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

<strong>Description:</strong> 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. <br> <strong>Spatial coverage:</strong> 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.

数据集描述：本数据集为埃塞俄比亚社区管理小型灌溉系统开发与管理的元数据，通过梳理83篇已发表文献整理而成，以电子表格形式呈现为表格数据集。本数据集涵盖从各文献中提取的研究主题、数据收集与分析方法、空间尺度、灌溉类型、灌溉水源、水源输水能源类型、主要研究成果、系统管理模式、已识别的问题及对应解决方案（若文献中有相关记录）。
研究空间尺度依据其空间覆盖范围划分为国家级、区域级、地区级、流域级、集水区级或单系统级。灌溉类型依据埃塞俄比亚的分类标准划分为大型、中型与小型灌溉系统。灌溉水源涵盖地表水与地下水两类：地表水包括河流、湖泊、水库及山洪；地下水包括水井与泉水，或上述多种水源的组合形式。提水能源类型划分为重力自流、水泵抽水或二者组合三种形式。若文献中有相关记录，本数据集同时提取了灌溉系统始建年份、现有灌溉基础设施情况、受益农户数量及系统管理利益相关方等信息。
空间覆盖范围：本数据集的数据来源于埃塞俄比亚不同地区的社区管理小型灌溉系统，部分灌溉系统的坐标（采用通用横轴墨卡托坐标系（UTM））已在数据集电子表格中标注。