1st Edition
Hydraulic and Operational Performance of Irrigation Schemes in View of Water Saving and Sustainability Sugar Estates and Community Managed Schemes in Ethiopia
1. Introduction
2. Background and Objectives
3. Description of Ethiopia and Irrigation Schemes of this Study
4. Comparative, Internal and Hydraulic Performance Evaluation of Irrigation Schemes
5. Hydraulic Performance Evaluation of Wonji-Shoa Large-scale Irrigation Scheme
6. Hydraulic Performance Evaluation of Metahara Large-scale Irrigation Scheme
7. Modelling for Hydraulic Performance and Effective Operation of Metahara Large-scale Irrigation Scheme
8. Performance Assessment in Community-managed Schemes using Comparative Indicators
9. Internal Evaluation of Irrigation Service in the Community-managed Schemes
10. Evaluation and the Way Forward
Biography
Zeleke Agide Dejen, Irrigation Engineer by profession, has over 13 years of research, teaching and field experience in the area of irrigation engineering and water management. Currently, he holds a position of lecturer and researcher at Arba Minch University (a pioneer University in Ethiopia for water education and research). He has been conducting his PhD research since February 2010 at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft the Netherlands which resulted in this book. His research interests are water management, irrigation system management, irrigation water distribution modelling, unsaturated zone modelling, flow control in irrigation, drainage and salinity control.
