By: Seifu Kebede, Taye Alemayehu, Asefa Kumsa and Frank van Steenbergen
In the last five years, the development of small scale private irrigation has caught on in Ethiopia. Small, high-value horticultural plots are ‘popping’ up in many parts of the country. Often the new vegetable gardens use water from rural drinking water systems, converting these – by stealth – into so-called ‘multiple use systems’. This does not come without conflict. Read this blog post for examples.
