Irrigation and agricultural transformation in Ethiopia

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dc.creatorMekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
dc.creatorAbate, Gashaw T.
dc.creatorYimam, Seid
dc.date2022-12-02
dc.date2024-04-12T13:36:48Z
dc.date2024-04-12T13:36:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:01:56Z
dc.descriptionEthiopia’s rivers and streams (Figure 1) and its ground water potential of 2.6 billion m3 of groundwater potential (Awulachew et al., 2008) is estimated to have a potential to irrigate 5.3 million hectares of land. So far, less than 5 percent of the potentially irrigable land is currently irrigated, exposing the country’s agriculture to the vagaries of nature. The startling divergence between irrigation potential and utilization has been the subject of policy discussions in the recent decade, which results in a significant impetus towards irrigation development in the country both in expressed commitments and actual investments. For instance, the current 10-year development plan of the country placed irrigation as the main catalyst for accelerated agricultural transformation. In terms of investment, there are at least 13 ongoing large-scale irrigation development projects with a combined command area of more than 400,000 hectares (close to twice the current size of irrigated area by smallholder farmers). The government has also recently allowed duty-free imports of irrigation technologies to encourage small-scale irrigation development.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140881
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/92617
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMekonnen, Dawit Kelemework; Abate, Gashaw Tadesse; and Yimam, Seid. 2022. Irrigation and agricultural transformation in Ethiopia. IFPRI Project Note October 2022. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136461.
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjectirrigation management
dc.subjectimports
dc.subjectfertilizers
dc.subjectinvestment
dc.subjectgroundwater
dc.subjecttechnology
dc.subjectwelfare
dc.subjectwater
dc.subjectwelfare economics
dc.subjectagricultural transformation
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectirrigation
dc.subjectagrochemicals
dc.titleIrrigation and agricultural transformation in Ethiopia
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