Abstract:
Crop production in Ethiopia mainly depend on rain-fed non-the less of countries high
impaction potential. Besides of low level of irrigation development different Authors
complaining about low level performance of existing irrigation scheme in Ethiopia. Thus
thesis report is aimed at to assess the existing management practices of community
managed Golina small scale irrigation scheme to identify area of challenges, opportunity
and highlight area of intervention in order to improve management practice to sustain
the Golina small scale irrigation project (Amhara Region; Ethiopia). Secondary data
review, key informative interview, focus group discussion and structured and semi
structured questionnaire were used as method of data collection. Both qualitative and
quantitative data were collected from selected respondents coded and analyzed using
appropriate statistical tool and there results were presented in tables and graphs. The
increasing exposure of natural resources to degradation is among the challenges to the
sustainability of irrigation scheme. Water resources in the catchment are limited and
poorly managed in Kobo woreda agriculture and rural development office. This study
attempts to find out existing irrigation management practice problem in Golina small
scale irrigation scheme. The major problem with the small scale irrigation is the
repeated damage caused by the sediment transport in the diversion weir and irrigation
infrastructures by floods. As a result farmers had been engaged in the repeated
maintenance of the weir and its infrastructures and the irrigation system will fails to
divert the designed amount of water and will be affects by heavy siltation problem. The
WUAs should be find way to manage and organize the users to keep the safety of the
small scale irrigation scheme. The general held belief that the community involvement
during initiation and construction of the small scale irrigation scheme is the most crucial
factors in the success of the existing management practice in the study area
