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?
The regional government of Tigray has invested in millions of Birr to develop irrigation schemes as a strategy of poverty reduction. The study was based on a representative sample of 613 farm households (331 irrigators and 282 non-irrigators) drawn using three stage stratified sampling with proba...
Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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Namara, Regassa E.
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[Investment in irrigation as a poverty reduction strategy: analysis of small-scale irrigation impact on poverty in Tigray, Ethiopia]
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Investment in irrigation as a poverty reduction strategy: analysis of small-scale irrigation impact on poverty in Tigray, Ethiopia
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 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?
Namara, Regassa E.
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Merrey, Douglas J.
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[Review of agricultural water management technologies and practices]
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Review of agricultural water management technologies and practices
Irrigation development is seen as one of the means to reduce poverty and promote economic growth. While a lot of effort is exerted towards irrigation development, little attempt is done to quantify the contribution of irrigation to national income in Ethiopia. This study is an attempt to quantify...
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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[Importance of irrigated agriculture to the Ethiopian economy: capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation]
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Importance of irrigated agriculture to the Ethiopian economy: capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation
Irrigated production is far from satisfactory in the country. The country's irrigation potential is estimated at 3.7 million hectare, of which only about 190,000 hectare (4.3 percent of the potential) is actually irrigated. The aim of this paper is to identify the impact of small-scale irrigation...
Tesfaye, A.
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Bogale, A.
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Namara, Regassa E.
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[The impact of small scale irrigation on household food security: the case of Filtino and Godino Irrigation Schemes in Ada Liben District, East Shoa, Ethiopia]
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The impact of small scale irrigation on household food security: the case of Filtino and Godino Irrigation Schemes in Ada Liben District, East Shoa, Ethiopia
Beyene, S.
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Cafer, A.
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Kumsa, A.
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Tesfaye, K.
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Wolde-Hawariat, Y.
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Yoder, R.
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Hames, R.
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Wortmann, Charles S.
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[Pathways to greater food production: lessons from Ethiopia.]
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Pathways to greater food production: lessons from Ethiopia.