Local empowerment and irrigation devolution in Ethiopia

This paper investigates the effect of devolved irrigation water management systems and complementary irrigation technologies on collective empowerment in Ethiopia. We find that households' monetary, in-kind and labour contributions for irrigation water provision and appropriation are more commo...

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Published inInternational journal of water resources development Vol. 38; no. 6; pp. 1062 - 1088
Main Authors Bekele, Rahel Deribe, Mekonnen, Dawit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Guildford Routledge 02.11.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Appropriation
collective empowerment
Decentralization
Decision making
Devolution
Empowerment
Ethiopia
Farmers
Governance
Gravity
Households
Housework
Irrigation
Irrigation devolution
Irrigation systems
irrigation technology
Irrigation water
irrigation water institutions
Labour
Management systems
Water management
Water resources management
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Summary:This paper investigates the effect of devolved irrigation water management systems and complementary irrigation technologies on collective empowerment in Ethiopia. We find that households' monetary, in-kind and labour contributions for irrigation water provision and appropriation are more common in farmer-managed gravity irrigation schemes compared with farmer-managed pump systems and jointly managed schemes. The most frequent conflict occurrence was observed in jointly managed gravity irrigation systems, followed by farmer-managed gravity systems. Our results indicate that irrigation users' degree of participation, decision-making capacity and strength of local governance are also affected by several household, plot, village, scheme and climatic factors.
ISSN:0790-0627
1360-0648
DOI:10.1080/07900627.2021.1936465