| Traditional Irrigation Management in Betmera-Hiwane, Ethiopia： The Main Peculiarities for the Persistence of Irrigation Practices |
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| 作者姓名： | Solomon Habtu Kitamura Yoshinobu |
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| 作者单位： | Faculty of Agriculture Tottori University 4-101 Koyama-cho Minami Tottori 680-8553 Japan，Faculty of Agriculture Tottori University 4-101 Koyama-cho Minami Tottori 680-8553 Japan |
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| 摘 要： | Introduction Tigray, the northern region of Ethiopia (Figure 1), is located between 12°20′~14°30′N and 36° ~ 41°30′E. It is dominated by undulating topo- graphy with many mountains, plateaus, hills, depressions and limited flat lands. The elevation
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| 关 键 词： | 传统灌溉管理 水资源管理 节水管理 埃塞俄比亚 |
| 文章编号： | 1672-6316（2006）02-0139-08 |
| 收稿时间： | 2006-03-07 |
| 修稿时间： | 2006-04-26 |
Traditional irrigation management in Betmera-Hiwane, Ethiopia: The main peculiarities for the persistence of irrigation practices |
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| Solomon Habtu Kitamura Yoshinobu.Traditional irrigation management in Betmera-Hiwane, Ethiopia: The main peculiarities for the persistence of irrigation practices[J].Journal of Mountain Science,2006,3(2):139-146. |
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| Authors: | Solomon Habtu Kitamura Yoshinobu |
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| Institution: | (1) Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101, Koyama-cho, Minami, Tottori 680-8553, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Traditional irrigation, as part of the ancient agricultural practices in northern Ethiopia (Tigray), has persisted for long time since 500 B.C., while many newly introduced irrigation projects have usually failed there. The main objective of this study is thus to investigate the peculiarities pertinent to irrigation management and those having contributed for the persistence of traditional irrigation practices for a long period of time. The experience gained from such areas can definitely help make irrigation management system of new irrigation schemes sustainable. Betmera-Hiwane, one of the ancient traditional irrigation areas in Tigray region, was selected for the field study. Direct observations through field visits accompanied by interviews to farmers, local officials, local knowledgeable individuals and higher officials were made. After analyzing the collected primary and secondary information, the main peculiarities that contributed to the persistence of traditional irrigation areas were identified, and they are: the presence of communally constructed local rules, locally designed hydraulic control structures, ownership feeling of the irrigators and accountability of water distributors to the irrigation management, the culture for mobilizing communal resources and the culture of self-initiating local water management strategies. |
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| Keywords: | Traditional irrigation management water management smallholder irrigation Betmera-Hiwane Tigray Ethiopia |
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