IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/rwinxx/v38y2013i4p480-492.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Integrated assessment of hydrogeology and water quality for groundwater-based irrigation development in the Raya Valley, northern Ethiopia

Author

Listed:
  • Tenalem Ayenew
  • Merhawi GebreEgziabher
  • Seifu Kebede
  • Sileshi Mamo

Abstract

Ambitious plans for expanding the area under irrigation in Ethiopia have not been adequately underpinned by assessments of the actual potential. A detailed hydrogeological study was conducted in one of the focal areas for expansion, in the northern part of the country. The study revealed that there are large groundwater reserves within the valley floor's Quaternary alluvial sediments and underlying Tertiary fractured volcanic rocks. Levels of salinity and sodicity do not pose constraints for agricultural water use. In the valley-floor aquifers there would appear to be sufficient water to support large- and small-scale irrigation development.

Suggested Citation

  • Tenalem Ayenew & Merhawi GebreEgziabher & Seifu Kebede & Sileshi Mamo, 2013. "Integrated assessment of hydrogeology and water quality for groundwater-based irrigation development in the Raya Valley, northern Ethiopia," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(4), pages 480-492, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:38:y:2013:i:4:p:480-492
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2013.821640
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/02508060.2013.821640
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/02508060.2013.821640?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Meressa, Abrha Megos & Navrud, Stale, 2020. "Not my cup of coffee: Farmers’ preferences for coffee variety traits – Lessons for crop breeding in the age of climate change," Bio-based and Applied Economics Journal, Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA), vol. 9(3), December.
    2. Eskinder Gidey & Oagile Dikinya & Reuben Sebego & Eagilwe Segosebe & Amanuel Zenebe & Said Mussa & Paidamwoyo Mhangara & Emiru Birhane, 2023. "Land Use and Land Cover Change Determinants in Raya Valley, Tigray, Northern Ethiopian Highlands," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-15, February.
    3. Yujuan Su & Fengtian Yang & Yaoxuan Chen & Pan Zhang & Xue Zhang, 2021. "Optimization of Groundwater Exploitation in an Irrigation Area in the Arid Upper Peacock River, NW China: Implications for Sustainable Agriculture and Ecology," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-20, August.
    4. Tarekegn Dejen Mengistu & Il-Moon Chung & Sun Woo Chang & Bisrat Ayalew Yifru & Min-Gyu Kim & Jeongwoo Lee & Hiyaw Hatiya Ware & Il-Hwan Kim, 2021. "Challenges and Prospects of Advancing Groundwater Research in Ethiopian Aquifers: A Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(20), pages 1-15, October.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:38:y:2013:i:4:p:480-492. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/rwin20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.