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Title: Direct and indirect effect of irrigation water availability on crop revenue in northwest Ethiopia: A structural equation model
Authors: Zewdie, Markose Chekol
VAN PASSEL, Steven 
Cools, Jan
Tenessa, Daregot Berihun
Ayele, Zemen Ayalew
Tsegaye, Enyew Adgo
Minale, Amare Sewnet
Nyssen, Jan
Issue Date: 2019
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Source: Agricultural water management (Print), 220, p. 27-35
Abstract: Development of a clear understanding of the relationship between the availability of dam-driven irrigation water and crop revenue is important in poverty reduction and food security process. As a result, large research efforts are devoted to understanding the relationship between the availability of irrigation water and crop revenue. However, earlier studies do have several limitations. For example, without considering its indirect effect, prior studies focused solely on the direct effect of availability of irrigation water on crop revue. In this study, using a structural equation model analysis, the direct and indirect effect of availability of dam-driven irrigation water on crop revenue is decomposed and quantified specifically for the Koga irrigation scheme, located in the Mecha district of Amhara region in Ethiopia. A primary data set was collected from a randomly selected sample of 450 households in the Koga irrigation scheme. More than half of the households (254) are supported by the Koga Dam irrigation water during the dry season, and the other 196 households depended only on rainfall. The results of the study showed that, in addition to its direct effect, the availability of irrigation water indirectly affected crop revenue through receptivity of the farmers to use modern farm inputs. Around 27 percent of the total effect of dam-driven irrigation water on crop revenue was mediated by farmers' receptivity to use yield-enhancing modern farm inputs. The results of this study suggested that the availability of irrigation water is essential to improve both crop revenue and receptivity of the farmers to use modern farm inputs. This finding also drives a strategic framework that the receptivity of the farmers to use modern farm inputs is crucial for utilizing the positive effects of irrigation water availability on crop revenue.
Notes: [Zewdie, Markose Chekol; Van Passel, Steven] Univ Antwerp, Dept Engn Management, Fac Appl Econ, Antwerp, Belgium. [Zewdie, Markose Chekol; Van Passel, Steven; Cools, Jan; Tenessa, Daregot Berihun] Bahir Dar Univ, Dept Econ, Coll Business & Econ, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. [Van Passel, Steven] Hasselt Univ, Ctr Environm Sci, Hasselt, Belgium. [Nyssen, Jan] Univ Ghent, Dept Geog, Ghent, Belgium. [Cools, Jan] Univ Antwerp, Inst Environm & Sustainable Dev, Antwerp, Belgium. [Minale, Amare Sewnet] Bahir Dar Univ, Dept Geog & Environm Studies, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. [Ayele, Zemen Ayalew] Bahir Dar Univ, Dept Agr Econ, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. [Tsegaye, Enyew Adgo] Bahir Dar Univ, Dept Nat Resource Management, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Keywords: Koga Dam; Irrigation water; Farmers' receptivity; Modern farm inputs;Koga Dam; irrigation water; farmers’ receptivity; modern farm inputs
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/28746
ISSN: 0378-3774
e-ISSN: 1873-2283
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2019.04.013
ISI #: 000470941300003
Rights: 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2020
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