Ethiopia irrigation and drainageproject feasibility study for an output based aid scheme

OBA (Output-Based Aid) is a results-based financing mechanism that is increasingly being used to deliver basic infrastructure and social services to the poor. The general objective of the Feasibility Study was to design an OBA Scheme to support the construction of field channels and land improvements allowing the delivery of satisfactory irrigation services to the 16,000 smallholder farmers as beneficiaries of the Megech-Seraba and Ribb I&D Schemes resulting in higher returns to investments, higher incomes for the farmers and improved protection of the environment. The area to be irrigated is 17,340 ha.