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1 Makombe, Godswill; Kelemework, D.; Aredo, D. 2007. A comparative analysis of rainfed and irrigated agricultural production in Ethiopia. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 21:35-44.
Irrigation programs ; Irrigated farming ; Rainfed farming ; Productivity ; Analysis ; Food security ; Food aid ; Data collection ; Statistical methods ; Households / Ethiopia / Rift Valley / Doni / Batu Degaga / Godino
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 338.1 G136 MAK Record No: H040784)
Ethiopia’s economy is dependent on agriculture which contributes more than 50% to GDP, about 60% to foreign exchange earning and provides livelihood to more than 85% of the population. Ethiopia has a large potential of water resources that could be developed for irrigation. Despite the large water resources, Ethiopia continues to receive food aid to about 10% of the population who are at risk annually, out of a total of more than 67 million. The government of Ethiopia is committed to solving this paradox through an agricultural led development program that includes irrigation development as one of the strategies. This paper compares rainfed and irrigated agricultural production in Ethiopia. Using the stochastic production frontier approach, the study concludes that irrigation development in Ethiopia is a viable development strategy but attention needs to be paid to improving the technology available to farmers under both rainfed and irrigated production.
2 Kelemework, D.. 2008. A comparative analysis of the technical efficiency of irrigated and rainfed agriculture: a case of Awash and Rift valleys of Ethiopia. In Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Loulseged, Makonnen; Yilma, Aster Denekew (Comps.). Impact of irrigation on poverty and environment in Ethiopia: draft proceedings of the symposium and exhibition, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27-29 November 2007. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.193-209.
Irrigated farming ; Rainfed farming ; River basins ; Irrigation programs ; Small scale systems / Ethiopia / Awash Valley / Rift Valley / Batu Degaga Irrigation Project / Godino Irrigation Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044137)
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Ethiopia’s economy is heavily dependent on the agricultural sector, which contributes 45% of the GDP, providing livelihood for 85% of the population and accounting for 60% of the foreign exchange earning. Ethiopia, one of the poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, has been repeatedly hit by drought resulting in famine and the loss of life of thousands of its rural citizens. The country’s agriculture mainly depends on rain fed peasant farming which accounts for 96% of the food produced in the country. On the other hand, it is estimated that the major river basins of the country can irrigate about 3.5 million-hectare of land and at present only about 161,010 ha or 4.6% is irrigated around the major river basins. Though the expansion and better utilization of this irrigation potential is unattested, the production efficiency of the existing irrigation systems also needs attention. This paper compares the technical efficiency of rainfed and irrigated agricultural production in Ethiopia. Using the stochastic production frontier approach, the study concludes that the existing irrigation systems are not that efficient and there is a need to make them operate near their production frontier. The production frontiers of both irrigated and rainfed agriculture is estimated along with the technical efficiency of each farmer in both groups and the two groups are compared in relation to their respective frontiers. The marginal and average productivities of the important factors of production is also calculated and compared.
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