The Historical Outline of the Blue Nile-Lake Tana Water Resources and Their Impact on the Socio-Economic, Geo-Political and Historical Developments of Modern Ethiopian Empire

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to assess the survey of the Blue Nile- Lake Tana water resources and their impact on the socio- economic, cultural, geo-political and historic developments of modern Ethiopian Empire. Hence, the Blue Nile- Lake Tana area of Ethiopia has been the focal point and bone of contention generally for Europeans and particularly for Egypt since the birth of Civilization. It’s already known that the economy and majority of the people’s livelihood in Ethiopia are directly relied on agriculture. To develop the socio-economy and eradicate poverty throughout the Country, the policy of transformation and interventions should focus on agriculture as the focal point. Therefore, the key challenges that need to be strongly addressed in this paper will be transforming agriculture by overcoming a multitude of problems. For instance, water management issues for sustainable socio-economic growth in particular and geo-political development in general.

Keywords: Socio-economic growth, Geo-political significance, Challenges, Water negotiations and historical success.