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_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAddis Ababa Universityen_US
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeNEXUS Gainsen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.subregionAwash River Basinen_US
cg.creator.identifierGirma Yimer Ebrhaim: 0000-0002-4695-1034en_US
cg.creator.identifierMeron Teferi Taye: 0000-0002-4687-4622en_US
cg.creator.identifierAbdulkarim Seid: 0000-0002-9468-2641en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2024.050en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053447en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1998-9563en_US
cg.issue10en_US
cg.journalHydrology Researchen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.volume55en_US
dc.contributor.authorEbrahim, Girma Yimeren_US
dc.contributor.authorTaye, Meron Teferien_US
dc.contributor.authorSeid, Abdulkarimen_US
dc.contributor.authorTekleab, S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T23:49:25Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-01-27T23:49:25Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/170144en_US
dc.titleEnhancing smallholder agricultural production through sustainable use of shallow groundwater in the Borkena Catchment, Awash River Basin, Ethiopiaen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2024-09-12en_US
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_US
dcterms.extent1014-1029.en_US
dcterms.issued2024-10-01en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherIWA Publishingen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural productionen_US
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen_US
dcterms.subjectgroundwateren_US
dcterms.subjectshallow wateren_US
dcterms.subjectwater storageen_US
dcterms.subjectriver basinsen_US
dcterms.subjectwater balanceen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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