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l'UNITED U.ATIONS
AF.RICAN INSTI1.1UTE FOR BCONOMIC .JEV_.ïELOPMENT AUD PLANNING
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I.DEP/ET/CS/2122-23
-7 OCT. 1971
COURSE ON :t;ATIOJ'JAL :DEVELOHilENT AND REG10:N1tL PLAl~NIHG
CASE STU.DY ON ~~::I:GION.~~L DEV~LOFMENT OF AJ-J:UClJL'IURE:
;.,.VTASH RIVER BASIN (ETHIOPIA)
by
Mr. E.A. OKHUOSA
.DECE.HBER 1968
IDEP/ET/CS/2122-23 Page 1.
Case Stud.y on Regional Development of Agriculture:
Awash River Basin (Ethiopia)
Study the General Report on Survey of the Awash River Basin :
1. Would you bave proposed any amendrnent to the terms of reference for the Project as conceived ?
2. Would you have suggested a different purpose for an Awash Vally pro- ject ? If so, draft the corresponding terms of reference.
3. Noting, in particular, the elima tic characteristics
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9 the topogr<.-;,phy, water supply, soil characteristics, present land use and farming technique, crops grown and their yield .. s, livcstock, the population and their characteristics.Draw up a development plan (programme of action and policy r.1easures only) for the Awash River Basin for the next ten years, assuming a total capital plus recurrent expenditure allocation of US $ 30 million.
&ote: This amount is US $ 5 million greater thau the estimated oost of the suggested first phase of irrigation :ievelopmentj •