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    Water interaction and water productivity of dairy cattle in Wuchale Wereda, Nile River Basin, Ethiopia

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2007
    Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
    water management

    Livestock interact with the environment directly or indirectly in the process of their production. The interaction with the water resources is also direct or indirect and can be positive or negative depending on the system of production. In the study area of this work, the mixed croplivestock production is the main type of livestock production by smallhoder subsistence farmers where cattle are reared for dairying. The study was done as a case study of two selected PA’s of the wereda. One part of this research was to describe the dairy cattle water interaction.

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    The concept of benefit sharing in the context of the eastern Nile Basin

    Journal Articles & Books
    March, 2009
    Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Africa, Eastern Africa
    water management

    This study attempted to predict the likely impacts of a dam reservoir and flow regulation on riparian plant composition and diversity. The study was conducted around the Koga dam in the upper part of the Blue Nile basin in the northwestern part of Ethiopia. Floristic composition and diversity in the riverine and adjacent sites of the river was studied. The presence of plant species that would be affected by the storage of the Koga River water and the modification of the downstream river flow regime were assessed.

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    Institutional analysis of water management on communal irrigation systems in Ethiopia: the case of Atsbi Wemberta, Tigray Region and Ada’a Woreda, Oromiya Region

    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2008
    Ethiopia, Eastern Africa
    water management

    This study analyses the institutional and organizational arrangements of irrigation water management and identifies the determinants of collective action and its effectiveness in managing communal irrigation schemes in the districts of Atsbi Wemberta (Tigray region) and Ada’a (Oromiya region), Ethiopia. Results are based on data collected from a survey of 169 groups (communities) and 22 scheme level focus group interviews. All tabias which have irrigation projects that operated, in year 2006/07 are included. Analysis of descriptive and econometric methods are used.

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    Impact assessment of rainwater harvesting ponds: the case of Alaba Woreda, Ethiopia

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2006
    Ethiopia, Eastern Africa
    water management

    This study assesses the determinants of households’ adoption of rainwater harvesting ponds, and its impact on agricultural intensification and yield in Alaba Woreda, southern Ethiopia. Results are based on data collected from a survey of 152 households and 1036 plots operated by the households. Households were stratified into those with rain water harvesting ponds and those without from which equal number of sample households ware drawn. Analysis of descriptive information and econometric methods are used. Analysis of qualitative information supplemented the econometric results.

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