Enhancing smallholder agricultural production through sustainable use of shallow groundwater in the Borkena Catchment, Awash River Basin, Ethiopia

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationAddis Ababa Universityen
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeNEXUS Gains
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.subregionAwash River Basin
cg.creator.identifierGirma Yimer Ebrhaim: 0000-0002-4695-1034en
cg.creator.identifierMeron Teferi Taye: 0000-0002-4687-4622en
cg.creator.identifierAbdulkarim Seid: 0000-0002-9468-2641en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2024.050en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053447en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1998-9563en
cg.issue10en
cg.journalHydrology Researchen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume55en
dc.contributor.authorEbrahim, Girma Yimeren
dc.contributor.authorTaye, Meron Teferien
dc.contributor.authorSeid, Abdulkarimen
dc.contributor.authorTekleab, S.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T23:49:25Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-27T23:49:25Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/170144
dc.titleEnhancing smallholder agricultural production through sustainable use of shallow groundwater in the Borkena Catchment, Awash River Basin, Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractWith increasing shallow groundwater use for agricultural purposes, understanding the spatiotemporal variability in recharge rates, storage capacity, and its interaction with surface waters becomes crucial for its sustainable management. An integrated SWAT–MODFLOW model is developed to assess shallow groundwater availability in the Borkena catchment. The model is calibrated using streamflow and static groundwater level data. Results show that groundwater recharge in the catchment is 85 mm/a, representing 11% of the mean annual rainfall. Shallow groundwater resources exist across nearly 42% of the Borkena catchment. The percentage of shallow groundwater withdrawal to groundwater recharge is very low (0.1%), signifying the potential for increased shallow groundwater development. However, caution must be taken as its uncontrolled expansion may result in a high risk of depletion. This integrated modeling is one of the few efforts conducted to provide important information regarding shallow groundwater potential in the Borkena catchment, which is essential for the resilience of small-scale producers in the continued growing water demand and climate change.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2024-09-12en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationEbrahim, Girma Yimer; Taye, Meron Teferi; Seid, Abdulkarim; Tekleab, S. 2024. Enhancing smallholder agricultural production through sustainable use of shallow groundwater in the Borkena Catchment, Awash River Basin, Ethiopia. Hydrology Research, 55(10):1014-1029. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2024.050]en
dcterms.extent1014-1029.en
dcterms.issued2024-10-01en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherIWA Publishingen
dcterms.subjectagricultural productionen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectgroundwateren
dcterms.subjectshallow wateren
dcterms.subjectwater storageen
dcterms.subjectriver basinsen
dcterms.subjectwater balanceen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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