Flood-based farming is among the potential options in ensuring access to water for crop and livestock production for small-scale farmers in the arid and semiarid lowlands of sub-Saharan Africa, and Ethiopia in particular. Flood-based irrigation while inexpensive is rooted in tradition in many rur...
Erkossa, Teklu
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Langan, Simon J.
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Hagos, Fitsum
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[Constraints to the development, operation and maintenance of spate irrigation schemes in Ethiopia]
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Constraints to the development, operation and maintenance of spate irrigation schemes in Ethiopia
In transboundary river basins, like the Blue Nile, conflicts over the use of water resources are growing and recent advances in sustainable resource management recognizes the need for approaches that coordinate activities of people dependent on a common resource-base to realize sustainability and...
Alemayehu, B.
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Hagos, Fitsum
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Haileslassie, Amare
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Peden, Donald G.
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Tafesse, T.
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[Prospect of payments for environmental services in the Blue Nile Basin: examples from Koga and Gumera watersheds, Ethiopia]
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Prospect of payments for environmental services in the Blue Nile Basin: examples from Koga and Gumera watersheds, Ethiopia
Ethiopia is an agrarian society in a land of drought and floods. Agricultural production, which is the source of livelihood for eight out of ten Ethiopians, is extremely vulnerable to climatic conditions. The causes of rural poverty are many including wide fluctuations in agricultural production ...
Namara, Regassa E.
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Makombe, Godswill
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Hagos, Fitsum
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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[Rural poverty and inequality in Ethiopia: does access to small-scale irrigation make a difference?]
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Rural poverty and inequality in Ethiopia: does access to small-scale irrigation make a difference?
Recently, there has been very little irrigation development in Sub-Saharan Africa. The main reasons cited for this lack of interest in developing irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa is that irrigation projects are expensive and perform poorly compared to projects from other regions. However, when cl...
Makombe, Godswill
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Hagos, Fitsum
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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[An Assessment of the financial viability and income impact of small scale irrigation in Ethiopia]
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An Assessment of the financial viability and income impact of small scale irrigation in Ethiopia
The purpose of the undertaken study was to evaluate the impact that the modern Hare river irrigation scheme had on household food security as well as on lifestyle changes of the population in the study site Chano Chalba. This was done on the basis of the FAO food security pillars access to food, ...
Christine, J.
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Willibald, L.
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Dominik, R.
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Michael, H.
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Hagos, Fitsum
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[Impact of irrigation on livelihood and food security in the modern Hare River Irrigation Scheme in Southern Ethiopia]
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Impact of irrigation on livelihood and food security in the modern Hare River Irrigation Scheme in Southern Ethiopia
The study examined the extent and nature of market oriented production in irrigated compared to rainfed systems in Ethiopia. By doing so the paper identifies the role of irrigation in market-oriented production, while at the same time highlighting the main constraints to market oriented developme...
Hagos, Fitsum
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Makombe, Godswill
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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[Does access to small scale irrigation promote market oriented production in Ethiopia?]
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Does access to small scale irrigation promote market oriented production in Ethiopia?
The Blue Nile Basin (Abay in Ethiopia) covers wide range landscapes and climatic zones in Ethiopia and Sudan. Different agricultural production systems, in the basin, evolved in response to those diverse landscapes and climatic zones, and the attendant human decision dynamics that responds to cha...
Haileslassie, Amare
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Hagos, Fitsum
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Peden, Donald G.
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Gebreselassie, S.
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Negash, F.
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[Indicators of environmental degradation in the Blue Nile Basin: exploring prospects for payment for environmental services]
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Indicators of environmental degradation in the Blue Nile Basin: exploring prospects for payment for environmental services
The Blue Nile Basin (Abay in Ethiopia) covers wide range landscapes and climatic zones in Ethiopia and Sudan. Different agricultural production systems, in the basin, evolved in response to those diverse landscapes and climatic zones, and the attendant human decision dynamics that responds to cha...
Haileslassie, Amare
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Hagos, Fitsum
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Peden, Donald G.
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Gebreselassie, S.
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Negash, F.
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[Production systems in the Blue Nile Basin: implications for environmental degradation and upstream and downstream linkages]
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Production systems in the Blue Nile Basin: implications for environmental degradation and upstream and downstream linkages
Land and water institutions play a vital role in managing and sustaining land and water resources as well as enhancing economic development and poverty alleviation efforts. While a lot has been done in terms of understanding the micro-determinants of farmers? decisions in land and water conservat...
Hagos, Fitsum
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Haileslassie, Amare
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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[Assessment of local land and water institutions in the Blue Nile and their impact on environmental management]
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Assessment of local land and water institutions in the Blue Nile and their impact on environmental management