Assessment of water resource management Practice for small-scale irrigation: (case study on Golina irrigation project, amhararegion, ethiopia)

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