s:666:"%T Viability of an Irrigation Development Intervention in Tigray: an Application of Stochastic Impact Evaluation %A Yigzaw, N. %A Whitney, C.W. %A Ogutu, C.-A. %A Mburu, J. %A Luedeling, E. %X Assessing the feasibility of an irrigation daminvestment and optimizing expected returnsrequire detailed ex-ante appraisal.• Due to the inherently complex and uncertainconsequences of irrigation dam investmentsand often severe data scarcity, traditional costbenefitassessment methods face limitations.• Stochastic Impact Evaluation (SIE; Luedelingand Shepherd 2016) attempts to overcome theparticular challenges of evaluating investmentsin such contexts. ";