Water resources and irrigation development in ethiopia pdf

Ethiopia has 11 fresh and 9 saline lakes, 4 crater lakes and over 12 major swamps or wetlands. Water development in ethiopias pastoral areas a synthesis of existing knowledge and experience magda nassef with mulugeta belayhun 2012. In previous water resource development projects, the issue of environmental. Water resources and irrigation development in ethiopia. This working paper provides results of a broad assessment of water resources and a database of irrigation development and potential in ethiopia. However, the contribution of irrigation to the national economy as compared to its potentials is nonnegligible gebremeskel and kebede, 2015. Irrigation potential in ethiopia ethiopian agriculture. This report argues that water resource management in agriculture is a critical contributor to the economic and social development of ethiopia. Wateraid, gender equality and disability inclusion in wash. The finding of eneyew 2014 similarly revealed that although ethiopia is considered as a water tower of africa, only 5% irrigation potential is developed up to recent. If successful, irrigation in ethiopia could represent a cornerstone of the agricultural development of the country, contributing up to etb 140 billion to the economy and potentially moving. Transformational agenda for irrigation development cmp ethiopia.

Roles, constraints and opportunities of small scale irrigation. Present and future water resources development in ethiopia. Irrigation and water for sustainable development iwmi cgiar. Identify water resources potential and promote sustainable irrigation development. The ministry of water, irrigation and electricity of ethiopia is a federal organization established to undertake the management of water resources, water supply and sanitation, large and medium. The development of water resources for agricultural purposes on the one hand and rural water supply schemes on the other are the focus of our discussion in this section.

Pdf water resources and irrigation development in ethiopia. Precambrian metamorphic rocks are exposed in the northern portion of the country hereafter referred to as the northern complex, the west the western complex, and the south the southern complex figure 1b. Irrigation development in ethiopia cmp cowash ethiopia. United states agency for international development usaid donors. Table 3 provides information for 19 main natural lakes and reservoirs mce 2001. Majority of the lakes are found in the rift valley basin. Water resource and irrigation management, woldia university, ethiopia. Of the two subsectors, the first has attracted high levels of investment, and the second was neglected until the postimperial period. The country is blessed with ample water resources in central, western and south western parts, while most of northeastern and eastern parts of the country are relatively dry. Ethiopia food and agriculture organization of the united nations. Federal democratic republic of ethiopia ministry of water.