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1 Abdurahman, M. A.; Mohn, R.; Coldewey, W. G.; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Werner, J.; Kruse, B.; Klemm, O. 2008. Calibration of run-off coefficients considering different rainfall and run-off events and seasonal flows: case study for Laelay Wukro and GumSelassa watersheds. Paper presented at the Second Nile Development Forum, Khartoum, Sudan, 17-19 November 2008. 12p.
Water potential ; Rainfall-runoff relationships ; Watersheds ; Reservoirs ; Dams ; Irrigation programs ; Case studies / Ethiopia / Tigray Region / Laelay Wukro Watershed / GumSelassa Watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041751)
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2 Guma, D. 2004. The socio-cultural aspect of irrigation management: the case of two community-based small-scale irrigation schemes in the upper Tekeze Basin, Tigray region. Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies of Addis Ababa University as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Regional and Local Development Studies (RLDS) 150p.
Irrigation management ; Communal irrigation systems ; Maintenance ; Households ; Women ; Water allocation ; Water distribution ; Decision making ; Dams ; Crop management ; Social aspects ; Labor / Ethiopia / Tigray region / Tekeze River Basin / Gum Selasa Irrigation System / Mai-Nigus Micro-Dam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042981)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/assessment/files/pdf/phdthesis/mscthesisdaroutguma.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042981.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042981.pdf
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This study attempted to find out irrigation management problems in two community-based small-scale irrigation projects of government intervention in the Upper Tekeze Basin. The analytical frame of the study was based on the definition of irrigation in the organizational sense. The central arguments of the research are that irrigators should not be taken as passive recipients of external intervention as to simply follow pre-planned and laid-down rules, and that irrigation technologies are socially constructed, have social requirements for use and social effects. The objectives of the study were to identify irrigation activities that are associated with problems in irrigation management performance; and to find out socio-cultural contexts that entail management problems in irrigation activities. Secondary data review, key informant interview, focus group discussion and household interview survey were used as methods of data collection. The data were collected in two stages - reconnaissance and second round visit to the study area. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used for the data analysis. Readily quantifiable data (most of the information from the close-ended questions of the survey questionnaire) were entered into the SPSS program, and the output was seen using tabulation and cross tabulation with values of percentage. Most information from key informant interviews, focus group discussions and openended questions were analyzed by using qualitative description. The major findings are the following: Irrigation activities associated with major problems in managing the socio-cultural issues in the two study schemes are operation, maintenance, water allocation, water distribution, decision-making and conflict management whereas socio-cultural contexts entailing management problems in irrigation activities are land rights, labour shortage linked with gender of household heads and religion, shortage and inappropriate usage of supporting services, problems in input and output market, and local institutions.
3 Abdurahman, M. A. 2009. Assessment of micro-dam irrigation projects and runoff predictions for ungauged catchments in northern Ethiopia. Thesis. Munster, Germany: University of Muenster. 176p.
Water resources ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation development ; Microirrigation ; Irrigation programs ; Dams ; Rain ; Runoff ; Catchment areas ; Assessment ; Reservoirs ; Watersheds ; Agricultural extension ; Models ; Calibration ; Sensitivity analysis ; Uncertainty ; Analytical methods ; Evapotranspiration ; Water balance ; GIS ; Soils ; Land use ; Land cover / Northern Ethiopia / Tigray Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044924)
http://miami.uni-muenster.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-5275/diss_abdurahman.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044924.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044924.pdf
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4 Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.) 2014. The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. 489p. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Water security ; Food security ; Food production ; Food supply ; Energy conservation ; Agriculture ; Periurban areas ; Urban areas ; Urbanization ; Rural areas ; Hydrological cycle ; Models ; Sustainable development ; Social aspects ; Water footprint ; Water supply ; Water use ; Water demand ; Water availability ; Catchment areas ; Solar energy ; Carbon cycle ; Sanitation ; Health hazards ; Malnutrition ; Milk production ; Decentralization ; Wastewater management ; Wastewater treatment ; Excreta ; Waste treatment ; Nutrients ; Horticulture ; Labour mobility ; Climate change ; Knowledge management ; Greenhouse gases ; Emission reduction ; Land use ; Biodiversity ; Case studies / India / Australia / Ghana / Iran / West Africa / Ethiopia / Uganda / Africa South of Sahara / Senegal / Bangladesh / Melbourne / Tamale / Shiraz / Sydney / Addis Ababa / Accra / Hyderabad / Kampala / Dakar / Dhaka / Udaipur / Bharatpur / Tigray Region / Rajasthan / Rajsamand District / South Creek Catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI, e-copy SF Record No: H046685)
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5 Erkossa, Teklu; Hagos, Fitsum; Lefore, Nicole. 2014. Proceedings of the Workshop on Flood-based Farming for Food Security and Adaption to Climate Change in Ethiopia: Potential and Challenges, Adama, Ethiopia, 30-31 October 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 178p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.233]
Flood water ; Flood irrigation ; Food security ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Irrigation schemes ; Irrigation systems ; Spate irrigation ; Livestock products ; Crop production ; Siltation ; Arid zones ; Semiarid zones ; Community involvement ; Water rights ; Water resources ; Water harvesting ; Water use ; Land rights ; Poverty ; Households ; Living standards ; Nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Drought ; Farmers ; Indicators ; Sedimentation ; Canals ; Discharges ; Models ; Surface runoff ; Calibration ; Rainfed farming ; Agriculture ; Technology transfer / Africa / Ethiopia / Africa South of Sahara / Oromia Region / Tigray Region / Keleta River / Boru River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046909)
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6 Erkossa, Teklu; Langan, Simon J.; Hagos, Fitsum. 2014. Constraints to the development, operation and maintenance of spate irrigation schemes in Ethiopia. In Erkossa, Teklu; Hagos, Fitsum; Lefore, Nicole. (Eds.). 2014. Proceedings of the Workshop on Flood-based Farming for Food Security and Adaption to Climate Change in Ethiopia: Potential and Challenges, Adama, Ethiopia, 30-31 October 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.5-22.
Irrigation schemes ; Spate irrigation ; Flood irrigation ; Traditional farming ; Livestock production ; Crop production ; Arid lands ; Semiarid zones ; Community involvement ; Sedimentation ; Smallholders ; Farmers / Ethiopia / Africa South of Sahara / Oromia Region / Tigray Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046925)
Flood-based farming is among the potential options in ensuring access to water for crop and livestock production for small-scale farmers in the arid and semiarid lowlands of sub-Saharan Africa, and Ethiopia in particular. Flood-based irrigation while inexpensive is rooted in tradition in many rural communities which is in contrast to many other irrigation types which are unavailable (in terms of water source, technology or capacity) or are costly to develop. Spate irrigation has been practiced in different parts of Ethiopia for many decades, but it was only recently that it gained the government’s attention. This study was conducted through a review and informal discussion with the objectives of documenting the current status, trends and prospects of spate irrigation in the country and the associated challenges, taking cases of selected schemes in different regional states. The study revealed that spate irrigation is expanding either through improvement of traditional schemes or by developing new ones. Neither the traditional nor modern schemes are free of challenges. The traditional schemes suffer from floods that damage their diversion structures, while poor design and construction of diversion structures have led to the failure of new ones. A range of socio-technical improvements in the planning, implementation and operation of schemes is proposed, including the design of headworks and canals consistent with the size and nature of expected flows, structures to minimize sedimentation, building capacity of farmers and district officers, and monitoring and improving the management that currently adversely impacts the performance of the schemes. Consulting farmers at every stage of the development, and building the capacity of engineers to deal with the unique nature of spate flows are the most likely interventions to ensure successful agricultural production using spate irrigation.
7 Hagos, Fitsum; Erkossa, Teklu; Lefore, Nicole; Langan, Simon. 2014. Spate irrigation and poverty in Ethiopia. In Erkossa, Teklu; Hagos, Fitsum; Lefore, Nicole. (Eds.). 2014. Proceedings of the Workshop on Flood-based Farming for Food Security and Adaption to Climate Change in Ethiopia: Potential and Challenges, Adama, Ethiopia, 30-31 October 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.43-52.
Irrigation schemes ; Spate irrigation ; Traditional farming ; Poverty ; Arid zones ; Households ; Income / Ethiopia / Africa / Oromia Region / Tigray Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046926)
The study examined whether the use of spate irrigation in drought-prone areas of Ethiopia reduced poverty. Each of about 25 users of indigenous and modern spate irrigation schemes and an equal number of corresponding nonusers from the same peasant associations in Oromia and Tigray regional states were interviewed. The survey found that the poverty level of the spate irrigation users was significantly lower than that of the nonusers in terms incidence, depth and severity. Access to improved spate irrigation has led to reduced poverty, measured by all poverty indices, compared to traditional spate. Finally, the dominance test showed that the poverty comparison between users and nonusers was robust. From the study, it can be concluded that the use of spate irrigation in areas where access to other alternative water sources is limited, either by physical availability or by economic constraints, can significantly contribute to poverty reduction, and that modernizing the spate system strengthens the impact.
8 Zeweld, W.; van Huylenbroeck, G.; Hidgot, A.; Chandrakanth, M. G.; Speelman, S. 2015. Adoption of small-scale irrigation and its livelihood impacts in northern Ethiopia. Irrigation and Drainage, 64(5):655-668. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.1938]
Irrigation schemes ; Small scale farming ; Households ; Living standards ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Socioeconomic environment ; Participation ; Rural areas / Northern Ethiopia / Tigray Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047407)
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The potential of smallholder-irrigated agriculture to enhance food security and improve livelihoods has led the government of Ethiopia to invest significantly in irrigation establishment. This article aims to investigate the impact of small-scale irrigation on households’ livelihood. To deal with the problems of purposive targeting and self-selection which are likely to occur for this type of intervention, we use a sophisticated econometric technique called ‘propensity score matching’ to study this impact. Our findings confirm the presence of a statistically significant difference in income, overall expenditure, asset accumulation and expenditures on agricultural inputs between the treated and control households. In contrast, no statistically significant differences in livestock resources, food consumption, and expenditure on education and health were found. Furthermore, the proportion of poor is respectively 20 and 30% for the treated and control households. So, overall it can be concluded that participation in the small-scale irrigation has robust and positive effect on most of the livelihood indices and that an expansion of irrigation schemes is a good strategy in the water-stressed and drought-prone areas of Ethiopia.
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