Solomon Habtu

Department of Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection, College of Dry Land Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Publications

• Review Article   
  Consolidating irrigation management concepts and approaches for improving irrigated agriculture in developing countries
  Author(s): Solomon Habtu*
  
  Most of the livelihoods in developing countries (70% in Africa) still highly depend on agriculture while population, water scarcity, and global demand for fresh water by multi-sectors increase from time to time. Among all sectors, irrigation, consuming huge (about 90%) amount of the total, is supposed to fill the limitations of unreliable rainfed agriculture through increased crop productivity to satisfy food demand and inputs for industrial development particularly in developing countries. However, the so far irrigation development has been improperly managed with restricted focus towards construction of hydraulic infrastructures while its organizational issues are being overlooked. Consequently, many of the irrigation schemes do not sustain and perform as per their design expectations in addressing the shortcomings of rainfed agriculture. The unintended malfunctioning of most irriga.. View More»
  

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