Urban Expansion and Its Impacts on the Life of Expropriated Farmers in the Outskirts of Nifas Silk Sub-City, Addis Ababa

Abstract

The objective of this research is to investigate how expropriating farmers due to nearby urban
sprawl affects their income and expenses. To determine the association between expropriated and
non-expropriated responses and income and expense, a literature study and empirical analysis
were conducted. Also, the effects of expropriating farming lands and metrics for gauging these
consequences were explored. A thorough questionnaire survey was conducted to identify the expropriated farmers and evaluate the average income and expense in both the treated and control
groups. A total of 208 data points was obtained, of which 101 came from control subjects and 109
from treated ones. Both descriptive and propensity score matching are used to analyze the data
and the relationship. Expropriated (treated) respondents' average monthly expenditure has risen.
However, the average monthly income of expropriated farmers did not show a significant difference because, even after receiving compensation, they were unable to use it properly and were
forced to engage in unskilled and labor work in cities to generate income because they were unable
to see alternative profitable businesses. Based on the findings, scaling up to resettle those expropriated farmers in other farming areas to continue their farming in the well-studied area and giving them essential training when they engage in city life and non-farming activities about how they
generate income and how they should spend their money properly to avoid being extravagant, as
well as the government or the concerned body giving attention to a policy of vertical urban development that helps to minimize the expropriation of farmers, are also recommended.