American Research Journal of History and Culture

This review primarily focuses on ‘Environmental Dynamics and its impact on Agricultural Sustainability in some vulnerable areas of Ethiopia since 1900’s’. The Significance of this study is to review and provide a summary of existing works of several authors and their perspectives on the environmental changing aspect over periods and the impact of the environment on human livelihood. To understand the problem of environmental change over periods, it is better to have historical knowledge through studying human impact on the environment and environmental impact on human livelihood. The data in this review consisted of both primary and secondary sources. Primary sources are obtained from concerned informants who have direct relationships with agriculture and the environments. Secondary sources in this study also consisted of both published and unpublished data from several disciplines related to environmental history. Collected data would be described, expressed and articulated qualitatively. All the data would be reviewed carefully and interpreted accordingly. The findings of the study revealed that different man-made and natural factors could be attributed to changes in the physical environment. In the past, it seems that only small efforts have been made up to date with the Environmental concern in Ethiopia. As a result, environmental degradation is responsible for the socioeconomic impacts of human livelihood. Today the government has been giving significant value to environmental conservation and management. The government attempts to address the environmental challenges that the country has been facing and suggests possible solutions to overcome, and hence move towards more sustainable development. Therefore, this review could be considered as a stepping stone for environmentalists and policy planners in making any particular policies and strategies in environmental impact management in Ethiopia.