Prices, loans or ambiguity? Factors influencing groundwater irrigation adoption in Ethiopia

cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.subregionAmhara
cg.coverage.subregionSouthern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR)
cg.coverage.subregionDera
cg.coverage.subregionLemo
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5337/2021.225en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH050809
cg.placeColombo, Sri Lankaen
dc.contributor.authorInternational Water Management Instituteen
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-08T15:30:28Zen
dc.date.available2021-12-08T15:30:28Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/116604
dc.titlePrices, loans or ambiguity? Factors influencing groundwater irrigation adoption in Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractGovernments in sub-Saharan Africa promote the expansion of irrigation to improve food security, primarily through the adoption and use of groundwater-based smallholder private irrigation. Using the case of Ethiopia, we examine farmers’ willingness to adopt smallholder private irrigation packages in response to subsidies on pump prices, loan availability and reduction in ambiguities related to borehole drilling. The results of the research highlight that subsidizing pump prices may not be the best use of public funds to expand irrigation. Instead, decreasing ambiguities around borehole drilling is likely to play a significant role and is a cost-effective step toward expanding groundwater-based irrigation and increasing the adoption of pumps by small-scale farmers. The policy implication is that the government should help farmers minimize the uncertainties and cost of unsuccessful drilling. This will require the government to study groundwater hydrogeology, use information on groundwater depth, seasonality and recharge to drill boreholes, and absorb the costs of unsuccessful drilling.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2021
dcterms.bibliographicCitationInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2021. Prices, loans or ambiguity? Factors influencing groundwater irrigation adoption in Ethiopia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 4p. (IWMI Water Policy Brief 42) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2021.225]en
dcterms.extent4p.en
dcterms.isPartOfIWMI Water Policy Brief 42en
dcterms.issued2021-12-07
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen
dcterms.subjectgroundwater irrigationen
dcterms.subjectfarmer-led irrigationen
dcterms.subjectwater pricingen
dcterms.subjectloansen
dcterms.subjectpumpsen
dcterms.subjectprivate ownershipen
dcterms.subjectgroundwater extractionen
dcterms.subjectboreholesen
dcterms.subjectwellsen
dcterms.subjectwater drillingen
dcterms.subjectsolar energyen
dcterms.subjectirrigated landen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectforecastingen
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen
dcterms.subjecthungeren
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.typeBrief

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