Social and Environmental Implication of Floriculture: Stakeholder perception analysis at Ziway area

Floriculture industry is a new agro industry activity in Ethiopia. This industry is expanding since the last five years in Ethiopia. This expansion and growth of the industry magnified the economic significance, but the social and environmental implication of the sector was not given due attention even though the sector was still blamed for some of its social and environmental shortcoming. Thus, this study examined the social and environmental implication of floriculture through its main objective of assessing and analyzing the perception of different stakeholders on floriculture development in the study area. Among issues negatively perceived by most of the stakeholders were: water and soil pollution, absence of workers health and occupational safety, impact on water resource utilization and workers right abuse. Less attention is given to the environmental and social implication of floriculture industries by the government and these situations might have their own contribution to bold the negative perceptions and/or implications on the sector. And also contributed for the less endeavors taken by floriculture industries to minimize the negative social and environmental impacts the