Economic Evaluation of Farmersâ?? Irrigation Practice: The Case of the Holeta River, Upper Awash Basin, Ethiopia

In the Holeta river watershed, inefficient irrigation practices contribute to a significant waste of the amount of water required to cultivate crops. It appears that managing water resources at the farmer's home level by adopting economically efficient irrigation systems is the key to achieving sustained irrigated agriculture production. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the irrigation types used in the Holeta river watershed and to recommend economically viable irrigation methods. According to these reviews, the gravity-fed drip irrigation system outperformed traditional surface irrigation systems in terms of cost. Therefore, adopting a small-scale gravity-fed drip irrigation system at the household level is an efficient and economically feasible system, in terms of getting a high yield and saving water.