The Impact of Small Scale Irrigation on Household Food Security: The Case of Bure Woreda, Amhara Regional State
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2020-10-20
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Addis Ababa University
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Small scale irrigation is one of the technology that can increase agricultural productivity by reducing water scarcity in enhancing continuous and sustainable year to year cultivation and livestock production, which in turn improve household food security. Therefore, assessing the impact of smallscale irrigation on household food security will assist decision makers by providing reliable information. This study analysed the impact of small scale irrigation on household food security and identified the factors that induce households’ participation in a small scale irrigations in Bure woreda. A multi-stage random sampling technique was employed to select 128 sample household heads for data collection to be analysed with the help of descriptive and econometric methods. Logit model and propensity matching score method was used to analyse the variable that affect household participation in small-scale irrigation. The outcome of the research revealed that, frequency of agriculture extension workers contact, household heads education status and distance from local market are positive factors to enhance the participation of households in a small-scale irrigation. On the other hand, household participation in a small scale irrigation is negatively influenced by household livestock holding, distance from irrigation water source, ratio of dependency and non-farm income generation capacity of a household. Household participation in a small scale irrigation has positive and statically significant mean difference compared to household not participate in a small scale irrigation on the daily calorie intake and annual caloric consumption expenditure per adult equivalent. Average treatment effect on treated (ATT) result shows that both the daily calorie intake and annual caloric consumption expenditure increase approximately by 28 percent or 908.29 and 628.94 ETB respectively because of participation in irrigation. There are negative factors that deter a household on the use of irrigation water in the study area. Therefore, the woreda administration is recommended to establish local farmers association, to build the capacity of farmers and Agriculture extension workers. It is also recommended to develop a bylaw and local regulations in the equitable use of available irrigation water
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Household food security, Small-scale irrigation, bylaws.