Water allocation and management in an emerging spate irrigation system in Makanya catchment, Tanzania

Komakech, Hans C.; Mul, Marloes; Zaag, Pieter van der; Rwehumbiza, F. B. R.

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2010.07.017

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“…Owing to minor local differences, irrigation water management in most irrigation user communities is headed by water committees whilst its distribution is commonly based on rotation turns (e.g. see Makurira et al ., ; Komakech et al ., ). Several studies have also cited the occurrence of water conflicts caused by increased water shortages, water theft and turn abuses (e.g.…”

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Traditional Irrigation and Water Management Practices in Highland Ethiopia: Case Study in Dangila Woreda

Belay

Bewket

2013

Irrigation and Drainage

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This paper examines traditional irrigation practices and their contribution to rural livelihoods in Dangila woreda (district) in the north‐western highlands of Ethiopia. Data were collected from November 2010 to May 2011 through a questionnaire survey of 126 irrigators and field observation of irrigation practices. The results show that over 90% of the irrigators used furrow systems. Around 54% of them reported that irrigation had contributed 11–20% to their household incomes in the past 12 years (1999/2000–2010/2011). The majority of the farmers agreed that the use of irrigation has increased in area coverage, crop outputs and contribution to household incomes over the past two decades. Water was distributed on rotation turns headed by water committees that were headed by individuals locally referred to as Yewha Abat (water fathers). Over 60% of the respondents indicated that they faced water and irrigable land shortages where the latter significantly influence households' irrigation income (significant at p < 0.0005). Although traditional irrigation has been known in the study area for many years, the attention offered to it from state agencies has not been encouraging. The study recommends appropriate institutional support to be provided to smallholder irrigators to improve the overall performance of traditional irrigation schemes. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Traditional Irrigation and Water Management Practices in Highland Ethiopia: Case Study in Dangila Woreda

Belay

Bewket

2013

Irrigation and Drainage

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“…She concludes that achieving efficiency for water allocation is more pronounced because is premised on neo-liberalization (full-cost recovery) while equity and sustainability seem unrealistic. In line with, Roa-García (2014), Komakech et al (2011), andHillman et al (2012) argue that water allocation has always been characterized by unknown equity procedures. This is because agricultural growth takes a larger percentage of water at the expense of ecological integrity (environment/natural flow regime).…”

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“…We often read it in the national daily, the volume of allocation to the sector, but unfortunately, the money never got down to the base. In buttressing this view, Komakech et al (2011) opine that water allocation often faces different challenges such as variability of rainfall distribution, insufficient storage capacity and financial strength among others. They argue further that the inability of a basin to expand its storage capacity always hinders water allocation for irrigated agriculture sector, especially during dry seasons which is attributed to insufficient funding.…”

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Towards attaining equity and satisfaction in water allocation mechanism for irrigated agriculture in Northern Nigeria

Balyaminu¹

2017

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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Mechanism for water allocation in the irrigated agriculture has been subject of conflict and challenges in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) due to higher input in rice farming and increasing water shortage. How satisfactory is the allocation mechanism by the stakeholders (the providers, policy-makers and the farmers) and how do farmers perceive equity objective on the existing water allocation mechanism in Nigeria? This paper examines constraints confronting water distribution, farmers' level of satisfaction and their perception on equity in the process of water distribution to farmlands in the Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority (UNRBDA) in Northern Nigeria. This study employs semi-structured interview and validated questionnaires survey approaches with stakeholders. Data collected were analysed using thematic approach based on themes generation and simple descriptive statistics. Findings show that weak institutions, legal framework incapacity and aging infrastructures majorly hinder equitable water allocation in the irrigated agriculture. Varied opinions were observed on the level of satisfaction among the stakeholders. While 77.7% of farmers reported that equity objective is observed, 22.2% declined that there is equity in the allocation policy. Institutional reform and adequate funding for maintenance of facilities is recommended for justice and equity in water allocation.

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“…George et al, (2000) developed an irrigation scheduling model for performing irrigation scheduling under various management options for both single and multiple fields. Komakech et al, (2011) reported that spate irrigation systems pose institutional and technical challenges: collective action is challenged by complex upstream-downstream interactions between users within the system, and the high labour demands for regular reconstruction of temporary diversion weirs and intake structures. Das et al, (2015) developed a decision support system for the land and water resources allocation.…”

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Development of Rotational Water Allocation Plan for a Command Area of Som-Kagdar Irrigation Project

Arya¹,

Singh²,

Purohit³

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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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Water allocation and management in an emerging spate irrigation system in Makanya catchment, Tanzania

Cited by 40 publications

References 8 publications

Traditional Irrigation and Water Management Practices in Highland Ethiopia: Case Study in Dangila Woreda

Traditional Irrigation and Water Management Practices in Highland Ethiopia: Case Study in Dangila Woreda

Towards attaining equity and satisfaction in water allocation mechanism for irrigated agriculture in Northern Nigeria

Development of Rotational Water Allocation Plan for a Command Area of Som-Kagdar Irrigation Project

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