Abstract            Volume:10  Issue-1  Year-2022         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

Ethiopia is noted for having abundant surface and ground water resources, earning it the nickname "the water tower of East Africa." A large number of lakes, dams, and reservoirs may also be found throughout Ethiopia's diverse regions. Despite significant investment, public engagement, and government strategic support, irrigated agriculture is far from satisfactory. In comparison to Ethiopia's irrigation potential, the country's current irrigation development is insignificant. As a result, irrigation must play a key role in reducing food insecurity and thereby poverty. When analyzing Ethiopian irrigation, different literatures reflect varying amounts of irrigation water resources as irrigation potentials, current irrigated area, and so on. As a result, there is no systematic and trustworthy inventory of water and irrigation-related potentials in Ethiopia that has been well-studied and documented. In comparison to Ethiopia's irrigation potential, the country's current irrigation development is insignificant. Furthermore, even if the present and potential irrigated area is not well explored. The data and information needed to fully understand the present irrigation schemes are not uniformly available. While data for medium and large schemes can be accurately captured, accounting for small-scale irrigation development, particularly traditional irrigation development and privately developed household-based irrigation schemes that use traditional diversions, water harvesting, and ground water development, is difficult. Different sources report different amounts of irrigation water resources as irrigation potentials, current irrigated area, and so on. This means that Ethiopia's irrigation water resource potential has not been thoroughly researched and documented. As a result, a thorough investigation is required to reach a consensus among researchers. When it comes to irrigation in Ethiopia, different literatures state differing amounts of irrigation water resources as irrigation potentials, as well as the current irrigated area. This means that Ethiopia's irrigation water resource potential has not been thoroughly researched and documented. This requires a thorough investigation that leads to a consensus among researchers. There is no regular and dependable inventory that has been thoroughly researched and documented. Furthermore, even if the existing and potential irrigated area is not precisely explored.

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