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Abstract
This study was conducted at Boloso Sore district of Southern Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to identify determinants of Small-scale irrigation use. A total of 104 farmers were randomly selected and interviewed by using semi-structured questionnaire. To collect the required data several methods like interview schedule, focus group discussions and key informant interviews were used. Various documents were reviewed to collect the secondary data. Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics (chi-square and independent t-test) and econometric model analysis were used to analyze quantitative data. As the binary logistic regression model result indicates, four variables were found to be significant namely training, land size and labor which had significant and positive effect on the use of irrigation water use at less than 10% probability level, while, distance from the river had significant and negative effect on the use of irrigation water at 5% significant level. Governmental and non-governmental organizations should give emphasis on provision of training to create awareness creation and skill about irrigation technologies and increases their access to use irrigation water in the study area. They also should give emphasis on intensifying agricultural production in order to enhance the productivity of limited land. Therefore, to alleviate these problems and improve small-scale irrigation utilization, woreda (district) agricultural and rural development office and other concerned bodies should attempt to address those factors that hinder small-scale irrigation utilization in the study area.
Highlights
Ethiopia has untapped resource bases for agriculture development
Econometric Model: To identify the determinants that influence the use of irrigation water, the binary logistic regression analysis was employed
The section describes three core points. These include the status of irrigation practices; descriptive statistics results of explanatory variables; interpretation and discussions of model results
Summary
Ethiopia has untapped resource bases for agriculture development. The major resource bases for agriculture development are land, diverse agro-ecology, water resources, bio-diversity and human resources. To address subsistence farming problem, the economic performers designed a national strategic plan in 1991, Agricultural Development Led Industrialization (ADLI) that gives focus on irrigation, cooperative societies and agricultural technologies to answer the food demand and bring socioeconomic development in the country. The federal and the regional governments associated with other international and local NGOs have significantly supported to rural farmers to participate and use irrigation farming. Estimates showed that there is sufficient water in the country to develop about 4.5 million hectares of which only about 0.16 million ha (5% of the potential) is irrigated land under full irrigation in Ethiopia [3]. Irrigated agriculture has realized only 5% of its estimated potential and in terms of output it accounts for approximately 3% of the total food crop production [4]
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