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Book Synopsis Development and Management of Irrigated Lands in Tigray, Ethiopia by : Eyasu Yazew Hagos
Download or read book Development and Management of Irrigated Lands in Tigray, Ethiopia written by Eyasu Yazew Hagos and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-12-22 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world. It is characterised by famine as a result of high population pressure, resource base degradation, and insufficient rainfall for rainfed agriculture. On the other hand, it is endowed with a huge annual water resource potential of about 110 billion cubic metres, a potentially irrigable land of 3.6 million hectares and a productive manpower of about 48% of the total population. In view of these facts, the Agricultural Development-Led Industrialization (ADLI) development strategy adopted in August 1992 has set irrigation as a major focus for increasing food production and to achieve food self-sufficiency. The earthen dam irrigation development programme in the regional state of Tigray is part of this initiative. The effective and sustainable utilization of the limited water resource is very crucial in arid and semi-arid areas such as Tigray. The major lesson learned from the study was that the success and sustainability of the irrigation schemes depend on the level of integrated approach in the development and management. The whole irrigation scheme should be treated as one entity, including the catchment, the reservoir and dam, the command area, the beneficiaries and downstream impacts. Failure or weakness in one of the links may affect the entire system.
Book Synopsis Water Resources Management in Ethiopia by : Helmut Kloos
Download or read book Water Resources Management in Ethiopia written by Helmut Kloos and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sub-Saharan Africa, the poorest region worldwide, has only recently begun to fully address the issues of meeting the water needs of its rapidly growing population, to reduce the deepening poverty besetting the region and to accelerate economic growth. The Nile Basin, characterized by sharp spatial and temporal variations in water resources and including countries with different economies, social and political structures and capacities, illustrates the challenges of developing and managing the waters of the Nile River and its tributaries, lakes and wetlands equitably among its 10 riparian countries. Ethiopia, the major source of the Nile but one of the poorest countries in the Nile Basin, has recently begun to implement plans to harness more Nile water through hydroelectric and irrigation development both for national use and for transboundary development as part of the Nile Basin Initiative. The Ethiopian government and communities, by using different management approaches and resources, are trying to boost water, energy and food production, strengthen conservation efforts and mitigate potential repercussions of water resources development. These initiatives and programs have not been comprehensively examined. In this study, the editors address these and other issues surrounding water resources management in all economic and water sectors in Ethiopia within the setting of the Nile Basin, the first comprehensive treatment of this subject. The wide scope of this book is consistent with the tenets of integrated water resources management, which demand that all water uses be managed in an integrated fashion for optimum and sustainable benefits to all water users, both humans and ecosystems. This book reveals the impacts of various resource management approaches and practices in Ethiopia and the Nile Basin. Specifically, it examines how deforestation and prevailing land use practices have exacerbated soil aridity and flood events, why irrigated agriculture and hydropower development have caused floodplain degradation, livelihood hardships and water-related diseases, where industrial and agricultural development is increasingly polluting water resources, how household water supplies can be obtained through rainwater harvesting and the dependence on hydropower reduced through alternative energy sources and how misguided government policies have impeded efforts to deal with these and other challenges. Results reveal dynamic interrelationships between these processes and identify the human and environmental driving forces, which must be understood in effective integrated water resources management. Another unique contribution of this book is the examination of the role of government and communities in managing water resources in Ethiopia. Results show that the top-down approach used by the socialist Derg government in soil and water conservation and social programs exacerbated water problems and reduced community participation. Moreover, the failure of its economic program reduced agricultural production, increasing dependency on relief food and further impeding community initiatives in soil and water conservation activities. Many elements of central planning persist in spite of the decentralization drive by the current government, but there is evidence that integration of the top-down and bottom-up approaches to water resources management is necessary (and feasible) to strengthen and up-scale programs to the national level. The book identifies a number of customary water and soil management practices and institutions that may strengthen especially community-based rainwater harvesting, small-scale irrigation, reforestation, soil and water conservation and flood control efforts. This is an important book for researchers and students of resources management, rural development, hydrology and African studies.
Book Synopsis Importance of irrigated agriculture to the Ethiopian economy: capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation by : Fitsum Hagos
Download or read book Importance of irrigated agriculture to the Ethiopian economy: capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation written by Fitsum Hagos and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2009 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irrigation development has been identified as a means to stimulate economic growth and rural development in Ethiopia. However, little attempt has been made to quantify the contribution of irrigation to national income. Using data from selected irrigation schemes, representing small, medium and large-scale schemes of modern or traditional typologies; the present coverage and planned growth of irrigation, actual and expected contributions of irrigation to the national economy were quantified following the approach of adjusted gross margin analysis. Our results show that irrigation yields 219.7% higher income compared to the rainfed system while its current and future contribution to agricultural GDP is estimated to be about 5.7 and 12% although irrigation covers about 5 and 9% of the total cultivated land area, respectively.
Book Synopsis Irrigation and Water for Sustainable Development by : Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
Download or read book Irrigation and Water for Sustainable Development written by Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2011-09-07 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Land Degradation and Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the Ethiopian Highlands by : Fitsum Hagos
Download or read book Land Degradation and Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the Ethiopian Highlands written by Fitsum Hagos and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Best practices and technologies for small scale agricultural water management in Ethiopia. Proceedings of a MoARD / MoWR / USAID / IWMI Symposium and Exhibition held at Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7-9 March, 2006. by : Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
Download or read book Best practices and technologies for small scale agricultural water management in Ethiopia. Proceedings of a MoARD / MoWR / USAID / IWMI Symposium and Exhibition held at Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7-9 March, 2006. written by Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele and published by IWMI. This book was released on with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policy / Irrigation practices / Drip irrigation / Irrigation systems / Water harvesting / Irrigation management
Book Synopsis Water resources and irrigation development in Ethiopia by : Seleshi Bekele Awulachew
Download or read book Water resources and irrigation development in Ethiopia written by Seleshi Bekele Awulachew and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2007 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irrigation programs / Water use / Reservoirs / Lakes / River basins / Water potential / Water resources
Book Synopsis Trees are Our Backbone by : Yohannes Gebre Michael
Download or read book Trees are Our Backbone written by Yohannes Gebre Michael and published by IIED. This book was released on 2007 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Adimassu, Zenebe Publisher :International Water Management Institute (IWMI) ISBN 13 :929090867X Total Pages :40 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (99 download)
Book Synopsis Highlights of soil and water conservation investments in four regions of Ethiopia by : Adimassu, Zenebe
Download or read book Highlights of soil and water conservation investments in four regions of Ethiopia written by Adimassu, Zenebe and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2018-08-24 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Experiences and opportunities for promoting small-scale/micro irrigation and rainwater harvesting for food security in Ethiopia by : Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
Download or read book Experiences and opportunities for promoting small-scale/micro irrigation and rainwater harvesting for food security in Ethiopia written by Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2005 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Langan, Simon Publisher :International Water Management Institute (IWMI) ISBN 13 :9290908181 Total Pages :62 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (99 download)
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the Launching Workshop of the Agricultural Water Management Platform, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 January 2015 by : Langan, Simon
Download or read book Proceedings of the Launching Workshop of the Agricultural Water Management Platform, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 January 2015 written by Langan, Simon and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2015 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Determinants of Agricultural and Land Management Practices and Impacts on Crop Production and Household Income in the Highlands of Tigray, Ethiopia by : John Pender
Download or read book Determinants of Agricultural and Land Management Practices and Impacts on Crop Production and Household Income in the Highlands of Tigray, Ethiopia written by John Pender and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper investigates the land management practices used in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia, the factors influencing them and their implications for crop production and income. Several factors commonly hypothesised to have a major impact on land management and agricultural production-including population pressure, small landholdings, access to roads and irrigation and extension and credit programmes-are found to have limited direct impact on crop production and income, though most affect the intensity of production. The increase in farming intensity due to these factors has limited impact on value of crop production and income due to low marginal product of labour in crop production, limited productivity impact of inputs such as fertiliser in the moisture-stressed environment of Tigray and limited adoption of such inputs. We find that profitable opportunities exist to increase agricultural production and achieve more sustainable land management in the highlands of Tigray. These opportunities include improvement of crop production using low-external input investments and practices such as stone terraces, reduced tillage and reduced burning. The comparative advantage of people in the Tigray highlands is apparently not in input-intensive cereal crop production but more in such low-input approaches and in alternative livelihood activities such as improved livestock management and non-farm activities. As a result, greater emphasis on developing these alternatives in agricultural extension-as the government of Tigray has been pursuing more recently with its extension programme-and other development programmes is needed. Food crop production should not be ignored in the development strategy, but more prudent use of external inputs such as fertiliser and improved seeds, and greater emphasis on low external input sustainable land management practices, would be helpful.
Author :Chandrasekharan, Kiran M. Publisher :International Water Management Institute (IWMI) ISBN 13 :9290909137 Total Pages :36 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (99 download)
Book Synopsis Mapping irrigated and rainfed agriculture in Ethiopia (2015-2016) using remote sensing methods by : Chandrasekharan, Kiran M.
Download or read book Mapping irrigated and rainfed agriculture in Ethiopia (2015-2016) using remote sensing methods written by Chandrasekharan, Kiran M. and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Land and the Challenge of Sustainable Development in Ethiopia by : Dessalegn Rahmato
Download or read book Land and the Challenge of Sustainable Development in Ethiopia written by Dessalegn Rahmato and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2006 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers are organised in three parts: Access to Land and Agrarian Class Differentiation; Land Transaction; Natural Resource Management, Policy, and Economic Return. Eight papers are presented, including the welcome and opening statements and the confer
Book Synopsis Productivity and Land Enhancing Technologies in Northern Ethiopia: Health, Public Investments, and Sequential Adoption by : Lire Ersado, Gregory Amacher, and Jeffrey Alwang
Download or read book Productivity and Land Enhancing Technologies in Northern Ethiopia: Health, Public Investments, and Sequential Adoption written by Lire Ersado, Gregory Amacher, and Jeffrey Alwang and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Land Degradation and Strategies for Sustainable Development in the Ethiopian Highlands by :
Download or read book Land Degradation and Strategies for Sustainable Development in the Ethiopian Highlands written by and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Small-scale Irrigation Dams, Agricultural Production, and Health by : Lire Ersado
Download or read book Small-scale Irrigation Dams, Agricultural Production, and Health written by Lire Ersado and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Households with poor health are less likely to adopt productivity-enhancing as well as resource-conserving technologies, which are crucial for achieving the ultimate goal of sustainable agricultural development. The ensuing sickness has also led to reduction in labor allocation to off-farm activities. The findings underline the importance of weighing beforehand the magnitude of potential economic benefits against health costs of water development programs. The overall evidence, however, suggests that carefully designed irrigation dams could significantly improve agricultural production and food security, particularly in areas where waterborne diseases pose negligible risk to health or can be cost-effectively controlled"--Abstract.
