Sustainable Land Management And Its Effects On Water Security And Poverty Evidence From A Watershed Intervention Program In Ethiopia

Author : Kato, Edward,Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework,Tiruneh, Solomon,Ringler, Claudia
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Sustainable land management and its effects on water security and poverty: Evidence from a watershed intervention program in Ethiopia by Kato, Edward,Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework,Tiruneh, Solomon,Ringler, Claudia Pdf

This paper investigates the impacts of sustainable land management (SLM) on water security and poverty based on an evaluation of a watershed level SLM program promoted in Amhara regional state of Ethiopia. A household survey was conducted in two WLRC watersheds with SLM programming as well as complementary support and two adjacent watersheds without such programming. Our findings show that the SLM program significantly increased plot-level adoption of SLM practices, particularly of soil bunds and stone terraces. We also find that SLM contributes to water security for both crop and livestock production. Households in SLM-supported learning watersheds have more access to groundwater for irrigation and have higher crop yields for maize, mango and millet; have experienced improving water availability for livestock production in the past five years; and have higher income from livestock products than households in control watersheds. The positive impacts of SLM and complementary interventions on livestock income is attributed to the improved water security conditions in the learning watersheds, access to better animal forage planted along the SLM constructed structures, and animal vaccination and artificial insemination services that were part of the broader set of interventions. These findings further show that although SLM impacts were limited, the potential to improve welfare of smallholders across several livelihoods is enhanced when SLM is combined with other multifaceted complimentary interventions.

Author : Kato Edward,Dawit Mekonnen,Solomon Tiruneh,Claudia Ringler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1176162256

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Sustainable Land Management and Its Effects on Water Security and Poverty Evidence from a Watershed Intervention Program in Ethiopia by Kato Edward,Dawit Mekonnen,Solomon Tiruneh,Claudia Ringler Pdf

Author : Kato, Edward,Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework,Ringler, Claudia
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Gender gaps in sustainable land management and implications for agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia by Kato, Edward,Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework,Ringler, Claudia Pdf

We investigate whether a large-scale watershed program promoting sustainable land management (SLM) in Ethiopia increases adoption of SLM and its benefits on plots owned by women in male-headed households compared to plots owned by their spouses, jointly owned plots as well as plots of female headed households (FHH). The analysis is based on a survey of 500 households and 2900 plots conducted in the Abbay basin of Ethiopia where the SLM program was implemented between 2012 and 2017. Our findings show that the SLM program significantly increased adoption of SLM practices (soil bunds, stone terraces, mulching) in male-headed households but that adoption was centered on jointly owned plots and male-owned plots, with no significant adoption on women-owned plots. The results also show that women in male-headed households are more constrained to participate in SLM programs compared to their counterparts in FHH. Results further show that although FHH were less likely than male-headed households to adopt SLM in watersheds with no SLM interventions, the SLM program significantly increased adoption of soil bunds on plots in FHH. SLM adoption and impacts can likely be further strengthened if a focus on removing women’s constraints is added.

Author : Abate, Gashaw Tadesse,de Brauw, Alan,Minot, Nicholas,Vos, Rob,Warner, James M.,Wassie, Solomon B.,Yang, Shijie
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Evaluating the impact of multi-intervention development projects: The case of Ethiopia’s community-based integrated natural resources management project by Abate, Gashaw Tadesse,de Brauw, Alan,Minot, Nicholas,Vos, Rob,Warner, James M.,Wassie, Solomon B.,Yang, Shijie Pdf

This paper provides a quantitative impact assessment of the community-based integrated natural resources management project (CBINReMP) in the Lake Tana region in Ethiopia during 2011-2019. By promoting greater community participation, the CBINReMP provided support to watershed communities for the restoration of degraded soils and water sources, rehabilitation of forests, as well as in obtaining access to secure land titles and practices for climate change adaptation. The project further provided support towards diversification of incomes in off-farm activities and incentives for women’s empowerment and youth employment. This way the project aimed to support rural livelihoods through improvements in household incomes, dietary diversity, agricultural productivity, and resilience to climatic shocks, among other livelihood objectives. To assess the project’s impacts, the study had to deal with numerous methodological complications owing to as the project’s nature and design. The lack of a proper baseline survey, incomplete information about targeted watershed communities and often lack of clear distinction lines between the project’s interventions and support provided to communities through other mechanisms made it hard to identify the true impact of the CBINReMP. Four additional challenges had to be faced: possible selection biases because of non-random placement (targeting) of the project; self-selection of beneficiaries into receiving the project; possible spatial spill-over effects of project benefits to non-treatment communities, and the project’s phased rollout. A propensity-score matching procedure was adopted to assess the CBINReMP’s impacts by comparing treatment (beneficiary) and control groups outcomes related to the livelihood indicators listed above. This paper discusses how the mentioned complications were addressed to provide a sound assessments of the project’s true impacts. While certain limitations remain, the key finding that can be drawn with confidence is that the CBINReMP had only very limited, quantitatively verifiable impact on rural livelihoods. It seems to have contributed to higher household incomes and some greater dietary diversity, but only where the project managed greater community participation. However, even for those beneficiaries, livelihood conditions had not become significantly more productive, diversified, resilient, or sustainable than those of the comparison group. The paper ends with recommendations on how to avoid methodological obstacles through better design of the M&E framework for multi-intervention, community-based projects.

Author : Abhijit Mukherjee,Bridget R. Scanlon,Alice Aureli,Simon Langan,Huaming Guo,Andrew A. McKenzie
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128181737

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Global Groundwater by Abhijit Mukherjee,Bridget R. Scanlon,Alice Aureli,Simon Langan,Huaming Guo,Andrew A. McKenzie Pdf

Global Groundwater: Source, Scarcity, Sustainability, Security, and Solutions presents a compilation of compelling insights into groundwater scenarios within all groundwater-stressed regions across the world. Thematic sub-sections include groundwater studies on sources, scarcity, sustainability, security, and solutions. The chapters in these sub-sections provide unique knowledge on groundwater for scientists, planners, and policymakers, and are written by leading global experts and researchers. Global Groundwater: Source, Scarcity, Sustainability, Security, and Solutions provides a unique, unparalleled opportunity to integrate the knowledge on groundwater, ranging from availability to pollution, nation-level groundwater management to transboundary aquifer governance, and global-scale review to local-scale case-studies. Provides interdisciplinary content that bridges the knowledge from groundwater sources to solutions and sustainability, from science to policy, from technology to clean water and food Includes global and regional reviews and case studies, building a bridge between broad reviews of groundwater-related issues by domain experts as well as detailed case studies by researchers Identifies pathways for transforming knowledge to policy and governance of groundwater security and sustainability

Author : Assefa M. Melesse,Wossenu Abtew,Gabriel Senay
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128159996

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Extreme Hydrology and Climate Variability by Assefa M. Melesse,Wossenu Abtew,Gabriel Senay Pdf

Extreme Hydrology and Climate Variability: Monitoring, Modelling, Adaptation and Mitigation is a compilation of contributions by experts from around the world who discuss extreme hydrology topics, from monitoring, to modeling and management. With extreme climatic and hydrologic events becoming so frequent, this book is a critical source, adding knowledge to the science of extreme hydrology. Topics covered include hydrometeorology monitoring, climate variability and trends, hydrological variability and trends, landscape dynamics, droughts, flood processes, and extreme events management, adaptation and mitigation. Each of the book's chapters provide background and theoretical foundations followed by approaches used and results of the applied studies. This book will be highly used by water resource managers and extreme event researchers who are interested in understanding the processes and teleconnectivity of large-scale climate dynamics and extreme events, predictability, simulation and intervention measures. Presents datasets used and methods followed to support the findings included, allowing readers to follow these steps in their own research Provides variable methodological approaches, thus giving the reader multiple hydrological modeling information to use in their work Includes a variety of case studies, thus making the context of the book relatable to everyday working situations for those studying extreme hydrology Discusses extreme event management, including adaption and mitigation

Author : Larry W. Harrington,Myles J. Fisher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317916376

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Water Scarcity, Livelihoods and Food Security by Larry W. Harrington,Myles J. Fisher Pdf

This volume reviews the evolution of ten years’ learning and discovery about water scarcity, livelihoods, and food security within the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. It draws on the experiences of over 100 projects conducted in ten river basins in the developing world. The book describes how the program’s design evolved from an emphasis on water scarcity, water productivity, and water access to an emphasis on using water innovations to improve livelihoods and address development challenges in specific river basins. It shows how the research was used to foster change in stakeholder behavior, linking it to improved knowledge, attitudes, and skills, which were fostered by stakeholder participation, innovation, dialogue, and negotiation. The authors describe development challenges, their drivers and their political context, how to address them through technical, institutional, and policy innovations; and the consequences of change at different scales, time frames on equity, resilience, and ecosystem services. Overall, the work represents a major synthesis and landmark publication for all concerned with water resource management and sustainable development.

Author : Nigussie, Likimyelesh,Haile, Alemseged Tamiru,Gowing, J.,Walker, D.,Parkin, G.
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789290909026

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Citizen science in community-based watershed management by Nigussie, Likimyelesh,Haile, Alemseged Tamiru,Gowing, J.,Walker, D.,Parkin, G. Pdf

Working Papers The publications in this series record the work and thinking of IWMI researchers, and knowledge that the Institute’s scientific management feels is worthy of documenting. This series will ensure that scientific data and other information gathered or prepared as a part of the research work of the Institute are recorded and referenced. Working Papers could include project reports, case studies, conference or workshop proceedings, discussion papers or reports on progress of research, country-specific research reports, monographs, etc. Working Papers may be copublished, by IWMI and partner organizations. Although most of the reports are published by IWMI staff and their collaborators, we welcome contributions from others. Each report is reviewed internally by IWMI staff. The reports are published and distributed both in hard copy and electronically (www.iwmi.org) and where possible all data and analyses will be available as separate downloadable files. Reports may be copied freely and cited with due acknowledgment. About IWMI The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is an international, research-for-development organization that works with governments, civil society and the private sector to solve water problems in developing countries and scale up solutions. Through partnership, IWMI combines research on the sustainable use of water and land resources, knowledge services and products with capacity strengthening, dialogue and policy analysis to support implementation of water management solutions for agriculture, ecosystems, climate change and inclusive economic growth. Headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, IWMI is a CGIAR Research Center and leads the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). www.iwmi.org

Author : Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria,Abera, D. A.,Gebresamuel, G.,Giordano, Meredith,Langan, Simon
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789290908449

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An Assessment of Integrated Watershed Management in Ethiopia by Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria,Abera, D. A.,Gebresamuel, G.,Giordano, Meredith,Langan, Simon Pdf

Sustainable participatory watershed management is an approach promoted by the Ethiopian government to restore natural resources and agricultural productivity across the country. This comparative study between six watershed programs shows that this approach increases farmers’ food security and incomes (around 50% on average), as well as their resilience to drought and other climate shocks. However, the study also confirms that the nature and scale of impact can vary significantly between watershed programs. The success of watershed management depends on multiple factors from the hydrological profile of the watershed to the local social and economic environment. Tailoring watershed interventions to the local context, associating conservation and livelihoods activities, and providing further financial and technical support to watershed committees are among the recommendations of this paper.

Author : CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Upper river basin watersheds by CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). Pdf

Author : Ephraim Nkonya,Alisher Mirzabaev,Joachim von Braun
Publisher : Springer
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319191683

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Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development by Ephraim Nkonya,Alisher Mirzabaev,Joachim von Braun Pdf

This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of land degradation is especially severe on livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources. The annual global cost of land degradation due to land use and cover change (LUCC) and lower cropland and rangeland productivity is estimated to be about 300 billion USD. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for the largest share (22%) of the total global cost of land degradation. Only about 38% of the cost of land degradation due to LUCC - which accounts for 78% of the US$300 billion loss – is borne by land users and the remaining share (62%) is borne by consumers of ecosystem services off the farm. The results in this volume indicate that reversing land degradation trends makes both economic sense, and has multiple social and environmental benefits. On average, one US dollar investment into restoration of degraded land returns five US dollars. The findings of the country case studies call for increased investments into the rehabilitation and restoration of degraded lands, including through such institutional and policy measures as strengthening community participation for sustainable land management, enhancing government effectiveness and rule of law, improving access to markets and rural services, and securing land tenure. The assessment in this volume has been conducted at a time when there is an elevated interest in private land investments and when global efforts to achieve sustainable development objectives have intensified. In this regard, the results of this volume can contribute significantly to the ongoing policy debate and efforts to design strategies for achieving sustainable development goals and related efforts to address land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9251055513

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The New Generation of Watershed Management Programmes and Projects by Anonim Pdf

On the occasion of the International Year of Mountains-2002, FAO and its partners undertook a large-scale assessment and global review of the current status and future trends of integrated and participatory watershed management. The overall objectives were to promote the exchange and dissemination of experiences in implementing watershed management projects in the decade from 1990 to 2000 and to identify the vision for a new generation of watershed management programmes and projects. This resource book represents a summary and critical analysis of the rich discussions and vast materials that emerged during the review, as well as the review's findings and recommendations. It presents the state of the art in watershed management, promotes further reflection and creative thinking and proposes new ideas and approaches for future watershed management programmes and projects. This publication has been written primarily for field-level watershed management practitioners and local decision-makers involved in watershed management at the district or municipality level. It will also be a useful source of information for other readers such as senior officers and consultants specialized in other areas, evaluators, policy-makers and students of watershed management

Author : Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele,Erkossa, Teklu,Balcha, Y. Comps.
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-07
Category : Irrigation farming
ISBN : 9789290907435

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Irrigation and Water for Sustainable Development by Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele,Erkossa, Teklu,Balcha, Y. Comps. Pdf

Author : Nkonya, Ephraim,Pender, John,Kaizzi, Kayuki C.,Kato, Edward,Mugarura, Samuel,Ssali, Henry,Muwonge, James
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896291683

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Linkages Between Land Management, Land Degradation, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa by Nkonya, Ephraim,Pender, John,Kaizzi, Kayuki C.,Kato, Edward,Mugarura, Samuel,Ssali, Henry,Muwonge, James Pdf

Most African countries strive for both poverty reduction and sustainable land management, yet information on the exact relationship between these goals is limited. This report seeks to fill the gap by demonstrating a strong linkage between poverty and land management. Using Uganda as a case study, the authors show that certain policies, such as investments in soil and water conservation and agroforestry, may simultaneously increase productivity and reduce poverty and land degradation. Other strategies, including development of rural roads, non-farm activities, and rural finance, may reduce poverty without significantly affecting productivity or land management. Some policies, however, will likely involve trade-offs among different goals and will need to have their negative impacts minimized. Those in government, NGOs, the private sector, or academia who are concerned about sustainably reducing poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa will benefit from this analysis of how to pursue these key development goals.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : 9789290905431

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Integrated Land and Water Management for Food and Environmental Security by Anonim Pdf