Irrigation schemes in Ethiopia’s Awash River Basin: An examination of physical, knowledge, and governance infrastructures
Using a representative sample of irrigation schemes, the study documents the physical, knowledge, and governance infrastructures of irrigation schemes in Ethiopia’s most intensively used river basin, the Awash. The findings show that about 20 percent of the equipped area of irrigation schemes in the...
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| author | Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Yimam, Seid Arega, Tiruwork Alemu, Tekie Gonfa, Kidist H. Ringler, Claudia |
| author_browse | Alemu, Tekie Arega, Tiruwork Gonfa, Kidist H. Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Ringler, Claudia Yimam, Seid |
| author_facet | Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Yimam, Seid Arega, Tiruwork Alemu, Tekie Gonfa, Kidist H. Ringler, Claudia |
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| description | Using a representative sample of irrigation schemes, the study documents the physical, knowledge, and governance infrastructures of irrigation schemes in Ethiopia’s most intensively used river basin, the Awash. The findings show that about 20 percent of the equipped area of irrigation schemes in the basin is not being irrigated, while the number of actual beneficiaries on average exceeds the number of planned beneficiaries. The results also show significant knowledge gaps among irrigation scheme managers, extension agents, and leaders of water users’ associations (WUAs): 96 percent of them do not know the total water withdrawals or the irrigation water requirement per season. About 14 percent of the surveyed irrigation schemes have neither traditional water committees nor WUAs, and only 21 percent are organized in legally registered WUAs despite a substantial number of identified benefits of these organizations. Moreover, only 58 out of 489 irrigation schemes have women committee members. Many schemes lack a clear strategy for covering maintenance costs: almost 40 percent of schemes collect contributions from members only when the system fails, while 17 percent report no contributions for maintenance at all suggesting considerable risk of system deterioration and failure. The results challenge some of the assumptions about irrigation infrastructure in Ethiopia and confirm and quantify other assumptions in the literature. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1582002025-12-08T09:54:28Z Irrigation schemes in Ethiopia’s Awash River Basin: An examination of physical, knowledge, and governance infrastructures Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Yimam, Seid Arega, Tiruwork Alemu, Tekie Gonfa, Kidist H. Ringler, Claudia irrigation schemes infrastructure Awash River river basins advisory officers water user associations women Using a representative sample of irrigation schemes, the study documents the physical, knowledge, and governance infrastructures of irrigation schemes in Ethiopia’s most intensively used river basin, the Awash. The findings show that about 20 percent of the equipped area of irrigation schemes in the basin is not being irrigated, while the number of actual beneficiaries on average exceeds the number of planned beneficiaries. The results also show significant knowledge gaps among irrigation scheme managers, extension agents, and leaders of water users’ associations (WUAs): 96 percent of them do not know the total water withdrawals or the irrigation water requirement per season. About 14 percent of the surveyed irrigation schemes have neither traditional water committees nor WUAs, and only 21 percent are organized in legally registered WUAs despite a substantial number of identified benefits of these organizations. Moreover, only 58 out of 489 irrigation schemes have women committee members. Many schemes lack a clear strategy for covering maintenance costs: almost 40 percent of schemes collect contributions from members only when the system fails, while 17 percent report no contributions for maintenance at all suggesting considerable risk of system deterioration and failure. The results challenge some of the assumptions about irrigation infrastructure in Ethiopia and confirm and quantify other assumptions in the literature. 2024-10-28 2024-10-28T18:07:03Z 2024-10-28T18:07:03Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158200 en https://www.cgiar.org/research/tool/awash-online-irrigation-dashboard/ https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139780 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Mekonnen, Dawit K.; Yimam, Seid; Arega, Tiruwork; Alemu, Tekie; Gonfa, Kidist H.; and Ringler, Claudia. 2024. Irrigation schemes in Ethiopia’s Awash River Basin: An examination of physical, knowledge, and governance infrastructures. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2287. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158200 |
| spellingShingle | irrigation schemes infrastructure Awash River river basins advisory officers water user associations women Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Yimam, Seid Arega, Tiruwork Alemu, Tekie Gonfa, Kidist H. Ringler, Claudia Irrigation schemes in Ethiopia’s Awash River Basin: An examination of physical, knowledge, and governance infrastructures |
| title | Irrigation schemes in Ethiopia’s Awash River Basin: An examination of physical, knowledge, and governance infrastructures |
| title_full | Irrigation schemes in Ethiopia’s Awash River Basin: An examination of physical, knowledge, and governance infrastructures |
| title_fullStr | Irrigation schemes in Ethiopia’s Awash River Basin: An examination of physical, knowledge, and governance infrastructures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Irrigation schemes in Ethiopia’s Awash River Basin: An examination of physical, knowledge, and governance infrastructures |
| title_short | Irrigation schemes in Ethiopia’s Awash River Basin: An examination of physical, knowledge, and governance infrastructures |
| title_sort | irrigation schemes in ethiopia s awash river basin an examination of physical knowledge and governance infrastructures |
| topic | irrigation schemes infrastructure Awash River river basins advisory officers water user associations women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158200 |
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