IMPACT ASSESSMENT oF RAINWATER hARVESTING PONDS:
THE Case of ALABA
Rebeka Amha1
1Research
Assistant, ILRI,
Berhanu Gebremedhin2
2Scientist-Agricultural
Economist, ILRI,
ACRONYMS
ASA Arid and semi-arid areas.
asl above sea level
CA Catchment Area.
CB Cropped basin
FAO Food and
Agricultural organization
FDRE Federal Democratic
FFW Food for Work
GHA Greater Horn of
GHARP Greater Horn of
GWH Global Water
Harvesting
ICRAF International center
for Research in Agro forestry
ICRISAT
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
IPMS Improving Productivity and Market Success
NAEP National Agricultural
Extension Program
NGO Non-governmental
organization
NRM Natural Resource Management
PA Peasant
Association
RELMU Regional land management
unit
RWH Rain Water Harvesting
SNNPR Southern
Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regions
UNEP
United Nation
Environmental Protection
UN OCHA United Nation
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Table of Contents
Page
1.4.
Significance of the Study
1.5. Scope and Limitation of the Study
1.6.
Organization of the Study
CHAPTER
TWO: PRINCIPLES AND TECHNOLOGIES OF RAINWATER
2.1
Principle and Definition of Rainwater Harvesting
2.2
Where to use Rainwater Harvesting
2.3
Components of Rainwater Harvesting
2.4 Classification of RWH Technologies
and Systems.
2.5 Site and Technique Selection
CHAPTER
THREE: LITERATURE REVIEW
CHAPTER
FOUR: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK,RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS AND
4.3.
Description of the Study Area, Data Sources and Sampling
4.4.
Descriptive Analysis Approach
4.5.
Model Specification and Econometric Analysis
4.5.3.
Model Specification and Estimation issue
4.6.
Qualitative Analysis Approach
CHAPTER
FIVE: SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND CROPPING