The government of Ethiopia has invested in groundwater development for smallholder irrigation in the Raya Valley and Kobo Valley, north-eastern Ethiopia, where the hydrogeological potential is large but not fully developed. A cost-benefit analysis shows that investment in deep groundwater irrigat...
Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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Villholth, Karen G.
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Hanjra, Munir A.
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Yirga, M.
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Namara, Regassa E.
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[Cost-benefit analysis and ideas for cost sharing of groundwater irrigation: evidence from north-eastern Ethiopia]
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Cost-benefit analysis and ideas for cost sharing of groundwater irrigation: evidence from north-eastern Ethiopia
The regional government of Tigray has invested millions of dollars to develop irrigation schemes as a strategy of poverty reduction. However, there has been limited attempt to analyze whether these investments have attained their stated objectives of poverty reduction and overall socio-economic e...
Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Holden, S.
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[Poverty reduction with irrigation investment: an empirical case study from Tigray, Ethiopia]
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Poverty reduction with irrigation investment: an empirical case study from Tigray, Ethiopia
Stochastic production frontiers of irrigated and rain-fed smallholder agriculture in Tigray, Ethiopia, were fitted to a random sample of irrigated and rain-fed plots to compare their technical efficiencies. Propensity Score Matching Method was applied to select rain-fed plots with comparable bio-...
Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Holden, S.
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[Technical efficiency of irrigated and rain-fed smallholder agriculture in Tigray, Ethiopia: a comparative stochastic frontier production function analysis.]
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Technical efficiency of irrigated and rain-fed smallholder agriculture in Tigray, Ethiopia: a comparative stochastic frontier production function analysis.
Irrigated fodder production can be vitalised as a useful strategy to sustainably intensify subsistence livestock production owned and managed by smallholders and to diversify farm income through linkages to commercial livestock systems. However, uncertainty about the production and market environ...
Getnet, Kindie
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Haileslasseie, Amare
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Dessalegne, Y.
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Hagos, Fitsum
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Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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[On the profitability of irrigated fodder production: comparative evidence from smallholders in Koga irrigation scheme, Ethiopia]
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On the profitability of irrigated fodder production: comparative evidence from smallholders in Koga irrigation scheme, Ethiopia
In the Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopian highlands, rainfall distribution is extremely uneven both spatially and temporally. Drought frequently results in crop failure, while high rainfall intensities result in low infiltration and high runoff causing soil erosion and land degradation. These combined ...
Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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Rebelo, Lisa-Maria
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Langan, Simon J.
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[Interdependence in rainwater management technologies: an analysis of rainwater management adoption in the Blue Nile Basin]
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Interdependence in rainwater management technologies: an analysis of rainwater management adoption in the Blue Nile Basin
The expansion of irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa has been slow. In Asia, the rapid expansion of smallholder irrigation systems was attributed in part to the availability and affordability of motorized pumps. This paper appraises the current extent of pump-based irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa; ...
Namara, Regassa E.
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Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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Giordano, Meredith A.
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Fraiture, Charlotte de
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[Small pumps and poor farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: an assessment of current extent of use and poverty outreach]
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Small pumps and poor farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: an assessment of current extent of use and poverty outreach
The Ethiopian economy depends heavily on smallholder agriculture, and this sector directly affects the country’s economic development, food security and poverty alleviation efforts. The adoption of smallholder irrigation technologies as a means to tackle these challenges has become an important p...
Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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Giordano, Meredith A.
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Langan, Simon J.
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Namara, Regassa E.
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[Economic analysis of factors influencing adoption of motor pumps in Ethiopia]
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Economic analysis of factors influencing adoption of motor pumps in Ethiopia
Rural households in the semiarid Northern Ethiopian highlands are net buyers of food. Crop failure due to erratic and unpredictable rainfall occurs frequently and leads to food shortages and income shocks. The renting out of land may be one of the coping responses of households exposed to shocks....
Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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Holden, S.T.
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[Distress rentals and the land rental market as a safety net: contract choice evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia]
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Distress rentals and the land rental market as a safety net: contract choice evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia