Impact
Assessment
of
Small
‐
Scale
Pump
Irrigation
in
the
Somali
Region
of
Ethiopia
PLI
Policy
Project
September
2010
Acknowledgements
The
assessment
team
is
grateful
to
all
who
participated
in
the
impact
assessment
and
made
a
valuable
intellectual
contribution
to
the
assessment
process.
These
are
the
participants
of
the
ABGs
from
Gode,
Kelafo
and
Mustahil
districts;
CHF
experts
namely
Mr.
Abuboker
Haji
Ali,
Mr.
Abdulahi
Mohamed,
Mr.
Mohamed
Ahmed,
Mr.
Issie
Ali,
Mr.
Heys
Farah
and
Mr.
Samuel
Tesfayethe;
irrigation
experts
consulted
in
Gode
town
namely
Mr.
Teyib
Sherif
of
FAO,
and
Mr.
Dereje
Rorisa
and
Salehu
Woldeyes
working
for
the
government
of
Ethiopia
on
the
South
Gode
irrigation
development
project;
private
pump
owners
Mr.
Yussuf
Issie
and
Ismail
Mahad
in
Kelafo;
elders
and
ex
‐
settlers
from
the
Wollo
and
Gojam
area;
W/ro
Meselu
Abebe,
owner
of
Jignoch
Hotel
who
organised
the
meeting
held
with
onion
traders
from
Somalia
in
Kelafo;
and
government
employed
human
health
experts
consulted
in
Mustahil
town.
The
team
would
also
like
to
thank
Mr.
Solomon
Tibebu
of
CHF
Addis
Ababa
for
his
support
in
the
design,
planning
and
organisation
of
the
assessment.
Contents
SUMMARY
..........................................................................................................................
I
1.
INTRODUCTION
.........................................................................................................
1
1.1
Background
to
small
‐
scale
irrigation
development
in
Ethiopia
................................
1
1.2
CHF
L
‐
SAP
Project
background
..................................................................................
3
1.3
Project
implementation.............................................................................................
4
2.
ASSESSMENT
METHODOLOGY
...................................................................................
5
2.1
Field
assessment
design
............................................................................................
5
2.1.1
Assessment
areas
.........................................................................................
6
2.1.2
Sampling
method
and
sample
sizes
..............................................................
7
2.1.3
Data
collection
methods
...............................................................................
8
2.1.4
Pre
‐
testing
....................................................................................................
9
2.1.5
Triangulation
...............................................................................................
10
2.1.6
Data
analysis
...............................................................................................
10
2.2
Economic
analyses
...................................................................................................
10
3.
ASSESSMENT
FINDINGS
...........................................................................................
11
3.1
Background
information
on
crop
farming
along
the
Wabe
Shabelle
River.............
11
3.1.1
Traditional
land
management
and
livelihood
systems
...............................
11
3.1.2
The
development
of
irrigated
agriculture
in
south
Gode
...........................
13
3.1.3
Traditional
crop
farming
practice
...............................................................
15
3.2
The
L
‐
SAP
irrigation
project
findings
.......................................................................
16
3.2.1
Operational
status
of
ABGs
.........................................................................
17
3.2.2
Group
membership
and
land
status
...........................................................
18
3.2.3
Production
histories
....................................................................................
19
a.
Gode
.....................................................................................................
20
Top:
Failed
banana
crop
at
Ilan
...............................................................
23
b.
Kelafo
...................................................................................................
23
c.
Mustahil
...............................................................................................
24
3.2.4
Trends
in
production,
costs,
sales
and
net
benefits
...................................
26
a.
Trends
in
wealth
groups,
non
‐
ABG
members
in
Gode
........................
26
b.
Trends
among
L
‐
SAP
participants
........................................................
27
3.2.5
Time
costs
of
farming
by
ABG
households
.................................................
29
3.2.6
Zekat
...........................................................................................................
30
3.2.7
Benefits
and
risks
of
growing
different
crop
varieties
................................
30
3.2.8
Perceptions
of
the
benefits
of
irrigated
farming
........................................
31
3.2.9
Common
risks
and
challenges
....................................................................
32
a.
Environmental
factors
.........................................................................
32
b.
Economic
factors
.................................................................................
33
c.
Social
factors
.......................................................................................
34
3.3
Cost
‐
benefit
analysis
of
irrigated
farming
in
Gode
..................................................
34
4.
DISCUSSION
.............................................................................................................
37
4.1
The
importance
of
pre
‐
project
analysis
..................................................................
37
4.1.1
Participatory
approaches
............................................................................
37
4.1.2
Pre
‐
project
lessons
from
the
literature
......................................................
38
4.2
Project
monitoring
...................................................................................................
40
4.3
Livelihoods
issues
....................................................................................................
40
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