Impact of Irrigation Water Use on Groundwater Environment and Soil Salinity in Ethiopia

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject Agrarian Studies, grade: A, Haramaya University (Institute of Technology), course: Seiner Seminar, language: English, abstract: This text deals with the impact of irrigation water use on groundwater environment and soil salinity in Ethiopia.

Irrigation systems have been under pressure to produce more with lower supplies of water. Various innovative practices can gain an economic advantage while also reducing environmental burdens such as water abstraction, energy use, pollutants, etc. Farmers can better use technological systems already installed, adopt extra technologies, enhance their skills in soil and water management, tailor cropping patterns to lower water demand and usage, reduce agrochemical inputs and more.

Water scarcity has been defined as the point at which the aggregate impact of all users impinges on the supply or quality of water under prevailing institutional arrangements to the extent that the demand by all sectors, including the environment, cannot be satisfied fully.