Project Title: Irrigation Impact on Poverty and Environment

IWMI Theme: Land, Water and Livelihoods: improving livelihoods for the rural poor

Project Duration: 

2004-2007

Geographical Focus: 

Ethiopia

a multi-year research and capacity building project applying new methodologies for assessing the impacts of irrigation on poverty and environment and finding ways to enhance the positive impacts.

Partners 

• Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), Ethiopia
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD), Ethiopia
• Haromaya University (HU),
• Arbaminch Univesrity (AMU), Ethiopia
• Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Ethiopia
• Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Department für Wasser-Atmosphäre-Umwelt (BOKU) ARC Seibersdorf research

Donors

The project is funded by the the government of Austria.

For detailed infromation about the project click Irrigation Impact on Poverty and Environment.