Comparative Performances Analysis of Irrigation Schemes

Assessment of irrigation performances is very essential while planning and checking-out management Strategies for various irrigation. However, in Ethiopia, especially Tigray, performance evaluation of irrigation schemes are rarely conducted. Since, this research was undertaken to assess the hydraulic performance of Tahtay Tsalit and Mychew small scale irrigation schemes. Hence, comprehensive field observations, measurements and focus group discussions were held to investigate hydraulic performance, cause and effect of failed hydraulic structures. Simple descriptive statistics was employed for analysis of the data collected from focus group discussions and observations. However, hydraulic performance indicators were used to evaluate the performance of the two irrigation schemes. Hence, it was recommended that Water should be fairly distributed spatially and temporally particularly at Mychew irrigation scheme. Moreover, capacity building and awareness creation to concerned bodies holds the key to bring a difference in irrigation water management in both irrigation schemes.