Smallholders' Irrigation Practices and Issues of Community Management: The Case of Two Irrigatio Systems in Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Teshome, Woldeab (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dinku, Lemma | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-08T12:48:53Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:26:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-08T12:48:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:26:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study has been to assess the role of smallholders' irrigation development and issues of community management with special reference to Doni Kumbi and Bato Degaga ilTigation systems in eastern shoa zone of Oromia Region. Both in'igation systems are located in the arid and drought-prone areas where crop failure is a reculTent phenomenon due to insufficiency and elTatic rainfall. The study has been focused on examining the social and technical aspects of ilTigation by which the benefits and constraints of ill'igation has been investigated. In order to undertake this research household survey, focus group discussion and key infoITnants were interviewed to collect primary data. In addition, relevant literatures and essential documents were reviewed that was useful for the study. The finding of this study show that smallholder ill'igations are very important specially in those areas where insufficient and erratic rainfall is a reculTent phenomenon as a result rain fed agricultural production is not a dependable enterprise. For instance, of the available income sources, the average household income obtained from irrigation cultivation constituted 69.18%,76.15% and 75.92% during the three years period (2001-2003) in Doni Kumbi SSI. In Bato Gegaga SSI, there was no ilTigation in 2001 because of failure in electric power supply. After the ilTigation system re-operated in 2002 and 2003, the average household income obtained from ilTigation cultivation was 75.49% and 61.49% as compared to other sources of income respecti vely. However, as the study revealed, there are many technical, institutional , policy and management problems that constrain ilTigation perfOlmances. Despite the exi sting weaknesses of IWUAs, lack of support is very crucial. The IWUAs were registered and became legal entity but this did not give them any advantage since they were not different from those who did not get the legal entity. For instance, they do not get facilities such as credit and market information because the agricultural policy gives priority to farmers that rely on rain fed cultivation. Generally, the result of this study shows that the development of ilTigation canals by it self cannot bring about significant change. Together with, it is important to consider the social aspects in order for in'igation systems to be successful.past experiences and also to help policy makers in formulating sound policies for further ilTigation development. Currently, the government of Ethiopia is developing master plans for various types of inĀ·igation, including diversion/gravity schemes from major rivers, pumping from rivers, and small storage reservoirs by giving priority to low cost small-scale irrigation systems. (OIDA, 2000). As explained by Rosegrant Cai and Cline (2002), sociologists should interface closely with technical specialists in agronomy, livestock/pasture, irrigation, etc. Sociologists and technical specialists should work together to understand poor household's land and labor allocation strategies, their way of minimizing risk and their constraints for adopting proposed technologies. Together they should weed out solutions, which are technically possible but unlikely to be adopted and make judgments about the estimated rate of adoption and the number of households likely to benefit from each component (ibid). Generally, according to Uphoff (1989, in mollinga 2002), irrigation requires the integration of both dimensions that are social and technical. Without the incorporation of institutional and other social relations such as human interest, rational decision-making, power relations, conflict, etc. to the technical ilTigation discourse, it limits the comprehensive understanding of irrigation. It can thus be seen that the proper development and management of irrigation is a complex and comprehensive undertaking, requiring attention too much more than hydraulics and agronomy. As Woldeab (2003) noted, in inigation development more emphasis is given to the construction of infrastructure while the management aspect of irrigation is often neglected. Forthe community based small scale irri gation systems to be successful, the interaction of both human and physical aspects of ilTigation is very important. This study is therefore aims at assessing the contribution of in'igation in households income and the condition of ilTigation management by emphasizing on two irrigation systems found in east shoa administrative zone of Oromia Region, namely; Doni Kumbi and Bato Degaga Small Scale Irrigations (551). It intends help to generate infOlmation and increase understanding to assist in future planning and development of smallholder irrigation .. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/12476 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Issues of Community Managemen | en_US |
| dc.title | Smallholders' Irrigation Practices and Issues of Community Management: The Case of Two Irrigatio Systems in Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |