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The article focuses on need for investments for private sector manual well drilling in Ethiopia. It notes that the pilot manual drilling work showed high demand, a success rate in the pilot areas, and profitability for farmers, well drillers and well drilling apprentices. It adds that there is potential to scale-up manual drilling in the country to increase access to water among smallholder farmers.

The article discusses the status of low-cost manual well drilling in Ethiopia because there are no village-based private-sector craftsmen who can be hired by farmers to drill irrigation wells. It notes that nonprofit organization iDE Ethiopia has started pilot studies in the country to identify the technical and financial feasibility of private sector manual well drilling and to evaluate the demand for wells among the farmers.

The article focuses on the accessibility of water from a hand-dug well, a manually drilled well or through mechanized well drilling as a way of utilizing groundwater for crop production. It notes that both hand digging and manual drilling of wells depend on manual labor to access shallow groundwater resources. A chart is presented depicting the basic comparison of three options for accessing groundwater.

The article discusses a private sector manual well drilling business model used in Ethiopia. It explains that private sector input suppliers and warehouses sell well drilling equipment and supplies to well drilling enterprises who know about local drilling conditions. Farmers pay the enterprise to drill a well and install a pump on their property and they have improved access to water, which in turn can increase their crop productivity and the number of crops grown per year.

The article discusses the field-based manual well driller training program of nonprofit organization iDE Ethiopia. Details on the transition of trainees are presented which starts as driller helpers, assistant driller to junior and senior assistant driller to lead driller. It says that the trainee attends a weeklong classroom-based course covering the hydrogeology of manual well drilling to well development.

The article discusses a study that examines the viability of manual well drilling in Ethiopia. The author notes that well drilling in Asia and Latin America is common. It mentions the pilot efforts of iDE Ethiopia, an organization committed to promote prosperity in the impoverished areas of Ethiopia, to test manual well drilling. The organization will identify the efforts that demonstrated profitability for farmers and the high demand among farmers for manually drilled wells.

Charts are presented depicting the sample well drilling log report from nonprofict organization iDE Ethiopia.

The article lists the reference materials to the journal including "Hand Drilling Directory" edited by K. Danert, "Sustainable transfer of manual well drilling to the private sector in Niger" and "Water, sanitation and hygiene" from the UNICEF.

The conclusion of a study concerning the private sector manual well drilling for groundwater and its economic impact in Ethiopia is presented.