The recent increase in smallholder irrigation schemes in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia has been associated with the overexploitation of water resources, while the economic viability of these schemes has been questioned. This paper assesses water use efficiencies of the Haleku Irrigation Scheme and quantifies improvement scenarios. The viability of these scenarios is discussed, taking into account the socio-economic performance of the Haleku Irrigation Scheme and the nearby Dodicha Irrigation Scheme – that feature similar settings but contrasting socio-economic performance. The irrigation efficiency of Haleku is 35%, but conveyance losses and application efficiencies vary widely across the scheme. Scenario results indicate scope for im...
The focal study area, Raya Valley, is water limited low land area which has been affected by frequen...
Irrigation scheme performance assessment is vital to evaluate the impacts of irrigation practices, t...
Irrigation is the application of water to agricultural crops by artificial means, designed to permit...
The recent increase in smallholder irrigation schemes in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia has bee...
The sustainability of irrigated agriculture is questioned and the challenge is to increase simultane...
Abstract Unpredictability by local farmers, insufficiency and seasonality of rainfall have severely ...
Ethiopia has an irrigation potential of 5.3 million ha (Mha) of which 3.7 Mha can be developed using...
Masters ThesisMany irrigation schemes which have been built in Tanzania are performing below standa...
Small-scale irrigation is playing an important role in adapting to climate change, achieving food se...
ABSTRACT The rate of global expansion of irrigated lands has been declining since the 1970s due to t...
Water scarcity became a common phenomenon in Ethiopia with drought frequency of at least once in thr...
Expanding efficient irrigation development on various scales is one of the best alternatives to prov...
Improper irrigation management practices play a vital role in decreament of agricultural productivit...
Small-scale irrigation is playing an important role in adapting to climate change, achieving food se...
Irrigation requires relatively high investment in terms of financial, human and natural resource and...
The focal study area, Raya Valley, is water limited low land area which has been affected by frequen...
Irrigation scheme performance assessment is vital to evaluate the impacts of irrigation practices, t...
Irrigation is the application of water to agricultural crops by artificial means, designed to permit...
The recent increase in smallholder irrigation schemes in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia has bee...
The sustainability of irrigated agriculture is questioned and the challenge is to increase simultane...
Abstract Unpredictability by local farmers, insufficiency and seasonality of rainfall have severely ...
Ethiopia has an irrigation potential of 5.3 million ha (Mha) of which 3.7 Mha can be developed using...
Masters ThesisMany irrigation schemes which have been built in Tanzania are performing below standa...
Small-scale irrigation is playing an important role in adapting to climate change, achieving food se...
ABSTRACT The rate of global expansion of irrigated lands has been declining since the 1970s due to t...
Water scarcity became a common phenomenon in Ethiopia with drought frequency of at least once in thr...
Expanding efficient irrigation development on various scales is one of the best alternatives to prov...
Improper irrigation management practices play a vital role in decreament of agricultural productivit...
Small-scale irrigation is playing an important role in adapting to climate change, achieving food se...
Irrigation requires relatively high investment in terms of financial, human and natural resource and...
The focal study area, Raya Valley, is water limited low land area which has been affected by frequen...
Irrigation scheme performance assessment is vital to evaluate the impacts of irrigation practices, t...
Irrigation is the application of water to agricultural crops by artificial means, designed to permit...