2.[6-14]Community based Irrigation Water Management systems

Advances in Physics Theories and Applications www. iiste. org ISSN 2224-719X (Paper) ISSN 2225-0638 (Online) Vol 1, 2011 6 | P a g e www. iiste. org Community-based Irrigation Water Management System: the Case of Deder District, East Hararghe, Ethiopia... More

Advances in Physics Theories and Applications www. iiste. org ISSN 2224-719X (Paper) ISSN 2225-0638 (Online) Vol 1, 2011 6 | P a g e www. iiste. org Community-based Irrigation Water Management System: the Case of Deder District, East Hararghe, Ethiopia Sisay Belay Bedeke Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Haramaya University P. O. box 293, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia E-mail: belaysisay@gmail. com The study was sponsored by Ministry of Education (MoE) Abstract This study assessed the local level irrigation water management and its effectiveness in managing communal irrigation schemes in the districts of Deder District, Ethiopia. Results were based on data collected from a survey of 100 irrigation users in the command areas using descriptive statistics and group discussions. The study revealed that corrupt and rent-seeking behavior of WUAs committee members’ aggravated variation in contribution for scheme post maintenances. This activity was extremely sever at the tai Less