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Irrigation and agricultural transformation in Ethiopia

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Title Irrigation and agricultural transformation in Ethiopia
 
Creator Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Abate, Gashaw Tadesse
Yimam, Seid
 
Subject agriculture
irrigation
irrigation management
water
smallholders
fertilizers
agrochemicals
income
agricultural transformation
welfare
welfare economics
groundwater
investment
technology
imports
 
Description Ethiopia’s rivers and streams (Figure 1) and its ground water potential of 2.6 billion m3 of groundwater potential (Awulachew et al., 2008) is estimated to have a potential to irrigate 5.3 million hectares of land. So far, less than 5 percent of the potentially irrigable land is currently irrigated, exposing the country’s agriculture to the vagaries of nature. The startling divergence between irrigation potential and utilization has been the subject of policy discussions in the recent decade, which results in a significant impetus towards irrigation development in the country both in expressed commitments and actual investments. For instance, the current 10-year development plan of the country placed irrigation as the main catalyst for accelerated agricultural transformation. In terms of investment, there are at least 13 ongoing large-scale irrigation development projects with a combined command area of more than 400,000 hectares (close to twice the current size of irrigated area by smallholder farmers). The government has also recently allowed duty-free imports of irrigation technologies to encourage small-scale irrigation development.
 
Date 2022-12-02
2023-01-17T08:14:04Z
2023-01-17T08:14:04Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework; Abate, Gashaw Tadesse; and Yimam, Seid. 2022. Irrigation and agricultural transformation in Ethiopia. IFPRI Project Note October 2022. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136461
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127268
https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136461
 
Language en
 
Relation IFPRI Project Note
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 3 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)