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 underlying causes of rural poverty are many in Ethiopia, however, the persistent fluctuation in the amount and distribution of rainfall is considered as a major contributing factor. Cognizant of this reality the successive Ethiopian governments, NGOs and farmers have made considerable investm...
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?
Treadle pump (TP) technology has been promoted by Enterprise Works in West Africa as an alternative to the traditional rope and bucket irrigation. The aim is to improve output and incomes and reduce poverty among farm households. This paper reports a short term (two years) assessment of the dynam...
Adeoti, A.
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Barry, Boubacar
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Kamara , A.
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[The impact of treadle pump irrigation technology adoption on poverty in Ghana]
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The impact of treadle pump irrigation technology adoption on poverty in Ghana
Ethiopia's irrigation potential is estimated at 3.7 million hectare, of which only about 190,000 ha (4.3% of the potential) is actually irrigated. There is little information on the extent to which the so far developed irrigation schemes have been effective in meeting their stated objectives of a...
Tesfaye, A.
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Bogale, A.
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Bacha, D.
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[The impact of small-scale irrigation on household food security: the case of Filtino and Godino irrigation schemes in Ethiopia]
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The impact of small-scale irrigation on household food security: the case of Filtino and Godino irrigation schemes in Ethiopia
Namara, Regassa E.
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Manig, W.
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[Returns to alternative organisational models of wheat breeding research: simulation results from Ethiopia]
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Returns to alternative organisational models of wheat breeding research: simulation results from 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
Saleth, Rathinasamy Maria
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Samad, M.
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[Dynamics of irrigation-poverty linkages in Rural India: Analytical framework and empirical analysis]
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Dynamics of irrigation-poverty linkages in Rural India: Analytical framework and empirical analysis
One key poverty reduction strategy in developing countries has been the investment in agricultural water management. There are research-established linkages between irrigation water use and household welfare improvements in some developing countries. In Ghana, irrigation development for livelihoo...
Owusu, Eric S.
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Kuwornu, J.K.M.
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[The welfare-enhancing role of irrigation in farm households in northern Ghana]
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The welfare-enhancing role of irrigation in farm households in northern Ghana
The potential to increase agricultural production in inland valleys in West Africa has received a good degree of attention in both national development strategies and academic literature, and improving agriculture productivity in inland valleys has been an active area of donor engagement. Despite...
Katic, Pamela G.
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Lautze, Jonathan
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Namara, Regassa E.
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[Impacts of small built infrastructure in inland valleys in Burkina Faso and Mali: rationale for a systems approach that thinks beyond rice?]
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Impacts of small built infrastructure in inland valleys in Burkina Faso and Mali: rationale for a systems approach that thinks beyond rice?
The potential to increase agricultural production in inland valleys in West Africa has received a good degree of attention in both national development strategies and academic literature, and improving agriculture productivity in inland valleys has been an active area of donor engagement. Despite...
Katic, Pamela G.
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Lautze, Jonathan
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Namara, Regassa E.
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[Impacts of small built infrastructure in inland valleys in Burkina Faso and Mali: rationale for a systems approach that thinks beyond rice?]
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Impacts of small built infrastructure in inland valleys in Burkina Faso and Mali: rationale for a systems approach that thinks beyond rice?