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1 Deneke, T. T.; Mapedza, Everisto; Amede, Tilahun. 2011. Institutional implications of governance of local common pool resources on livestock water productivity in Ethiopia. Experimental Agriculture, 47(Supplement S1):99-111. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479710000864]
Livestock ; Water productivity ; Collective ownership ; Water resources ; Governance ; Water user associations ; Ponds ; Wells ; Pumping ; Grazing lands ; Villages / Ethiopia / Amhara Regional State / Lenche Dima / Kuhar Michael
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043517)
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Improving water productivity depends on how local communal water and grazing resources are governed. This involves institutional and organizational issues. In the mixed farming systems of the Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, non-participatory water users’ associations, neglect of traditional water rights, corruption, village power relations, inequitable allocation of irrigated land and free-grazing practice impact the governance of local common pool resources (CPR). Indigenous governance structures for CPR such as the kire are participatory and effective in terms of rule enforcement. Externally initiated governance structures lack acceptance by farmers and sufficient support from local government. In order to improve water productivity in the mixed farming systems, institutional deficiencies need attention and existing indigenous governance structures require recognition and support.
2 Eguavoen, I.; Derib, S. D.; Deneke, T. T.; McCartney, Matthew; Otto, B. A.; Billa, S. S. 2011. Digging, damming or diverting? Small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Bonn, Germany: Center for Development Research (ZEF). 31p. (ZEF Working Paper Series 84)
Irrigation systems ; Small scale systems ; Irrigation schemes ; Irrigation scheduling ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; River basins ; Dams ; Wells ; Ponds ; Social aspects ; Climate change ; Land use ; Land cover ; Water allocation ; Water user associations ; Agricultural production ; Conflict ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Gender / Ethiopia / Fogera Plains / Blue Nile River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044597)
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The diversity of small-scale irrigation on the Fogera plains, in the Ethiopian Blue Nile river basin, includes small dams, hand-dug wells, ponds and river diversion systems. These facilities, however, receive little political attention in negotiations over Nile resources, which focus primarily on large dams. Nevertheless, they are important in relation to their impact on local livelihoods, as well as their potential to contribute to adaptive capacity in the light of anticipated climate change. The diversity of irrigation infrastructure is partly a consequence of the topographic heterogeneity of the plains, as well as a range of other biophysical factors. Communities within the region cope with similar social-political conditions, the same administrative framework and similar access to markets, yet facilities are still acquired, used and managed differently. Production systems as well as the social dynamics accompanying them are far from homogeneous, though, which calls for critical evaluation, especially as small scale irrigation is managed by beneficiaries; a policy paradigm just starting to be implemented for large dams in Ethiopia. The article also discusses the impact of large dams on the hydrological regime of the plains, as well as the possible impact of anticipated climate change.
3 Eguavoen, I.; Derib, S. D.; Deneke, T. T.; McCartney, Matthew; Otto, B. A.; Billa, S. S. 2012. Digging, damming or diverting?: small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Water Alternatives, 5(3):678-699.
Small scale systems ; Irrigation schemes ; Irrigation scheduling ; River basins ; Water storage ; Water rights ; Land rights ; Land use ; Dams ; Wells ; Ponds ; Plains ; Case studies ; Water user associations ; Water allocation ; Agricultural production ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Gender / Ethiopia / Blue Nile Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045113)
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045113.pdf
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The diversity of small-scale irrigation in the Ethiopian Blue Nile basin comprises small dams, wells, ponds and river diversion. The diversity of irrigation infrastructure is partly a consequence of the topographic heterogeneity of the Fogera plains. Despite similar social-political conditions and the same administrative framework, irrigation facilities are established, used and managed differently, ranging from informal arrangements of households and 'water fathers' to water user associations, as well as from open access to irrigation schedules. Fogera belongs to Ethiopian landscapes that will soon transform as a consequence of large dams and huge irrigation schemes. Property rights to land and water are negotiated among a variety of old and new actors. This study, based on ethnographic, hydrological and survey data, synthesises four case studies to analyse the current state of small-scale irrigation. It argues that all water storage options have not only certain comparative advantages but also social constraints, and supports a policy of extending water storage 'systems' that combine and build on complementarities of different storage types instead of fully replacing diversity by large dams.
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