Abstract

Escalation of small‐scale irrigation is supposed to be an essential requirement for the growth of the agricultural sector in developing countries. In Ethiopia intensification of small-scale irrigation has got a policy priority for rural poverty mitigation, growth, and building climate adaptation economy. The irrigated land in Ethiopia is not far from 5% of irrigable land, and only around 5% of available water resources are utilized annually. To maximize the effort deploying an environmentally friendly and less expensive technological alternative needs attention. In this regard, pressurized irrigation schemes that operate on renewable energies such as hydro-powered pumping contribute more. Even though the technology has an obvious advantage over the other pumping technologies, they are not been used gradually through time and are mostly ignored. The objective of this study was to conduct strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis on prospects of a hydro-powered pumping system for small-scale irrigation in Ethiopia. In this regard, important small-scale irrigation pump problems were examined and prospects and barriers of hydro-powered small-scale irrigation pumping systems were identified. A comparative study was conducted for comparative between existing pump types (Engine powered, Motor powered, and Manual) deployed in the community for small-scale irrigation. According to the study result, the hydro-powered pumps have better prospects for small-scale irrigation.

Published in

Lecture Notes Of The Institute For Computer Sciences, Social Informatics And Telecommunications Engineering
2022, Volume: 412, pages: 492-505
Title: ICAST 2021: Advances of Science and Technology
eISBN: 978-3-030-93712-6

Conference

9th EAI International Conference, ICAST 2021, Hybrid Event, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, August 27–29, 2021

SLU Authors

• Gebresenbet, Girma

  • Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Sustainable Development Goals

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation


UKÄ Subject classification

Water Engineering


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93712-6_33

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/116667