The linkages between water supply, sanitation and hygiene and small-scale irrigation: Insights from rural Ethiopia
While small-scale irrigation is largely designed and developed for agricultural production, irrigation water is used for multiple other purposes in rural low- and middle-income settings where dedicated water, sanitation, and hygiene services (WASH) are not available. Therefore, expanding access to i...
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| author | Bryan, Elizabeth van Biljon, Chloé Lee, Yeyoung Ringler, Claudia Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework |
| author_browse | Bryan, Elizabeth Lee, Yeyoung Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Ringler, Claudia van Biljon, Chloé |
| author_facet | Bryan, Elizabeth van Biljon, Chloé Lee, Yeyoung Ringler, Claudia Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework |
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| description | While small-scale irrigation is largely designed and developed for agricultural production, irrigation water is used for multiple other purposes in rural low- and middle-income settings where dedicated water, sanitation, and hygiene services (WASH) are not available. Therefore, expanding access to irrigation can potentially improve the WASH environment leading to health and nutrition benefits. This study examines the linkages between irrigation, use of irrigation water sources for multiple purposes, and WASH and health outcomes. We find that irrigation is associated with better household access to water and improved sanitation facilities. This relationship is driven by households that use groundwater for both irrigation and domestic uses. Moreover, our results show that hygiene practices and health outcomes are not influenced by irrigation or multiple uses of the same water source. To strengthen hygiene behavior, behavioral change communication will be important. For small-scale irrigation to effectively support WASH and, thus, to strengthen nutrition and health outcomes, systems would need to be co-designed by irrigation and health specialists, and women farmers who are largely responsible for providing WASH services at the household level would need to be empowered to participate in the design and management of these dual-purpose systems. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1774122025-12-19T20:15:48Z The linkages between water supply, sanitation and hygiene and small-scale irrigation: Insights from rural Ethiopia Bryan, Elizabeth van Biljon, Chloé Lee, Yeyoung Ringler, Claudia Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework agricultural production hygiene small-scale irrigation water supply While small-scale irrigation is largely designed and developed for agricultural production, irrigation water is used for multiple other purposes in rural low- and middle-income settings where dedicated water, sanitation, and hygiene services (WASH) are not available. Therefore, expanding access to irrigation can potentially improve the WASH environment leading to health and nutrition benefits. This study examines the linkages between irrigation, use of irrigation water sources for multiple purposes, and WASH and health outcomes. We find that irrigation is associated with better household access to water and improved sanitation facilities. This relationship is driven by households that use groundwater for both irrigation and domestic uses. Moreover, our results show that hygiene practices and health outcomes are not influenced by irrigation or multiple uses of the same water source. To strengthen hygiene behavior, behavioral change communication will be important. For small-scale irrigation to effectively support WASH and, thus, to strengthen nutrition and health outcomes, systems would need to be co-designed by irrigation and health specialists, and women farmers who are largely responsible for providing WASH services at the household level would need to be empowered to participate in the design and management of these dual-purpose systems. 2025-11 2025-10-29T17:45:05Z 2025-10-29T17:45:05Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177412 en https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13395 https://doi.org/10.1142/S2382624X22500059 https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13297 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-018-0812-5 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139780 Open Access IWA Publishing Bryan, Elizabeth; van Biljon, Chloé; Lee, Yeyoung; Ringler, Claudia; and Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework. 2025. The linkages between water supply, sanitation and hygiene and small-scale irrigation: Insights from rural Ethiopia. Journal of Water and Health 23(11): 1341-1354. https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2025.053 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural production hygiene small-scale irrigation water supply Bryan, Elizabeth van Biljon, Chloé Lee, Yeyoung Ringler, Claudia Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework The linkages between water supply, sanitation and hygiene and small-scale irrigation: Insights from rural Ethiopia |
| title | The linkages between water supply, sanitation and hygiene and small-scale irrigation: Insights from rural Ethiopia |
| title_full | The linkages between water supply, sanitation and hygiene and small-scale irrigation: Insights from rural Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | The linkages between water supply, sanitation and hygiene and small-scale irrigation: Insights from rural Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The linkages between water supply, sanitation and hygiene and small-scale irrigation: Insights from rural Ethiopia |
| title_short | The linkages between water supply, sanitation and hygiene and small-scale irrigation: Insights from rural Ethiopia |
| title_sort | linkages between water supply sanitation and hygiene and small scale irrigation insights from rural ethiopia |
| topic | agricultural production hygiene small-scale irrigation water supply |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177412 |
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