Abstract
In Ethiopia, the agricultural sector which is the vital sector in the economic development and poverty reduction. In this scheme, there are different groups of farmers who has been assumed to be the model and ordinary farmers by the current Ethiopian ruling party (FDRE). From this, the different farmers was selected from the model and ordinary farmers and grouped under the different investment models based on their crop choice. In the analysis, there are four elements of strategies through can get the water security. The location can influence the water access for the different water users. Based on this, the farmers located at the head-end while the farmers located at the tail-end of the scheme have the limited access for the water. Similarly, peoples can influence the water security through “know who”. Based on this, the large plot holders and banana growers are concentrated at the head-end and middle of the scheme making the close contact with the water committees, they have the sufficient water access relatively compared with small plot holders and tail-enders. On the other hand, the farmers can get the water security from access to the technologies. From this regard, there is a recursive relationship between the distribution of water and the expansion of cash crops in the irrigation scheme. This recursive relationship is affected by the different strategies for securing access to water including the location of the plots, the “know-who”, the creating of hydraulic property relations and the access to technology.
Highlights
Agriculture is the main economic activity in Ethiopia which is importantly the contributor for the countrys gross domestic product (GDP)
My study focuses on the Kolla shara small scale irrigation which is one of the three sub irrigation schemes of the Hare small scale irrigation scheme as it is shown on Figure 4
From the data it becomes clear that not all farmers located in the head-end can utilize this advantage as some of them still are water insecure and not involved in cash crop farming
Summary
Agriculture is the main economic activity in Ethiopia which is importantly the contributor for the countrys gross domestic product (GDP). The agricultural sector which is the important sector in the economic development and poverty reduction of the country performed strongly for the last decades to improve productivity and link it to the market. It remained dominated by the low input and output rain fed farming system leading to the insufficient household food security and high poverty levels [2, 1, 12]. Crops and Water in Community Managed Small Scale Irrigation: Hare Small Scale Irrigation, Southern Ethiopia
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