Assessment of Irrigation Land Suitability for Surface Irrigation in Birbir River Watershed Using Geographic Information System Technique in Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Garuma Negasa; Gutema Wakjira

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Assessment of Irrigation Land Suitability for Surface Irrigation in Birbir River Watershed Using Geographic Information System Technique in Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Garuma Negasa, Gutema Wakjira

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Received: 21 July 2021 Accepted: 10 August 2021 Published: 24 August 2021

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The planning process of surface irrigation has to integrate information about the suitability of the land, water resource availability and water requirements of irrigable areas in time and place. Birbir River is one of well-known river found in western Ethiopia. The Birbir River is a tributary of the Baro-Akobo river basin, which creates Baro River when it joins with Gebba River. Ethiopia has immense potential in expanding irrigation using available water resources. But due to lack of information related to cultivable and irrigation suitability of the land, its agricultural system does not yet fully productive. Geographic Information System can be an effective tool in identifying irrigable land and mapping of suitable land for irrigation. Therefore, the objective of the present study is to assess the surface irrigation potential land suitability of the Birbir river watershed using ArcGIS 10.3 and Soil and water assessment tool software. Different methods of data processing and analysis have been employed in this study. The main suitability parameters used to identify the irrigation land suitability were slope, soil texture, soil depth, soil type, soil drainage characteristics, land use land cover and distance to water source. The individual suitability of each parameter was first analyzed and finally weighted to get suitable irrigable sites. To reduce the individual biases of factor weighting, the weights of each parameter in the study were determined by using a pairwise comparison method as developed by Satty in the context of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP). By weighting values of the seven factors using Analytic Hierarchy Process and overlaying by weighted overlay in ArcGIS 10.3, the irrigation suitability map was developed and irrigable land area for surface irrigation was found to be 17%, 63% and 20% for highly suitable S1, moderately suitable S2, and marginally suitable S3 respectively. The total area of the land classified under not suitable (N) class covered was not available. This implies that all lands of the Birbir river watershed can be utilized based on the current irrigation technology.

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DOI	10.11648/j.se.20210902.12
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Birbir River Watershed, Geographic Information System, Analytical Hierarchy Process, Surface Irrigation Suitability, Suitability Factors

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Garuma Negasa

Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Engineering and Technology, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia
Gutema Wakjira

Surveying Engineering, Civil Environmental Engineering, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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