Villages   Reason of encroachment (%) Construction of new huts (%) 
  Reclaim old ancestral land Farmland scarcity        Grazing land Acquire new productive land     Support Oppose
Galeef Qello       54.39     15.79   17.54 12.28      21.05     78.95   
Daka     12.86      60 21.43  5.71       27.14     72.86   
Shalla Billa 67.27      10    11.82 10.91    24.54     75.46
Desta Abijata      11.38      65.86   14.63 8.13       29.27     70.73
Average 36.48     37.91 16.35 9.26       25.5 74.5
Table 4: Causes of respondents to settle in the Park and their views on the construction of new huts in the Park.