Agriculture remains the mainstay of the Ethiopian economy. However, in the country, traditional rain fed smallholder farmers dominates the agricultural sector. Thus, Ethiopia has a huge potential of water resources. Nevertheless, there is a vast gap between the irrigated area (only about 10% of the total cultivated land) and irrigation potential in the country. In Ethiopia, still about 97% of food crops are produced by traditional rain-fed agriculture. Thus, the agricultural production activity is highly depends on seasonally rain-fed farming practice. Moreover, the adoption of irrigation and its impact on household livelihood which can be used as the major policy issue have not been well reviewed earlier. Therefore, the objective of this review is to identify the factors affecting the adoption of irrigation, and its impact on household livelihoods. The review indicated that age of household head, sex of household head, total livestock unit, land size, education level, family size, market distance from the farmer’s residence, access to a water source and off farm job participation are significant determinants of adoption of irrigation. Institutional factors like credit service, participation in community leadership, access to agricultural input and extension service are also significant determinant factors. Since the adoption of irrigation practice has significant impact in improving household livelihoods, actions should be taken by the farmer’s, extension agents, stakeholders and generally by the Ethiopian government to make a huge improvement on the irrigation farming in the country.
| Published in | Advances in Sciences and Humanities (Volume 7, Issue 3) |
| DOI | 10.11648/j.ash.20210703.12 |
| Page(s) | 52-58 |
| Creative Commons |
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Copyright |
Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Science Publishing Group |
Adoption, Agriculture, Ethiopia, Impact, Irrigation, Livelihood
| [1] | Abdi Etafa, Girma Teshome, and Fekadu Beyene. (2020). The Impact of Boset-Fentalle Irrigation on TheIncome of Agro Pastoralist In Fentalle District, Ethiopia. International Journal of Agriculture andEnvironmental Research Volume: 02, Issue:02. |
| [2] | Abdissa F, Tesema G, Yirga C. (2017). Impact Analysis of Small Scale Irrigation Schemes on HouseholdFood Security the Case of Sibu Sire District in Western Oromia, Ethiopia. Irrigat Drainage Sys Eng 6: 187. doi: 10.4172/2168-9768.1000187. |
| [3] | Abraham Gebrehiwot Yihdego, Addis Adera Gebru, and Mesfin Tilahun Gelaye. (2015). The Impact ofSmall – Scale Irrigation on Income of Rural Farm Households: Evidence from Ahferom Woreda in Tigray, Ethiopia. International Journal of Business and Economics research. Vol. 4, doi: 10.11648/j.ijber.20150404.14, pp. 217-228. |
| [4] | Adetola I. Adeoti. (2009). Factors Influencing Irrigation Technology Adoption and its Impact onHousehold Poverty in Ghana. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics andSubtropics. Volume 109, No. 1, 2009., pages 51–63. |
| [5] | African Union. (2020). Framework for Irrigation Development and Agricultural Water Management in Africa. |
| [6] | Agidew Abebe. (2017). The determinants of small-scale irrigation practice and its contribution onhousehold farm income: The case of Arba Minch Zuria Woreda, Southern Ethiopia. African Journal ofAgricultural Research. Vol. 12 (13), pp. 1136-1143. |
| [7] | AGRA (Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa). (2014). Africa Agriculture Status Report:ClimateChange and Smallholder Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nairobi, Kenya. |
| [8] | Alessandra Garbero and Tisorn Songsermsawas. (2018). Impact of modern irrigation on householdproduction and welfare outcomes IFAD, Evidence from the Participatory Small-Scale IrrigationDevelopment Programme (PASIDP) project in Ethiopia. |
| [9] | Anwar Alamin Wehabrebi. (2014). Impact of Small Scale Irrigation on Household Welfare: Case of LaelayDayu Irrigation Scheme, Alamata District, Tigray. Mekelle University, Ethiopia. |
| [10] | Awulachew Seleshi, Bekele and Ayana Mekonen. (2011). “Performance of irrigation: An assessment atdifferent scales in Ethiopia.”. EXP AGR 47 (2011): 57-69. |
| [11] | Awulachew, S. (2010). Irrigation Potential in Ethiopia. Constraints and opportunities forenhancing thesystem. International Water Management Institute (IWMI). |
| [12] | Awulachew, S. B.; Merrey, D. J. (2008). Assessment of Small Scale Irrigation and Water Harvesting inEthiopian Agricultural Development;. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). |
| [13] | Bekele Shiferaw A, Tesfaye K, Kassie M, Abate T, Prasanna BM. (2014). Managing vulnerability todrought and enhancing livelihood resilience in sub-Saharan Africa : Technological, institutional and policyoptions. Weather Clim. Extrem. 3: 67-79. |
| [14] | Belainew Belete and Surafel Melak.. (2018). Impacts of Small-Scale Irrigation Technology on theNutritional Wellbeing of Children in the Amhara National Region of Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal ofEconomics Vol. XXVII No 1. |
| [15] | Beyan A., Jema H. and Adem K.. (2014). Effect of Small-scale Irrigation on the Farm Households’ Incomeof Rural Farmers: The Case of Girawa District, East Hararghe, Oromia, Ethiopia.. Asian Journal ofAgriculture and Rural Development, 4 (3) 2014: 257-266. |
| [16] | Bonabana - Wabbi, J,. (2002). ‘Assessing Factors Affecting Adoption of Agricultural Technologies: Thecase of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Kumi District Eastern Uganda’. Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State University. |
| [17] | Chambers, R., & Conway, G. (1991). Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Practical Concepts for the 21stCentury. Retrieved February 3, 2010. countries: A survey. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 33 (2), 255-298. |
| [18] | D. L. Bjorneberg. (2013). Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier. |
| [19] | Dagninet Asrat & Adugnaw Anteneh. (2019). The determinants of irrigation participation and its impact onthe pastoralist and agro-pastoralists income in Ethiopia: A review study. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 5: 1, 1679700. |
| [20] | Dereje Mengistie and Desale Kidane. (2016). Assessment of the Impact of Small-Scale Irrigation onHousehold Livelihood Improvement at Gubalafto District, North Wollo, Ethiopia. Agriculture 2016, 6, 27; doi: 10.3390/agriculture6030027. |
| [21] | Eliyas Assefa. (2019). Impact of Small Scale Irrigation Schemes on Farmers Livelihood, The Case ofMekdela Woreda, NorthEast Ethiopia.. Water Resource and Irrigation Management, DSpace Repository, DSpace Institution's institutional repository. |
| [22] | FAO. (2015). Ethiopia Country Highlights on Irrigation Market Brief. Rome, Itally: Prepared under Foodand Agricultural Organization of United Nations (UNFAO). |
| [23] | FAO. (2007). Food Security Information for Action Livelihoods Assessment and Analysis. Introduction toLivelihoods Learner Notes, developed by the FAO, 2007. |
| [24] | FAOSTAT. (2009). Resources domain. Land use. Rome: FAO. |
| [25] | Gebregziabher, G., Namara, R. E., Holden, S. (2009). Poverty reduction with irrigation in vestment: anempirical case study from Tigray, Ethiopia. Agric. Water Manag. 96,, 1837–1843. |
| [26] | Gebrehiwot NT, Mesfin KA, Nyssen J. (2015). Small-scale Irrigation: The Driver for PromotingAgricultural Production and Food Security (The Case of Tigray Regional State, Northern Ethiopia). IrrigatDrainage SysEng 4: 141. doi: 10.4172/2168-9768.1000141. |
| [27] | Gemechis T, Quraishi SH, Zeleke T. (2016). Gis Based Diagonastic Analyis of Doni Sifa Small ScaleIrrigation Scheme: In Upper Awash Ethiopia. Irrigat Drainage Sys Eng 5: 174. doi: 10.4172/2168-9768.1000174. |
| [28] | Hadush Hailu. (2014). Adoption and Impact of Micro Irrigation on Household Income: The Case ofEastern Tigray, Mekelle Univesity. |
| [29] | Haile GG, Kasa AK. (2015). Irrigation in Ethiopia: A review.. Acad. J. Agric. Res. 3 (10), 264-269. |
| [30] | Hamda Tulu. (2014). The Effect Of Small Scale Irrigation On Rural Households’ Income: The Case OfAdamiTulu Jido Kombolcha District, Oromia National Regional State, MSc Thesis, HaramayaUniversity. |
| [31] | Kidane, D.; Temesgen, M.; Abdelkadir, A. (2012). Effect of winged sub-soiler and traditional tillageintegrated with Fanya Juu on selected soil physico-chemical and soil water properties in the northwestern highlands of Ethiopia.. East Afr. J. Sci. 2012, 6, 21–32. |
| [32] | Kidanemariam G. Gebrehiwot, Daniel Makina And Thomas Woldu. (2017). The impact of microirrigationon households’ welfare in the northern part of Ethiopia: an endogenous switching regression approach.. Studies in Agricultural Economics 119 (2017), 160-167. |
| [33] | Kinfe Aseyehegn, Chilot Yirga and Sundar Rajan. (2012). Effect of Small-Scale Irrigation on The Incomeof Rural Farm Households: The Case Of Laelay Maichew District, Central Tigray, Ethiopia.. The Journalof Agricultural Sciences, vol. 7, no1. |
| [34] | Kiros Asefa Mesele, P. Suneetha Anuja Tigga. (2019). The Impact of Irrigation on Poverty Alleviation andAsset Creation in Northern Ethiopia.. International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts, Volume 6, Issue 2; ISSN: 2320-2882. |
| [35] | Laia Domenech and Claudia Ringler. (2013). The impact of irrigation on nutrition, health, and gender; areview paper with insights for Africa south of the Sahara.. international food policy research institute. |
| [36] | Melesse B. (2018). A Review on Factors Affecting Adoption of Agricultural New Technologies inEthiopia. J Agri Sci Food Res 9: 226. |
| [37] | Mira Mohammed, and Lemma Shallo. (2020). Impact of Adopting Motor Pump Technology onSmallholder Farmers’ Income: Empirical Evidence from Southern Ethiopia.. American Journal ofEconomics 2020, 10 (4), 241-256. |
| [38] | Mitropoulos, P. and Tatum, C.. (2000). Forces Driving Adoption of New Information Technologies.. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 126 (5), 340-348. |
| [39] | MoFED. (2016). National Bank of Ethiopia Annual Report 2015/16. Ethiopia. |
| [40] | MoWE. (2012). Water Resources Management and Irrigation Policy: Annual Report of MOWE. AddisAbaba, Ethiopia. |
| [41] | Negusse Yigzaw, John Mburu, Chris Ackello-Ogutu, Cory Whitney, Eike Luedeling. (2019). Stochasticimpact evaluation of an irrigation development intervention in Northern Ethiopia.. Science of the TotalEnvironment 685 (2019), 1209–1220. |
| [42] | Nelson Mango, Clifton Makate, Lulseged Tamene, Powell Mponela, andGift Ndengu. (2018). Adoption ofSmall-Scale Irrigation Farming as a Climate-Smart Agriculture Practice and Its Influence on HouseholdIncome in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa.. Land, 2018, 7, 49; doi: 10.3390/land7020049. |
| [43] | OECD-DAC. (2010). Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – DevelopmentAssistance Committee. |
| [44] | Peersman, G.. (2015). Impact evaluation. BetterEvaluation. Retrieved from http://www.betterevaluation.org/themes/impact_evaluation. |
| [45] | Reddy RN. (2010). Irrigation Engineering. New Delhi -110 002: Gene-Tech Books. |
| [46] | Rogers. E,. (1995). ‘ Diffusion of Innovations,’ Fourth Edition. The Free Press. |
| [47] | Small Scale & Micro Irrigation Support(SMIS). (2015). Discussion Forum on Irrigation Development;Related Proclamations, Policies & Strategies of Ethiopia/Oromia. Adama: Oromia Regional Office. |
| [48] | Smout I. and Shaw R. (1999). Running Water; More Technical Briefs on Health, Water and Sanitation.Intermediate Technology Publications 1999. |
| [49] | Tadesse Getacher, Amenay Mesfin and Gebrehaweria Gebre-Egziabher.. (2013). Adoption and impacts ofan irrigation technology: Evidence from household level data in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. African Journalof Agricultural Research. Vol. 8 (38), pp. 4766-4772. |
| [50] | Tadesse Mosissa and Baihilu Bezabih. (2017). Review on participatory small-scale irrigation schemes andsmall-scale rainwater harvesting technology development and its contribution to household food securityin Ethiopia. International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering. Vol. 9 (3). |
| [51] | Temesgen Hirko, Mengistu Ketema & Fekadu Beyene. (2018). Evaluating the impact of small scaleirrigation practice on household income in Abay Chomen District of Oromia, Ethiopia. Journal ofDevelopment and Agricultural Economics Vol. 10 (12). |
| [52] | Tilahun Amede, Ayele Gebre-Mariam and Fabrizio Felloni. (2014). Small Scale Irrigation Interventions for System Productivity and Natural Resource Management in Ethiopian Highlands: Benefits and Best-bets.. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266507520. |
| [53] | Tsegazeab Gebremariam, and Surajit Ghosal. (2016). The Impact of Small Scale Irrigation on HouseholdIncome in Bambasi Woreda, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia. International Journal of Scientific andResearch Publications, Volume 6, Issue 6. |
| [54] | Yami Mastewal and Snyder Katherine. (2012). Improving Sustainability of Impacts of Agricultural WaterManagement Interventions In Challenging Contexts Case Study From Ethiopia. Addis Ababa: IWMI. |
APA Style
Basuma Rasa Birbirsa. (2021). Review on Adoption of Irrigation and Its Impact on Household Livelihood in Ethiopia. Advances in Sciences and Humanities, 7(3), 52-58. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ash.20210703.12
ACS Style
Basuma Rasa Birbirsa. Review on Adoption of Irrigation and Its Impact on Household Livelihood in Ethiopia. Adv. Sci. Humanit. 2021, 7(3), 52-58. doi: 10.11648/j.ash.20210703.12
AMA Style
Basuma Rasa Birbirsa. Review on Adoption of Irrigation and Its Impact on Household Livelihood in Ethiopia. Adv Sci Humanit. 2021;7(3):52-58. doi: 10.11648/j.ash.20210703.12
Share This Article
Twitter
Linked In
Facebook
Copy
Download@article{10.11648/j.ash.20210703.12,
author = {Basuma Rasa Birbirsa},
title = {Review on Adoption of Irrigation and Its Impact on Household Livelihood in Ethiopia},
journal = {Advances in Sciences and Humanities},
volume = {7},
number = {3},
pages = {52-58},
doi = {10.11648/j.ash.20210703.12},
url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ash.20210703.12},
eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.ash.20210703.12},
abstract = {Agriculture remains the mainstay of the Ethiopian economy. However, in the country, traditional rain fed smallholder farmers dominates the agricultural sector. Thus, Ethiopia has a huge potential of water resources. Nevertheless, there is a vast gap between the irrigated area (only about 10% of the total cultivated land) and irrigation potential in the country. In Ethiopia, still about 97% of food crops are produced by traditional rain-fed agriculture. Thus, the agricultural production activity is highly depends on seasonally rain-fed farming practice. Moreover, the adoption of irrigation and its impact on household livelihood which can be used as the major policy issue have not been well reviewed earlier. Therefore, the objective of this review is to identify the factors affecting the adoption of irrigation, and its impact on household livelihoods. The review indicated that age of household head, sex of household head, total livestock unit, land size, education level, family size, market distance from the farmer’s residence, access to a water source and off farm job participation are significant determinants of adoption of irrigation. Institutional factors like credit service, participation in community leadership, access to agricultural input and extension service are also significant determinant factors. Since the adoption of irrigation practice has significant impact in improving household livelihoods, actions should be taken by the farmer’s, extension agents, stakeholders and generally by the Ethiopian government to make a huge improvement on the irrigation farming in the country.},
year = {2021}
}
TY - JOUR T1 - Review on Adoption of Irrigation and Its Impact on Household Livelihood in Ethiopia AU - Basuma Rasa Birbirsa Y1 - 2021/08/23 PY - 2021 N1 - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ash.20210703.12 DO - 10.11648/j.ash.20210703.12 T2 - Advances in Sciences and Humanities JF - Advances in Sciences and Humanities JO - Advances in Sciences and Humanities SP - 52 EP - 58 PB - Science Publishing Group SN - 2472-0984 UR - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ash.20210703.12 AB - Agriculture remains the mainstay of the Ethiopian economy. However, in the country, traditional rain fed smallholder farmers dominates the agricultural sector. Thus, Ethiopia has a huge potential of water resources. Nevertheless, there is a vast gap between the irrigated area (only about 10% of the total cultivated land) and irrigation potential in the country. In Ethiopia, still about 97% of food crops are produced by traditional rain-fed agriculture. Thus, the agricultural production activity is highly depends on seasonally rain-fed farming practice. Moreover, the adoption of irrigation and its impact on household livelihood which can be used as the major policy issue have not been well reviewed earlier. Therefore, the objective of this review is to identify the factors affecting the adoption of irrigation, and its impact on household livelihoods. The review indicated that age of household head, sex of household head, total livestock unit, land size, education level, family size, market distance from the farmer’s residence, access to a water source and off farm job participation are significant determinants of adoption of irrigation. Institutional factors like credit service, participation in community leadership, access to agricultural input and extension service are also significant determinant factors. Since the adoption of irrigation practice has significant impact in improving household livelihoods, actions should be taken by the farmer’s, extension agents, stakeholders and generally by the Ethiopian government to make a huge improvement on the irrigation farming in the country. VL - 7 IS - 3 ER -
Information
Email: