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1 Abebe, W. B.; McCartney, Matthew; Douven, W. J. A. M.; Leentvaar, J. 2008. Environmental impact assessment follow-up in the Koga Irrigation Project, Ethiopia. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.3. Water benefits sharing for poverty alleviation and conflict management; Drivers and processes of change. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.52-55.
Irrigation programs ; Watershed management ; Environmental impact assessment ; Development projects ; Project evaluation ; Farmer participation ; Social participation / Ethiopia / Koga Irrigation Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041679)
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2 Haileslassie, A.; Hagos, Fitsum; Mapedza, Everisto; Sadoff, Claudia W.; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Gebreselassie, S.; Peden, D. 2008. Institutional settings and livelihood strategies in the Blue Nile Basin: implications for upstream/downstream linkages. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 75p. (IWMI Working Paper 132) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.313]
River basins ; Water policy ; Institutions ; Institutional development ; Farming systems ; Mixed farming ; Cereals ; Sorghum ; Irrigated farming ; Vegetables ; Pastoralism ; Poverty ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Labor ; Ecosystems ; Energy ; Water power ; Watershed management ; Water harvesting ; Legal aspects ; Environmental policy ; Water user associations ; Irrigation programs / Africa / Ethiopia / Sudan / Egypt / Blue Nile River Basin / Koga Irrigation Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G100 HAI Record No: H041835)
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Through rapid assessment of existing literature and review of policy and other official documents, the report synthesizes the existing knowledge and gaps on policies and institutions and identifies key research issues that need in-depth study. The report provides an overview of the range of key livelihoods and production systems in the Blue Nile Basin (BNB) and highlights their relative dependence on, and vulnerability to, water resources and water-related ecosystem services. It also makes an inventory of current water and land related policies and institutions in the BNB, their organizational arrangements, dynamics and linkages and key policy premises. It highlights the major problems in institutional arrangements and policy gaps and makes suggestions for an in-depth Policy and Institutional Studies to be done as part of the Upstream-Downstream Research project.
3 Mekonnen, A.; Gebreegziabher, Z.; Beyene, A. D.; Hagos, Fitsum. 2020. Valuation of access to irrigation water in rural Ethiopia: application of choice experiment and contingent valuation methods. Water Economics and Policy, 6(1):1-26. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1142/S2382624X19500073]
Irrigation water ; Water availability ; Contingent valuation ; Rural areas ; Water pricing ; Willingness to pay ; Estimation ; Irrigation schemes ; Irrigation programs ; Seasonal cropping ; Water use ; Farmers ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Models / Ethiopia / Koga Irrigation Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049466)
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Smallholder farmers in Africa rely heavily on rainfed agriculture. Those who have access to irrigation often receive it at no charge, but quantity, frequency and reliability may be limited without adequate revenue for maintenance and operation. Moreover, the absence of fees means that there are no pricing signals to encourage conservation of this scarce resource. In a situation where farmers do not pay for irrigation water use, this study investigates demand-side issues by eliciting farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for access to irrigation water. This study employs choice experiment (CE) and contingent valuation methods (CVMs) to value access to irrigation water, taking Ethiopia as a case in point. Unlike previous studies, this study covers current users and non-users of irrigation water using the same baseline (status quo) conditions — no irrigation — and compares the preferences of these two groups. The four attributes identified in the CE are number of crop seasons, frequency of watering in a season, crop type, and payment level. Results show that marginal WTP was Birr 17.7 (US$ 0.98), 261.8 (US$ 14.54) and 87.6 (US$ 4.87) for number of crop seasons, watering frequency in a season and crop type, respectively. Our estimates of farmers’ WTP for operation and maintenance of irrigation schemes per hectare of irrigated land range from Birr 738 (US$ 41.00) (from the CE) to Birr 784 (US$ 43.56) (from the CVM). We also find that, compared to current users, non-users were willing to pay more in general, as well as for the number of crop seasons specifically.
4 Khadim, F. K.; Bagtzoglou, A. C.; Dokou, Z.; Anagnostou, E. 2023. A socio-hydrological investigation with groundwater models to assess farmer’s perception on water management fairness. Journal of Hydrology, 620(Part B):129481. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129481]
Hydrological modelling ; Groundwater ; Farmers ; Water management ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation water ; Precipitation ; Soil moisture ; Villages ; Communities / Ethiopia / Amhara region / Koga Reservoir / Koga Irrigation Project / Kudmi Kebele / Mecha Woreda / Quashni Irrigation Project / Gayta Kebele / Dangishta Woreda / Gilgel-Abay River / Lake Tana / Upper Blue Nile River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051906)
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Water management in the Upper Blue Nile (UBN) region of Ethiopia often entails fragmented efforts to supplement rainfed agriculture with surface water and reservoir-based irrigation schemes. On top of the broader climate change, drought and water food insecurity issues, the irrigation managers inability to accommodate farmer perceptions into sophisticated designs for resource utilization creates a fragile system from the root level. Driven by this, the objective of this research is to carry out a socio-hydrological investigation to highlight how hydrological models can be used to map farmers’ perception on irrigation water adequacy and water management fairness. The study uses predictions from a calibrated MODFLOW-NWT groundwater (GW) model in two irrigated communities of Ethiopia, namely, the Koga Reservoir (‘closed’ community) and the Quashni River (‘open’ community) irrigation project areas. Farmer perceptions were studied through detailed household surveys (n = 172 households), which were then statistically analyzed through logistic regression models under different sociological conjectures. The socio-hydrological investigation revealed that the local GW models were in good agreement with farmers’ raw perception on irrigation water adequacy, and the fairness of irrigation management. Findings from this research would help advance our understanding in socio-hydrological feedback of complex irrigation structures, as well as underscoring key sociological constraints of irrigation development in emerging communities.
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