Irrigation development and management practices in Ethiopia: A systematic review on existing problems, sustainability issues and future directions

Inventory and drivers of the adoption of flood‐based farming systems in South‐Eastern Africa: Insights from Malawi*

(2022) Arab P. Msume et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

Geospatial solutions for evaluating the impact of the Tigray conflict on farming

(2022) Biadgilgn Demissie et al.   Acta Geophysica

Crop Cultivation at Wartime – Plight and Resilience of Tigray’s Agrarian Society (North Ethiopia)

(2022) Jan Nyssen et al.   DEFENCE AND PEACE ECONOMICS

Challenges of Smallholder Farming in Ethiopia and Opportunities by Adopting Climate-Smart Agriculture

(2021) Gebeyanesh Zerssa et al.   Agriculture-Basel

Irrigation management transfer in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of policy implementation across scales

(2020) Cesario Cambaza et al.   WATER INTERNATIONAL

Exploring the factors causing the poor performance of most irrigation schemes in post-independence sub-Saharan Africa

(2020) Vibeke Bjornlund et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

Mapping development potential of dry-season small-scale irrigation in Sub-Saharan African countries under joint biophysical and economic constraints - An agent-based modeling approach with an application to Ethiopia

(2020) Hua Xie et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Irrigation efficiency and shallow groundwater in anisotropic floodplain soils near Lake Tana, Ethiopia

(2019) Abebech Abera Beyene et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

A participatory and practical irrigation scheduling in semiarid areas: the case of Gumselassa irrigation scheme in Northern Ethiopia

(2019) Degol Fissahaye Yohannes et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Direct and indirect effect of irrigation water availability on crop revenue in northwest Ethiopia: A structural equation model

(2019) Markose Chekol Zewdie et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Small-scale irrigation scheme governance - poverty nexus: evidence from Ethiopia

(2019) Fitsum Assefa Adela et al.   Food Security

An efficient framework for conducting systematic literature reviews in agricultural sciences

(2019) Thomas M. Koutsos et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Stochastic impact evaluation of an irrigation development intervention in Northern Ethiopia

(2019) Negusse Yigzaw et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Water resource assessment, gaps, and constraints of vegetable production in Robit and Dangishta watersheds, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

(2019) Abeyou W. Worqlul et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Economic and food security effects of small-scale irrigation technologies in northern Ghana

(2019) Bedru B. Balana et al.   Water Resources and Economics

Salinization pattern and its spatial distribution in the irrigated agriculture of Northern Ethiopia: An integrated approach of quantitative and spatial analysis

(2018) Gebremedhin Gebremeskel et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

What happens after technology adoption? Gendered aspects of small-scale irrigation technologies in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania

(2018) Sophie Theis et al.   AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES

A Comparative Analysis of Yield Gaps and Water Productivity on Smallholder Farms in Ethiopia, South Africa and Tunisia

(2018) Nebo Jovanovic et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

Integrating Participatory Data Acquisition and Modelling of Irrigation Strategies to Enhance Water Productivity in a Small-Scale Irrigation Scheme in Tigray, Ethiopia

(2018) Solomon Habtu et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

Engaging Farmers in a Research Project. Lessons Learned from Implementing the Community of Practice Concept in Innovation Platforms in Irrigated Schemes in Tunisia, Mozambique and Ethiopia

(2018) Aleksandra Dolinska et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

Evaluating the pathways from small-scale irrigation to dietary diversity: evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania

(2018) Simone Passarelli et al.   Food Security

A review of trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in East Africa

(2018) Prossie Nakawuka et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Assessing the relative sustainability of smallholder farming systems in Ethiopian highlands

(2018) Vine Mutyasira et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

A participatory design approach for modernization of spate irrigation systems

(2018) Giulio Castelli et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Determinants of Female-Headed Households’ Participation in Periurban Modern Small-Scale Irrigation Projects in Ethiopia: The Case of Kobo Town

(2018) Goitom Sisay   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

Performance of small-scale irrigation schemes in Lake Tana Basin of Ethiopia: technical and socio-political attributes

(2018) Abebech Abera et al.   PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and economic growth: A systematic review of two decades of research from 1995 to 2017

(2018) Abbas Mardani et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Poverty Profiles and Nutritional Outcomes of Using Spate Irrigation in Ethiopia

(2017) Fitsum Hagos et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

The Implications of State Intervention for Self-Governed Irrigation Schemes: Insights From Tigray, Ethiopia

(2017) N. Oates et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

Sustainability Assessment of indicators for integrated water resources management

(2017) A. Pires et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An analysis of the productivity and technical efficiency of smallholder irrigation in Ethiopia

(2017) Godswill Makombe et al.   WATER SA

A comparative review of water management sustainability challenges in smallholder irrigation schemes in Africa and Asia

(2016) Solomon Mutambara et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Accounting for user expectations in the valuation of reliable irrigation water access in the Ethiopian highlands

(2016) Habtamu Tilahun Kassahun et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Evaluating and enhancing irrigation water management in the upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia: The case of Koga large scale irrigation scheme

(2016) Sisay B. Asres   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Assessing Performance of Small-Scale Pumped Irrigation Systems in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from a Systematic Review

(2016) Jean Kamwamba-Mtethiwa et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

Reservoir Operation in View of Effective Utilization of Limited Water in Semi-Arid Areas The Case of Gumsalasa Earthen Dam Irrigation Scheme in Tigray, Ethiopia

(2016) Eyasu Yazew Hagos et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

Overview of micro-dam reservoirs (MDR) in Tigray (northern Ethiopia): Challenges and benefits

(2016) Gebremedhin Berhane et al.   JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES

An integrated approach for detection and delineation of leakage path from Micro-Dam Reservoir (MDR): a case study from Arato MDR, Northern Ethiopia

(2015) Gebremedhin Berhane et al.   Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Irrigation projects in Ethiopia: what can be done to enhance effectiveness under ‘challenging contexts’?

(2015) Mastewal Yami   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD ECOLOGY

Adoption of Small-Scale Irrigation and Its Livelihood Impacts in Northern Ethiopia

(2015) Woldegebrial Zeweld et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

Empty pockets, empty ponds? Disadoption of water harvesting technologies in Ethiopia

(2015) Mekonnen B. Wakeyo et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Identifying the potential for irrigation development in Mozambique: Capitalizing on the drivers behind farmer-led irrigation expansion

(2014) W. Beekman et al.   PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH

Pirates or pioneers? Unplanned irrigation around small reservoirs in Burkina Faso

(2013) Charlotte de Fraiture et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Evaluating the performance of reservoirs in semi-arid catchments of Tigray: Tradeoff between water harvesting and soil and water conservation

(2013) D. Teka et al.   CATENA

Cost-benefit analysis and ideas for cost sharing of groundwater irrigation: evidence from north-eastern Ethiopia

(2013) Gebrehaweria Gebregziabher et al.   WATER INTERNATIONAL

Sustaining participation in irrigation systems of Ethiopia: what have we learned about water user associations?

(2013) Mastewal Yami   Water Policy

Agricultural water management and poverty in Ethiopia

(2012) Fitsum Hagos et al.   AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Optimum irrigation and pond operation to move away from exclusively rainfed agriculture: the Boru Dodota Spate Irrigation Scheme, Ethiopia

(2012) Abebe Demissie Chukalla et al.   IRRIGATION SCIENCE

Water leakage investigation of micro-dam reservoirs in Mesozoic sedimentary sequences in Northern Ethiopia

(2012) Gebremedhin Berhane et al.   JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES

Sustainability Issues in Water Management

(2012) Nilgun B. Harmancioglu et al.   WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Assessing drought risk and irrigation need in northern Ethiopia

(2011) A. Araya et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

IRRIGATION WATER PRODUCTIVITY AS AFFECTED BY WATER MANAGEMENT IN A SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION SCHEME IN THE BLUE NILE BASIN, ETHIOPIA

(2011) SISAY DEMEKU DERIB et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE

INSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF GOVERNANCE OF LOCAL COMMON POOL RESOURCES ON LIVESTOCK WATER PRODUCTIVITY IN ETHIOPIA

(2011) TILAYE TEKLEWOLD DENEKE et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE

PERFORMANCE OF IRRIGATION: AN ASSESSMENT AT DIFFERENT SCALES IN ETHIOPIA

(2011) SELESHI BEKELE AWULACHEW et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE

What is the irrigation potential for Africa? A combined biophysical and socioeconomic approach

(2011) Liangzhi You et al.   FOOD POLICY

DEALING WITH SEDIMENTATION ISSUES IN SPATE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

(2011) T. G. Embaye et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

Performance assessment of smallholder irrigation in the central rift valley of ethiopia

(2011) G.E. Van Halsema et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

An effective approach to sustainable small-scale irrigation developments in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2011) Michihiko Sakaki et al.   Paddy and Water Environment

Status and Potential of Spate Irrigation in Ethiopia

(2011) Frank van Steenbergen et al.   WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

IRRIGATION SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED PROJECTS IN THA CHIN BASIN, THAILAND

(2010) Sanidda Tiewtoy et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

Pathways to breaking the poverty trap in Ethiopia: Investments in agricultural water, education, and markets

(2009) Munir A. Hanjra et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Poverty reduction with irrigation investment: An empirical case study from Tigray, Ethiopia

(2009) Gebrehaweria Gebregziabher et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Impact of small-scale irrigation on household poverty: empirical evidence from the Ambo district in Ethiopia

(2009) Dereje Bacha et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration

(2009) Alessandro Liberati et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

(2009) David Moher et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Never look a gift horse in the mouth or should you? Upgrading the Hare Irrigation System in Southern Ethiopia

(2008) Kai Wegerich et al.   IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE