Identification

Title

Soil water measurements from Ethiopia’s Awassa region during the drought and subsequent floods of 2015-2016

Abstract

Measurements were taken in three fertility zones within households in two districts of Halaba in the SNNPR, Ethiopia. Measurements were taken after the El Niño event of 2015/16, so reflect the resilience of different areas of the farm to drought. Measurements are provided at fertility zones home, near and far from the home, and at three depths (0-5cm, 5-10cm and 10-15cm). Measurements included were volumetric water content, more water conductivity, and soil temperature. This dataset was collected as part of the NERC-funded project Building Resilience in Ethiopia's Awassa region to Drought (BREAD). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c18a5a8c-a9b0-401d-8784-d03f3c7cd049

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/c18a5a8c-a9b0-401d-8784-d03f3c7cd049

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/c18a5a8c-a9b0-401d-8784-d03f3c7cd049.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/c18a5a8c-a9b0-401d-8784-d03f3c7cd049

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Soil water characteristics

fertility zones within the household

NE/P004830/1

BREAD

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

33.047

East bounding longitude

48.604

North bounding latitude

15.708

South bounding latitude

2.108

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2015-01-01

End position

2016-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2019-07-12

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

The measurements were collected from farmers’ fields in Halaba District near Hawassa (SNPPR, Ethiopia), after the drought of 2015 – 2016 (between January 2016 and July 2016). Sampling points were classed as “home”, “near” and “far” from the homestead. This corresponds to fields at increasing distance from the household, but does not equate to a set distance; it is more a reflection of the typical land uses in the fields. Measurements are provided at the three depths, 0-5cm, 5-10cm and 10-15cm. Measurements were collected from fields belonging to farmers with different wealth status (poor medium and rich) in two kebeles (parishes, Konicha and 1st Choroko).

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Smith, J., Hallett, P., Nayak, D., Boke, S., Habte, M., Yakob, G., Rivington, M., Phimister, E. (2019). Soil water measurements from Ethiopia’s Awassa region during the drought and subsequent floods of 2015-2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/c18a5a8c-a9b0-401d-8784-d03f3c7cd049

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-10-06T14:50:04

Metadata language

eng