American Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Academic world has largely neglected the prospects and challenges that urbanization has been potentially posed on the livelihood of farming community living adjacent to urban. A number of studies indicated that urbanization causes both prospects and challenges in the area where the urbanization process is taking place. However, the prospects and challenges of the urbanization up on farming community living adjacent to the urban are basically missing. The emprical studies indicated that urbanization process cause upsides and downsides not only within urban perse but also on the its peripheries. This study dedicates to study the prospects and challenges of urbanization on the farming community surrounding Finfinne with particular emphasis on livelihood. The paper employs both quantitative and qualitative research method to investigate the livelihood scenario or prospects and challenges of peri-urbanization process. The baseline finding revealed that living condition of the farming community were secured and stable. However, unchecked urbanization with alarming rate induced impacts on the overall living patterns of the farming community. Accordingly, living condition have been deteriorated. The growing land dispossession accompanied by inadequate and ineffective compensation packages caused impoverishment though urbanization brought up alternative livelihood strategies. This indicates that all the necessary care should be given not to evict the community haphazardly rather due attention should be given to the community’s preferences where to live and how to live. In addition, the government should subsidize the peri-urban farmers so as to empower them in order to compete in the market and utilise its opportunities. For instance, the government can provide them awareness on the know-how of business plan and entrepreneurship skills.