Title of the dataset:
Data on Irrigation development and management practices in Ethiopia: A systematic review on existing problems, sustainability issues and future directions

Creators:
Gebremeskel Teklay Berhe, Jantiene EM Baartman, Gert Jan Veldwisch, Berhane Grum, Coen J. Ritsema

Soil Physics and Land Management group
Water Resources and Management group
Wageningen University
Wageningen
The Netherlands

School of Civil Engineering, 
Mekelle University, 
P.O. Box 231, Mekelle, 
Ethiopia

Corresponding author: Jantiene EM Baartman
Contact information: jantiene.baartman@wur.nl

Postal address: PO Box 47; 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Visitors’ address: Droevendaalsesteeg 4, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Related publication:
G. T. Berhe, J. E. M. Baartman, G.J. Veldwisch, B. Grum, C. J. Ritsema, Irrigation development and management practices in Ethiopia: A systematic review on existing problems, sustainability issues and future directions, Agricultural Water Management, 274 (107959). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107959

Description:
This meta-data on development and management of community managed small-scale irrigation schemes in Ethiopia is presented in a spreadsheet as a table after reviewing 83 published articles. The dataset contains research focus, data collection and analysis method, spatial scale, irrigation typology, irrigation water sources, source of energy for water conveyance from the source, main research results, scheme management systems, identified problems and provided solutions from each research article when available. The spatial scale was categorized as national, regional, district, basin, watershed or scheme, based on the spatial coverage of the research done. The irrigation typology was categorized as large-scale, medium-scale and small-scale based on the Ethiopian classification. Surface water sources such as river, lake, reservoir and flash flood and ground water sources of wells and springs or a combination of more than one source were mentioned as the water sources for irrigation schemes. The sources of energy for water abstraction were categorized as gravity, pump or a combination of both. Year of irrigation scheme commencement, available irrigation scheme infrastructure, number of beneficiaries (households), and stakeholders in scheme management were also extracted when available in the literature. 

Spatial coverage:
Data was collected from community managed small-scale irrigation schemes located in different parts of Ethiopia. Location of some irrigation schemes (in UTM) is indicated in the dataset spreadsheet. 

This dataset contains the following files:
- An xlsx file with all data: variables as columns. Row 1 contains the headers of the variables. Rows 2-99 contain the data dervied from the 83 selected papers. Note that in some publications, multiple systems were discussed. These are indicated with IDs a, b (e.g. 1a, 1b).

Explanation of variables:
Variable names are given as column headers in row 1:
- ID: identifier as used in the study
- Authors: all authors of the publication
- Publication Year
- Title: title of the publication
- Journal: journal in which the paper was published
- Research focus: Main attention of the research done (e.g. Scheme performance, irrigation and livelihood, scheme modernization, sedimentation, spate irrigation, institutions in irrigation management)
- Research Method: How was the analysis done in the research (e.g. modelling, descriptive analysis etc)
- Spatial scale: Spatial coverage of the research done (National, regional, basin, watershed, district, scheme, etc.)
- Irrigation typology: Typology based on the Ethiopian classification (Large > 300 ha, medium, 200-300 ha, small <200 ha)
- Irrigation scheme name (design potential command area in ha): Name of the irrigation scheme for the research work and (its design potential in ha)
- Location: Geographic location in UTM, Zone 37
- Water source:	e.g. Lake, reservoir, river, flood, groundwater, spring, hybrid 
- Source of energy: Mechanism to convey water from its source to the irrigation field (e.g.	Gravity, Pump, combination of both)
- Year of commencement:	When did the irrigation scheme become operational?
- Crops cultivated: Dominant crops cultivated in the irrigation scheme (e.g. Cereals, pulses, Vegetables, fruits, etc.)
- Scheme infrastructure: Available infrastructures from the water source to the farm plots	(e.g. Dam, canal, pump, diversion, night storage, reservoir, etc.)
- Beneficiaries (number of households): Number of households participating in the irrigation scheme 
- Data collection: Method used for data collection during the research work (e.g. Field measurement and observation, Questionnaire survey, secondary sources, mixed approach, etc.)
- Main results:	Core finding of the research work
- Identified problems: Existing problems in the scheme management and operation and scheme sustainability threats (e.g. Water loss, sedimentation, top-down approach, leakage, poor management practice, poorly arranged institutions etc.)
- Management system: Who manages and operate the irrigation scheme? (e.g.Community, WUA, Individual farmers, government agencies, a hybrid management system etc.)
- Recommended solutions: Solutions suggested for identified development and management problems

Methods, materials and software:
The data was collected from reviewing 83 published research articles. These 83 published research articles about small-scale irrigation development and management in Ethiopia were selected using procedures of preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis (PRISMA) method of systematic literature review (SLR). These 83 published research articles were selected from the databases of Scopus and Web of Science using predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data sets were filtered considering the multidimensional aspects of community managed irrigation schemes (see variable explained above).

This dataset is published under the CC BY (Attribution) license.
This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator.

