The Ethiopian government attempts to improve the situation with efforts that are not sustainable in the future. Their efforts are based in short term solutions such as supplying fertilizers and seeds to the farmers, but without sufficient knowledge transfer. Also, the farmers are receiving inefficient support from the extension service due to a lack of institutional capacity and ineffective communication between the stakeholders. In order to improve crop yield productivity in the Amhara region, we recommend to implement long-term sustainable strategies to reduce land degradation and increase crop yields in order to assure a proper nutrition and income generation for the farmers in the region. This long term solutions have to be sustainable and requires integrate the following aspects: