IMPACT ASSESSMENT oF RAINWATER hARVESTING PONDS:

THE Case of ALABA WOrEDA, ETHIOPIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rebeka Amha1

1Research Assistant, ILRI, Addis Ababa

Berhanu Gebremedhin2

2Scientist-Agricultural Economist, ILRI, Addis Ababa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACRONYMS

 

ADLI                          Agricultural Development Led Industrialization

ASA                           Arid and semi-arid areas.

asl                              above sea level

CA                             Catchment Area.

CB                             Cropped basin

FAO                           Food and Agricultural organization

FDRE                         Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

FFW                           Food for Work

GHA                           Greater Horn of Africa

GHARP                      Greater Horn of Africa Rainwater Partnership

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

OLS                            Ordinary Least Square

PA                              Peasant Association

RELMU                      Regional land management unit

RWH                          Rain Water Harvesting

SNNPR                      Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regions  

SWC                          Soil and Water Conservation 

UNEP                       United Nation Environmental Protection

UN OCHA                  United Nation Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION.. 1

1.1. Background of the Study. 1

1.2. Statement of the Problem.. 4

1.3. Objective of the Study. 6

1.4. Significance of the Study. 7

1.5. Scope and Limitation of the Study. 8

1.6. Organization of the Study. 8

 

CHAPTER TWO: PRINCIPLES AND TECHNOLOGIES OF RAINWATER

HARVESTING 10

2.1 Principle and Definition of Rainwater Harvesting. 10

2.2 Where to use Rainwater Harvesting. 11

2.3 Components of Rainwater Harvesting. 12

2.4 Classification of RWH Technologies and Systems. 13

2.5 Site and Technique Selection. 22

 

CHAPTER THREE: LITERATURE REVIEW... 24

 

CHAPTER FOUR: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK,RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS AND

METHODOLOGY 40

4.1 Conceptual Framework. 40

4.2 Research Hypotheses. 43

4.3. Description of the Study Area, Data Sources and Sampling. 47

4.4. Descriptive Analysis Approach. 50

4.5. Model Specification and Econometric Analysis. 54

4.5.1. Dependent Variables. 54

4.5.2. Explanatory Variables. 54

4.5.3. Model Specification and Estimation issue. 55

4.6. Qualitative Analysis Approach. 58

 

CHAPTER FIVE: SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND CROPPING

PATTERN 59

5.1. Socio-Economic Analysis of Sample Households. 59

5.2. Cropping Pattern.