_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: liuxl@gsau.edu.cn; Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology 12(4): 33-41, 2020; Article no.AJEE.56802 ISSN: 2456-690X Farmers Characteristics in Relation to Soil and Water Conservation: The Case of Yongdeng County, China Samuel Adingo 1 , Xiaodan Li 2 , Liu Xue-Lu 3* and Frederick Kwame Yeboah 4 1 College of Forestry, Gansu Agricultural University, China. 2 School of Management, Gansu Agricultural University, China. 3 College of Resources, Gansu Agricultural University, China. 4 Department of Finance and Economics, Gansu Agricultural University, China. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Authors LXL and SA designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors XL and FKY managed the analyses of the study. Author LXL managed the literature searches. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/AJEE/2020/v12i430166 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Sarfraz Has, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan. Reviewers: (1) Aba-Toumnou Lucie, University of Bangui, Central African Republic. (2) Fahrul Zaman Huyop, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/56802 Received 08 March 2020 Accepted 12 May 2020 Published 04 June 2020 ABSTRACT Many soil and water conservation technologies have been promoted and spread to encourage the sustainable use of resources by small-scale farmers, but soil degradation continues intensively. The objective of this study therefore, was to identify the measures of Soil and Water Conservation, the factors that inform the adoption and use Soil and Water Conservation measures and evaluate the limitations to realize and maintain of these conservation practices. This study was done in Yongdeng County which falls under the governance of the city-level prefecture of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province. One hundred farmers were randomly selected. Primary data was obtained through interviews and group discussion with farmers, and agricultural extension workers and field survey. The results revealed that the level of education and farm size did not affect the use of SWC measures. Unlike formal education, membership of the group of farmers was significant and had positive correlation with SWC measures. SWC education and training was significant and had a positive impact on the use of SWC measures. The study found that SWC Case Study