In the agroforestry based conservation tillage system, animal plowing using traditional Maresha is difficult to apply. Thus, farmers use small hand equipments like hand hoe for land preparation. They also leave weedy herbaceous in the fields with the objectives of mulching and addition of organic matter in to the soil system. Therefore, nutrient cycling and soil protection from erosive forces and inducing rainwater to percolate in to the soil profile become the possible advantages derived from the system. In addition, the local farmers have been planting tree species like Millettia ferruginea, Ficus vasta and Erythrina abyssinica, for soil amelioration