Abstract
This review identified factors that determine the decision of a household to participate in irrigation, and its impact on the income of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists. In Ethiopia, agriculture ...
Highlights
Agriculture still remains the main stay of Ethiopian economy, where around 95% of the country’s agricultural output is produced by smallholder farmers (MoA, 2010)
Agriculture is the backbone of Ethiopian economy; it contributes 70% of export earnings, 80% of employment and 40.2% of country’s gross domestic product (UNDP, 2015)
Review of related literature This part was discussed some concepts and definitions applied in irrigation and income analysis, the determinants of household decision to participate in irrigation farming and the impact of irrigation on households’ income in Ethiopia
Summary
Agriculture is the basic economic sector in which the country relies for its social and economic development. The sector has remained in its rudimentary stage, especially in dry lands of Ethiopia. Irrigation agriculture can increase production and income, protects against risks of crop loss due to insufficient rainwater supplies, promotes the use of yield enhancing farm inputs and creates additional employment. These help very poor households to meet the basic needs by improving their overall economic livelihood status that in the long run enables them to move out of the poverty trap.
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