbo district, Southern Ethiopia
Adane Bahiru, M. Senapathy, Elias Bojago
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Rural household resilience to food insecurity and its determinants: Damot Pulasa district, Southern Ethiopia
Fikru Beyene, Marisennayya Senapathy, Elias Bojago, Temesgen Tadiwos
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Farmer's Perceptions of Agroforestry Practices, Contributions to Rural Household Farm Income, and Their Determinants in Sodo Zuria District, Southern Ethiopia
Mathewos Tega, Elias Bojago
International Journal of Forestry Research, 2023
Factors Affecting the Competence Level of Agricultural Extension Agents: A Comprehensive Analysis of Core Competencies in Northwestern Ethiopia
Yosef Getahun Aregaw, Emam Adem Endris, Elias Bojago
Education Research International, 2023
Practices of ethnoveterinary medicine and ethnobotanical knowledge of plants used to treat livestock diseases, Wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia
Abenezer Wendimu, Elias Bojago, Yitbarek Abrham, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign
Cogent Food and Agriculture, 2023
Determinants of Adoption of Improved Dairy Technologies: The Case of Offa Woreda, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Zekarias Zemarku, Marisennayya Senapathy, Elias Bojago
Advances in Agriculture, 2022
Determinants of Member Participation in Activities of Multipurpose Primary Cooperatives: The Case of Kindo Koysha District, Southern Ethiopia
Hiskeal Hando, Marisennayya Senapathy, Elias Bojago
Advances in Agriculture, 2022
Assessment of the Effectiveness of Biophysical Soil and Water Conservation Structures: A Case Study of Offa Woreda, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia
Elias Bojago, Marisennayya Senapathy, Innocent Ngare, Tsegeye Bojago Dado
Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2022
Determinants of Small-Scale Irrigation Use for Poverty Reduction: The Case of Offa Woreda, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Zekarias Zemarku, Mulumels Abrham, Elias Bojago, Tsegeye Bojago Dado
Advances in Agriculture, 2022
Adoption of Modern Hive Beekeeping Technology: The Case of Kacha-Birra Woreda, Kembata Tembaro Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Akililu Mulatu, Senapathy Marisennayya, Elias Bojago
Advances in Agriculture, 2021

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