One integrated approach for watershed management is through the use of computer models various attempts have been made in ethiopia to apply such methods. The watershed management project has been implemented in subdistricts out of 42 subdistricts in the woreda 10. Economics from alemaya university, ethiopia, and a phd from the. Afcapeth 005t first workshop report harmony hotel, addis ababa, ethiopia 27 february 2012 submitted to. Apr 11, 2014 the eight key messages constitute a new integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm and are based on the outputs and outcomes of transdisciplinary scientific research for development. Its impact on downstream stakeholders dependent on the blue nile intermediate results dissemination workshop february 56, 2009, addis ababa, ethiopia organized by iwmi subregional office for east africa and nile basin, addis ababa, ethiopia compiled by. Integrated watershed management for improved food security in. The catholic relief services country office in ethiopia commissioned a study in april 2009 to evaluate outcomes from its integrated watershed management iwm strategy and program.
Ethiopia has adopted the principles of integrated water resources management iwrm in its water resources management policy and has already put in place water legislations, strategy, and program for their implementation. Strategies, approaches and systems in integrated watershed. Steenhuisa,c, a department of biological and environmental engineering, cornell university, ithaca, ny, united states b swedish international development cooperation. Integrated water resources management iwrm has been a dominant paradigm for water sector reform worldwide over the past two decades. Assessment of the effectiveness of watershed management. Evaluating watershed management activities of campaign work in southern nations, nationalities and peoples regional state of ethiopia kebede wolka wolancho abstract background. The first step towards a watershed management plan is an ea, which includes the selection, compilation and mapping of data on the watershed, with the aim to show its current environmental condition. Integrated watershed management iwm is an advanced landmanagement approach that has been widely implemented in tigray region of northern ethiopia since 2004. Comparing the monitoring and evaluation systems of watershed. Venkatesan programme officer and team leader, dhan foundation, 18 pillaiyar koil street, s. Phe ethiopia consortium would like to appreciate and thank its participants who attended the workshop and contributed their idea and view on the issues raised during the workshop.
To be effective and sustainable on integrated watershed management the. Ethiopias national communitybased watershed management. Past and present perspectives of watershed management approaches are summarized in annex 1, table a1. An evaluation of crs integrated watershed management programs. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of watershed management intervention in chena woreda. Chapter 9 towards integrated watershed management for resource conservation. In ethiopia, this approach is new and requires appropriate strategies to overcome the barriers and practice effective integrated and sustainable watershed management. Crs began its integrated watershed management program in 2001 to address in a. The evaluation found that the crs iwm program has made significant positive changes in the lives and livelihoods of rural households. Moreover, many development interventions are planned to implement integrated watershed management. Evaluating watershed management activities of campaign work. Improved water and land management in the ethiopian.
Sustainable participatory watershed management is an approach promoted by the ethiopian government to restore natural resources and agricultural productivity across the country. The impacts of watershed management on land use and land. In amhara region, watershed management was merely considered as a practice of soil and water conservation. It is now widely accepted that water can be efficiently managed within a river basin or watershed catchment. Integrated management of the blue nile basin in ethiopia. Ethiopia ethiopia is a large country having 1 million hectares that is endowed with diverse climatic and physiographic. Watershed management experiences in amhara region fentahun mengistu dr. Pdf sustainable participatory watershed management is an. An assessment of integrated watershed management in ethiopia. This document constitutes the proceedings of an expert meeting on strategies, approaches and systems in integrated watershed management held in kathmandu, nepal, from 25 february to 1 march 1985. However its implementation has not been successful in most cases, due to various barriers. Pdf an assessment of integrated watershed management in.
The success stories of early watershed projects were marked as the basis of major watershed initiatives. Tamil nadu, india abstract the early watershed development programme in india launched in the year 1974 and the subsequent. Environment assessment and watershed action planning. Investment in watershed management and improved water availability abraha atsebeha watershed, tigray, ethiopia watershed average farm size of households ha % reduction in soil loss increased production area % abraha atsbeha 0. Comprehensive impact assessment of watershed management. A network for integrated watershed management in eastern. Farmers awareness and perception of lake ziway ethiopia. To design suitable and effective strategies, there is need to understand watershed management approaches.
Authors personal copy overcoming limited information through participatory watershed management. Present and future trends in natural resources management in agriculture. An independent evaluation of banks assistance 20002010. In a fourpart presentation, he shares ethiopias experiences with communitybased participatory watershed development, with case studies from around the country. Experiences from participatory integrated watershed m ugent biblio. Rebuild ethiopias natural capital assets by overcoming the causes, and mitigating the negative impacts, of land. Comparing the monitoring and evaluation systems of. Federal republic of ethiopia ethiopian road authority revision of the drainage design manual in ethiopia contract reference.
Ethiopia genaledawa river basin integrated resources. Integrated watershed management for improved food security in the ethiopian highlands. From the mid 1990s, water management was placed into the overall context of river basins and to examine the interlinking hydrologic, socioeconomic and environmental aspects of water management at multiple scales. Pdf integrated watershed management as an effective. Head of the east africa and nile basin office of iwmi, addis ababa, ethiopia. A path to the great green wall initiatives, climate change adaptation and mitigation daniel danano slm program coordinator. Scaling up an integrated watershed management approach through social protection programmes in ethiopia. However, its effects have not been evaluated in many microwatersheds. Scaling up an integrated watershed management approach. Integrated water resources management in africa an. Hydrological characterization of watersheds in the blue.
Revision of the drainage design manual in ethiopia. According to the central statistical agency of ethiopia projection csa 2005 from the 1994 census, the total projected population in ethiopia for 2006 was estimated to be 75,067,000, about 85 percent of which lives in the rural areas depending on subsistence. Therefore it is important to include watershed management into efforts to reduce poverty and food insecurity in the country. For several decades, integrated and sustainable watershed management has been suggested and tried in several countries in the world, as an effective way to address complex water and land resource challenges. Management project is piloting innovative approaches for integrated watershed management, and. Present and future trends in natural resources management. News multiple benefits reported from tana beles watershed project in ethiopia. However, its effects have not been evaluated in many micro. Other organizations have also played a relevant role in promoting watershed management planning in ethiopia in various regions and weredas.
Hydrology, water supply, participatory methods, economics, watershed modeling, gis and writing thesis based on new field research addressing the challenge in addition three highly qualified lecturers became phd students and took in ithaca 1 year of courses they are now leaders of masters program. Farmers awareness and perception of lake ziway ethiopia and its watershed management hayal destaa,b. The ethiopian government has been implementing watershed management mainly through public campaign work. The environmental regulatory context there is a formal environmental regulatory framework in ethiopia within which irrigation schemes must be developed and operate under the constitution of the country and the state regions. The project site for the tana beles watershed project in ethiopia has become a regional role model, as the project has brought along with it multiple benefits for all community members including poor and rich, young and old, workers and unemployed, as well as disabled people.
Ethiopia through the blue and atbara rivers, ethiopia has limited rights to use these resources. Egypt and sudan, through the agreement of 1959, are allotted 55. Amhara regional agricultural research institute arari stakeholders workshop on enhancing communitiesadaptive capacity to climate change induced water scarcity in kabe watershed, south wollo zone wollo university, dessie, ethiopia, 2425 november 2011. Intergovernmental challenges of watershed management. Evaluation of watershed development plan and technology. Moreover, the countrys five year 20052006 20092010 plan for accelerated sustainable. Gebrehiwot et al hydrological characterization of watersheds in the blue nile basin figure 1. Ethiopia genaledawa river basin integrated resources development master plan study project completion report. Watershed management approaches are evolving throughout the country and are being used to solve tough problems.
A new integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm for ethiopia. Community based participatory watershed development. Multiple benefits from tana beles watershed project in. Ethiopia is the second most populous country in africa awulachew et al. The environmental regulatory context there is a formal environmental regulatory framework in ethiopia within which irrigation schemes must be developed and operate under. Official pdf, 86 pages world bank documents world bank group. It is now widely accepted that water can be efficiently managed within a river basin or watershedcatchment. The ethiopian strategic investment framework for sustainable. Towards integrated watershed management in highland ethiopia. A network for integrated watershed management in eastern africa. Integrated watershed management iwm is an approach that uses collective action by a group of people reliant on a watershed area to proactively manage the.
Mar 16, 2012 watershed management experiences in amhara region, ethiopia 1. Intergovernmental challenges of watershed management of organizations bounded by a common orientation such as a policy area, problem, type of service, or a geographic area. Publisheddocumentsethiopia%20firstindcethiopia100615. Information for the study was gathered from official documents, direct observations, and. Integrated watershed management at bahir dar university. The implications of watershed management for reversing. Working paper 123 international water management institute.
Thus, watershed management implies the judicious use of. Watershed management watershed management is the process of guiding and organizing land and other resources use in a watershed to provide desired goods and services without adversely affecting land resources brooks et al. A new integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm for. Hence, watershed management has become a central point of the rural development and poverty alleviation agenda. Evaluating watershed management activities of campaign. An integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm for. Watershed management interventions such as soil and water conservation swc andor water harvesting wh are crucial to improve the provision of goods and services of rainfed agriculture in ethiopia. An overview paulos dubale director, soil and water research ethiopian agricultural research organization earo, addis ababa, ethiopia. Multiple benefits from tana beles watershed project in ethiopia. The ethiopian strategic investment framework for sustainable land management esif slm. Hydrological characterization of watersheds in the blue nile. Integrated watershed management iwm is an advanced land management approach that has been widely implemented in tigray region of northern ethiopia since 2004. Watershed management experiences in amhara region, ethiopia. Ethiopia, among early adopters, has developed a water policy, legislations, and strategy per iwrm core principles.
Lakew desta, capacity building and networking advisor at tbiwrdp tanabeles integrated water resources development project,ethiopia, was one of the contributors to the guidelines. Watershed management project amarew to test integrated watershed management techniques in ethiopia. Location of usbr hydrological stations in the blue nile basin included in this study 32. Surface water and groundwater resources of ethiopia. Therefore it is important to include watershed management into efforts to reduce poverty and food insecurity in. Overcoming limited information through participatory. Rainfed crops, mostly cereals, are cultivated in the atter 14 b. Amarew final report amhara microenterprise development, agricultural research, extension and watershed management project in ethiopia july 2002 december 2007 report prepared by amarew project technical advisors virginia tech. The implications of watershed management for reversing land. Key messages from the nile basin development challenge, 200920. 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.
Both watersheds are almost entirely comprised of subsistence farming. Abstract agriculture is the backbone of the ethiopian economy engaging more than 85% of the. Integrated watershed management in ethiopia farm africa. Iwm projects, and part iii presents background documents, the. Chena woreda has started watershed management intervention in collaboration with fao since 2008. Code summary report preface integrated water resources management iwrm coordinates the development and management of water resources to maximize economic and social welfare without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. The agricultural nonpoint source model agnps was tested on the highlands augucho catchment by haregeweyn and yohannes 2003 but could not reproduce runoff patterns. Ethiopia through watershed development moard, 2005. Integrated watershed and environmental management 3 june 2015 2. Proceeding of the national workshop on integrated watershed.
On the following pages are 6 examples of successful watershed. Improved water and land management in the ethiopian highlands. A new integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm. Abstract natural resource degradation is both a cause and a result of poverty in ethiopia. The meeting was organized jointly by the food and agriculture organization of the united nations fao,the. This study evaluates watershed management activities and its socioeconomic and biophysical role. Each kebele has institutional arrangements such as development teams comprising 335 households, and 5person labor. Brhane gebrekidan chief of party and senior research advisor, dr.
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