This study uses Tobit and Logit models to examine the impacts of selected small-scale irrigation schemes in the Lake Tana basin of Ethiopia on household income and the likelihood of poverty, respectively. Data for these analyses were collected from a sample of 180 households. Households using any...
Ayele, Getaneh K.
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Nicholson, C.
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Collick, A.S.
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Impact of small-scale irrigation schemes on household income and the likelihood of poverty in the Lake Tana basin of Ethiopia]
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Impact of small-scale irrigation schemes on household income and the likelihood of poverty in the Lake Tana basin of Ethiopia
Over the past five decades, gullying has been widespread and has become more severe in the Ethiopian highlands. Only in very few cases, rehabilitation of gullies has been successful in Ethiopia due to the high costs. The objective of this paper is to introduce cost effective measures to arrest gu...
Tebebu, Tigist Y.
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Zegeye, Assefa D.
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Langendoen, E.J.
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Ayele, Getaneh K.
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Ayana, Essayas K.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Arresting gully formation in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Arresting gully formation in the Ethiopian highlands
Access to safe drinking water services in the Ethiopian Highlands is one of lowest worldwide due to failure of water supply services shortly after construction. Over hundred water supply systems were surveyed to find the underlying causes of failure and poor performance throughout the Amhara Regi...
Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Tigabu, A.D.
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Tarekegne, T.M.
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Addisie, Meseret B.
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Beyene, H.A.
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Alemeyehu, Z.A.
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Ayele, M.
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Collick, A.S.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Factors in the suboptimum performance of rural water supply systems in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Factors in the suboptimum performance of rural water supply systems in the Ethiopian highlands
Irrigation development is a policy priority for the Laka Tana basin. However available baseflow can irrigate less than 3% of area. The irrigated area can be increased from water stored in constructed reservoirs, pumping water from Lake Tana and by using groundwater. While groundwater has the grea...
Yiak, D. L.
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Schmitter, Petra S.
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Nakawuka, Prossie
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Groundwater recharge of Robit - Bata Experimental Watershed, Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia [Abstract only]]
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Groundwater recharge of Robit - Bata Experimental Watershed, Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia [Abstract only]
Gully erosion in the humid Ethiopian highlands intensified in recent decades. The study was conducted in the Birr watershed located south west of Bahir Dar the capital of Amhara regional state, Ethiopia. We studied 14 gullies having similar morphology at three sub watersheds. The watershed covers...
Addisie, Meseret B.
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Ayele, Getaneh K.
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Gessesse, A. A.
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Zegeye, Assefa D.
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Moges, M.
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Schmitter, Petra S.
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Langendoen, E. J.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Reducing surface and subsurface water flow effect on gullies through low cost measures [Abstract only]]
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Reducing surface and subsurface water flow effect on gullies through low cost measures [Abstract only]
Donor and governmental sponsored soil and water conservation measures has been carried out in the last half century in the Lake Tana basin, Ethiopia. However, sediment loads in to the lake has never been reduced suggesting that the effectiveness of integrated soil and water conservation measures ...
Tadesse, A.
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Dagnew, D.C.
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Belete, M.A.
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Mekuria, Wolde M.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Impact of soil and water conservation practices on sediment losses and discharge in the headwaters of the Lake Tana Basin in the Ethiopian highlands [Abstract only]]
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Impact of soil and water conservation practices on sediment losses and discharge in the headwaters of the Lake Tana Basin in the Ethiopian highlands [Abstract only]
Intense rainfall/runoff events produce large proportion of suspended sediment concentrations and sediment load responses. With an aim to mitigate land degradation problems in Ethiopia, soil and water conservation projects are being massively implemented. The effect of these conservation measures ...
Dagnew, D.C.
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Guzmán, Christian D.
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Tebebu, Tigist Y.
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Zegeye, Assefa D.
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Akal, Adugnaw T.
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Mekuria, Wolde M.
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Ayana, Essayas K.
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Contributions of peak sediment events to annual loads and the effects of best management practices on peak loads in the sub-humid Ethiopian highlands: the Debre Mawi watershed [Abstract only]]
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Contributions of peak sediment events to annual loads and the effects of best management practices on peak loads in the sub-humid Ethiopian highlands: the Debre Mawi watershed [Abstract only]
Tesema, M.
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Schmitter, Petra S.
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Nakawuka, Prossie
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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Langan, Simon J.
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[Evaluating irrigation technologies to improve crop and water productivity of onion in Dangishta watershed during the dry monsoon phase]
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Evaluating irrigation technologies to improve crop and water productivity of onion in Dangishta watershed during the dry monsoon phase
Addisie, Meseret B.
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Alebachew, Azalu
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Ayele, Getaneh K.
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Hailu, Nigus
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Mekuria, Wolde M.
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Langandoen, Eddy
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Low-cost measures can reclaim gullies and reduce soil erosion in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Low-cost measures can reclaim gullies and reduce soil erosion in the Ethiopian highlands
Agricultural intensification to meet the food needs of the rapidly growing population in developing countries is negatively affecting the water quality. In most of these countries such as Ethiopia, information on surface and especially groundwater quality is lacking. This limits the measure that ...
Akal, Adugnaw T.
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Dagnew, D.C.
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Giri, S.
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Belete, M.A.
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Mekuria, Wolde M.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Groundwater quality in an upland agricultural watershed in the sub-humid Ethiopian Highlands]
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Groundwater quality in an upland agricultural watershed in the sub-humid Ethiopian Highlands