Abstract:
This paper analysed the impact of irrigation project on agro pastoral household income in Fentalle district. It analysed factors determining agro-pastoralist participation in irrigation. The study result depends on cross-sectional data collected from a sample of 144 households of which 72 irrigators and 72 non-irrigators using a combination of multistage disproportionately stratified, and random sampling. It used descriptive statistics, test statistics and logistic regression to assess the factors that affect participation in irrigation, performed propensity score matching, and treatment effect analysis. The Result revealed that access to irrigation has intense impact on improving household income. It was observed that among the variables in logistic regression age, sex, ln income, input use and participation in cooperative organization have affected positively, while, farm experience, distance to the district market, and tropical livestock unit, affected participation in irrigation negatively and significantly. Further, the study substantiated that irrigation in the study area has significantly improved the income level. It shall be great and rewarding if policy makers, designers, implementers, and any funding agencies with similar interest further capitalise and scale up the project to achieve the development plan and objective. |
