This paper provides study results of irrigation in Ethiopia. Broadperformances criteria for national and regional levels of irrigation areestablished. The national performance according to functioning schemes,command area size and number of beneficiaries as compared to designtargets are 87%, 74% and 47%, respectively. These values vary amongregions, where Oromia has the best overall performance, with 95% ofschemes functioning, 83% of planned area irrigated and 71% of plannedbeneficiaries seeing benefit. Factors of underperformance related totechnical, institutional and support services are identified, and frequencyand importance are evaluated for cases of Oromia and Southern Regions.
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