The impact of small-scale irrigation on household food security: The case of Filtino and Godino irrigation schemes in Ethiopia |
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Authors: | Abonesh Tesfaye Ayalneh Bogale Regassa E Namara Dereje Bacha |
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Institution: | (1) Ministry of Water Resources Development, P.O. Box 5744 or 5673, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;(2) School of Graduate Studies, Haramaya University, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia;(3) International Water Management Institute, Africa Regional Program, PMB, CT 112, Cantonments, Accra, Ghanna;(4) Agricultural Economist, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 265, Oromia, Ethiopia |
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Abstract: | Ethiopia’s irrigation potential is estimated at 3.7 million hectare, of which only about 190,000 ha (4.3% of the potential)
is actually irrigated. There is little information on the extent to which the so far developed irrigation schemes have been
effective in meeting their stated objectives of attaining food self-sufficiency and eradicating poverty. Therefore, the aim
of this paper is to identify the impact of small-scale irrigation on household food security based on data obtained from 200
farmers in Ada Liben district of Ethiopia in 2006. The resulting data was analyzed using Heckman’s Two-step Estimation procedure.
Studies elsewhere revealed that access to reliable irrigation water can enable farmers to adopt new technologies and intensify
cultivation, leading to increased productivity, overall higher production, and greater returns from farming. Our study findings
confirm some of these claims. In the study area about 70% of the irrigation users are food secure while only 20% of the non-users
are found to be food secure. Access to small scale irrigation enabled the sample households to grow crops more than once a
year; to insure increased and stable production, income and consumption; and improve their food security status. The study
concludes that small-scale irrigation significantly contributed to household food security.
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Keywords: | Food security Heckit model Small-scale irrigation |
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