THE ROLE OF IRRIGATION IN HOUSEHOLD FOOD A VILABILITY IN MACHAKLE WOREDA,  AMHARA REGION: THE CASE OF JEDEB IRRIGATION SCHEME

Zewdu, Siraw

dc.contributor.author	Zewdu, Siraw
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-25T03:13:19Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-25T03:13:19Z
dc.date.issued	2017-08-25
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7832
dc.description	Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Geography and Environmental Studies	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The aim of the study was to assess the role of small scale irrigation scheme on household food security in Machakle woreda, Amhara Region, as well as to assess the factors that affect household food security. The major tool of enquiry in this study was questionnaire which was used to collect data from] 21 households that had access to Jedeb irrigation scheme and those that had no access to the scheme in 2008109 in Yewelana Akababiw Kebele. Demographic characteristics and resource of households as well as agricultural production and marketing of agricultural produce were collected using structured questionnaires with the help of locally recruited and trained enumerators. The collected data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 12). The findings of this study showed that farmers who have plot on the irrigation scheme were in better condition in terms of crop production, livestock holding, oxen ownership, and income than their partners with no plot on the scheme in 2008109. The study also shows that 17. 54 % and 40. 62 % of irrigation users and non users were found to be food insecure respectively. Moreover the study highlighted that age, household size, offfarm activity access to irrigation, credit, extension service, farm size, livestock holding, and oxen ownership were significantly related to household food security. The regression analysis shows that access to irrigation, farm size, house hold size, livestock holding, as well as oxen ownership were the major determinants of household food security in the study area. Access to small scale irrigation enabled the sample households to grow crops more than once a year; to ensure increased and stable production, income; and improve their food security status. The study concludes that small-scale irrigation significantly contributed to household food security	en_US
dc.subject	Geography and Environmental Studies	en_US
dc.title	THE ROLE OF IRRIGATION IN HOUSEHOLD FOOD A VILABILITY IN MACHAKLE WOREDA, AMHARA REGION: THE CASE OF JEDEB IRRIGATION SCHEME	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US