| dc.contributor.author | Yami, M. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-04T10:57:59Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-04T10:57:59Z |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 |
| dc.identifier.citation | Yami, M. (2015). Irrigation projects in Ethiopia: what can be done to enhance effectiveness under ‘challenging contexts’?. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 1-11. |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1350-4509 |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/890 |
| dc.description.abstract | Investment in small scale irrigation (SSI) is crucial to sustain food security and livelihoods of smallholders. In Ethiopia, the
government and development partners show a growing interest in developing irrigation projects. The success of irrigation
projects is determined by governance and socio-cultural contexts. Yet the lack of thorough understanding of the challenging
contexts undermines the efforts to achieve sustainability outcomes in irrigation projects. This article identifies the challenging
contexts to irrigation projects, examines how the challenging contexts influence the effectiveness of irrigation projects,
and indicates ways of improving the effectiveness of irrigation projects under the existing challenging contexts. Data were
collected between April and December 2011 in three regional states of Ethiopia using in-depth interviews and focus group
discussions. The lack of governance capacity and accountability are critical challenges for the sustainability of the irrigation
projects. In addition, the poor consideration of local knowledge and the use of top-down approaches in planning and
implementing the irrigation projects, and lack of equitable access to the irrigation schemes result in poor ownership of
projects among farmers. Improving the funding scheme to support long-term capacity building at national and local levels,
and in understanding the socio-cultural contexts of the intervention areas; planning irrigation projects with due consideration
of the existing challenging contexts, and with active engagement of the local community, are important for the long-term
viability and sustainability of irrigation projectsInvestment in small scale irrigation (SSI) is crucial to sustain food security and livelihoods of smallholders. In Ethiopia, the
government and development partners show a growing interest in developing irrigation projects. The success of irrigation
projects is determined by governance and socio-cultural contexts. Yet the lack of thorough understanding of the challenging
contexts undermines the efforts to achieve sustainability outcomes in irrigation projects. This article identifies the challenging
contexts to irrigation projects, examines how the challenging contexts influence the effectiveness of irrigation projects,
and indicates ways of improving the effectiveness of irrigation projects under the existing challenging contexts. Data were
collected between April and December 2011 in three regional states of Ethiopia using in-depth interviews and focus group
discussions. The lack of governance capacity and accountability are critical challenges for the sustainability of the irrigation
projects. In addition, the poor consideration of local knowledge and the use of top-down approaches in planning and
implementing the irrigation projects, and lack of equitable access to the irrigation schemes result in poor ownership of
projects among farmers. Improving the funding scheme to support long-term capacity building at national and local levels,
and in understanding the socio-cultural contexts of the intervention areas; planning irrigation projects with due consideration
of the existing challenging contexts, and with active engagement of the local community, are important for the long-term
viability and sustainability of irrigation projects |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.subject | Governance |
| dc.subject | Institutions |
| dc.subject | Irrigation |
| dc.subject | Livelihoods |
| dc.subject | Sustainability |
| dc.title | Irrigation projects in Ethiopia: what can be done to enhance effectiveness under challenging contexts? |
| dc.type | Journal Article |
| dc.description.version | Peer Review |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa South Of Sahara |
| cg.coverage.country | Uganda |
| cg.isijournal | ISI Journal |
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR single center |
| cg.iitasubject | Smallholder Farmers |
| cg.iitasubject | Livelihoods |
| cg.journal | International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology |
| cg.howpublished | Formally Published |
| cg.accessibilitystatus | Limited Access |
| local.dspaceid | 76389 |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2015.1057628 |
