Management Practices on Gimara Small Scale Irrigation Scheme: the Case of Ayehu Guagsa Woreda, Awi Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
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2024-08-01
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Addis Ababa University
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Agriculture in Ethiopia is primary rain fed and depends on erratic rainfall, characterized by frequent failures of production. The survey gap was to fill the management problem in the study area the challenges that hinder the managements of irrigation practice and the major determinant factors that affect farmers to practice irrigation. The study employed mixed research approach. The required data for the study was collected from both primary and secondary sources Simple random sampling method was used to select three sampled villages from the total of six villages in the irrigation area. From a total of 540 households 130 respondents were selected as sample households by using Kothari formula. Chi-square test was employed to examine the relationship between categorical variables. Binary logistic regression model was mainly employed to identify factors affecting small scale irrigation practices. The study clearly revealed that scarcity of irrigation water and increasing number of irrigation users from time to time were the major challenges which hindered effective irrigation management practices. The binary logistics regression result indicated that, access to extension services; experience, sex, credit and training were found to be statically significant factors to determine irrigation practices. Water user’s association committee and other concerned bodies should control illegal water users in the upper course of irrigation area who are the major sources of water scarcity for downstream communities and they should distribute irrigation water adequately, timely and fairly for irrigation users.
Key words: Small scale irrigation, irrigation practice, Gimara Irrigation Scheme
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Small scale irrigation, irrigation practice, Gimara Irrigation Scheme