Korodegaga is a collection of nine villages scattered over a large area (2 hours walk between some of them) and forming one kebele in Dodota Wereda in Oromia.
Korodegaga, ArsiKorodegaga in 2010
Sefera village, the administrative centre (and a legacy of the Derg villagisation) with some new administrative and service buildings, is located along the Awash river. It does not have electricity (nor do any of the other villages) although since the fieldwork a line may have been extended across the river to Sodere (as was done at times in the past), which was needed to restart an irrigation scheme using electric pumps. There is only one spring giving potable water so that most people use water from rivers for all their needs.
Climate
Although Korodegaga is on the Arssi side of the Awash river (one of the largest rivers in Ethiopia), "...the locality through which it runs at this point is dry, receiving an average of between 600 and 700 mm of rainfall per annum". What makes agriculture precarious in this locality is itsreliance on rainfed production. But, the success of the Wonji and Matahara sugar estates and the fruit and vegetable plantations of Merti Jeju and Nura Era testify to the local potential of irrigated farming.
The rainy months
June, July and August. Except during the rainy months the area is very hot, making it very difficult for people to subsist given their low food intake. When the rains stop short, the heat dries the crops. In summer the air is a bit colder than in the winter season. But from November to January the range of temperature is very high. The night is very cold as the day is hot.
The population get their water either from the Awash river or the Keleta river. The Awash river is a steady water supply the people use all the year. There are no fluctuations except for flooding sometimes in summer. It is also used for washing clothes and livestock. It takes 5 to 10 minutes to walk.
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