Pdf integrated watershed management as an effective. Ethiopias national communitybased watershed management. Farmers decision to adopt watershed management practices in. However, in ethiopia, governmentfinanced watershed programs targeting private. Watershed management is the integrated use of land, vegetation and water in a geographically discrete drainage area for the benefit of its residents, with the objective of protecting or conserving the hydrologic services that the watershed provides and of reducing or avoiding negative downstream or groundwater impacts darghouth et al. Pdf on jul 1, 2008, zenebe admassu and others published spring management for integrated watershed management find, read and cite all. Highpopulation pressure, highly variable and unreliable rainfall, and steep topography have accelerated the process of land degradation in the largely unprotected watersheds of northern ethiopia. Participatory integrated watershed management yemenwater. Intergovernmental challenges of watershed management intergovernmental challenges of watershed management.
Comprehensive impact assessment of watershed management. This paper focuses on the conceptual evolution of watershed management within the context of. Initially, the project was smaller in scope and scattered. Principles of participatory, integrated watershed management 2. Keeping these in view the study entitled watershed management in highlands of ethiopia. 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. Managing water resources to maximize sustainable growth. An assessment of integrated watershed management in ethiopia iwmi working paper 170 gebrehaweria gebregziabher, dereje assefa abera, girmay. Strategies for improving watershed governance introduction ecosystem management has growing support from practitioners, government officials, and researchers and has been utilized in a variety of settings to address a wide range of resource.
In a fourpart presentation, he shares ethiopias experiences with communitybased participatory watershed development, with case studies from around the country. The evaluation found that the crs iwm program has made significant positive changes in the lives and livelihoods of rural households. 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. This study evaluates watershed management activities and its socioeconomic and biophysical role. International water management institute iwmi working paper 170, colombo, sri lanka. Unesco eolss sample chapters human settlement development vol. The consortium approach for integrated watershed management. 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. This study investigated factors affecting farmers participation in watershed management programs. Therefore it is important to include watershed management into efforts to reduce poverty and food insecurity in the country. Nile a new integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm for ethiopia key messages from the nile basin development challenge, 200920 nile bdc technical report7nile bdc technical report 3. Coinciding with the project launch, the ethiopia country office facilitated a consultative and planning workshop at the beginning of february with farmers, village and district administrators, development agents, district and regional experts, agriculture and nrm office heads, researchers and ngo epresentatives in wukro, tigray, for the enhancing integrated watershed management with climate. Scaling up an integrated watershed management approach.
Authors personal copy overcoming limited information through participatory watershed management. Intergovernmental challenges of watershed management. Lakew desta, capacity building and networking advisor at tbiwrdp tanabeles integrated water resources development project,ethiopia, was one of the contributors to the guidelines. Data were collected from 215 farm households which were selected from the four villages using a multistage sampling procedure, involving a combination of purposive and random sampling. Stakeholder involvement in sustainable watershed management. Integrated watershed management experiences in eastern and. Integrated watershed management as an effective approach to curb land degradation. Venkatesan programme officer and team leader, dhan foundation, 18 pillaiyar koil street, s. Ethiopia ethiopia is a large country having 1 million hectares that is endowed with diverse climatic and physiographic. Proceeding of the national workshop on integrated watershed.
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. Experiences from participatory integrated watershed m ugent biblio. Scaling up an integrated watershed management approach through. An assessment of integrated watershed management in ethiopia iwmi working paper 170 gebrehaweria gebregziabher, dereje assefa abera, girmay gebresamuel, meredith giordano and simon langan. Proceeding of the national workshop in integrated v watershed management on gibe omo basin organizers of the workshop phe ethiopia consortium phe is a nonprofit making local ngo that provides coordination and capacitybuilding to 48 member organizations and actively involves in communication, networking, research, advocacy and.
As a result, huge investments have been made by international and national organizations in watershed management interventions since 1980s. Ethiopia and the wfp merged farmers priorities with technical specifications for watershed and soil management. Ethiopia managing water resources to maximize sustainable growth country water resources assistance strategy report no. Each kebele has institutional arrangements such as development teams comprising 335 households, and 5person labor. 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 water resources management iwrm has been a dominant paradigm for water sector reform worldwide over the past two decades. Iwmi works in partnership with governments, civil society and the private sector to develop scalable agricultural water management solutions that have a tangible. Linking land tenure and integrated watershed managementa.
Apr 30, 2018 this study investigated factors affecting farmers participation in watershed management programs in the northeastern highlands of ethiopia by taking the teleyayen subwatershed as a case study. The implications of watershed management for reversing land. Communitybased watershed management could be a signi cant factor in helping the government achieve its aim of making agriculture the driving force of economic development in ethiopia. In the southern nations, nationalities and peoples region of ethiopia, it has been implemented since 2011 by. 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. Evaluation of watershed development plan and technology.
A case study of the enabered watershed in northern ethiopia. Participatory, integrated, multistakeholder strategy combine 4 pillars of action. Ethiopia, among early adopters, has developed a water policy, legislations, and strategy per iwrm core principles. An assessment of integrated watershed management in ethiopia. Tamil nadu, india abstract the early watershed development programme in india launched in the year 1974 and the subsequent. Brhane gebrekidan chief of party and senior research advisor, dr. Sep 03, 2016 this paper is aimed to evaluate the historical perspectives and present scenarios of watershed management in ethiopia. The key points on irrigation watershed management is to handle water yields in stream for maintaining optimum quantity, quality, and flow regime in order to readyuse for irrigating, self. Factors affecting farmers participation in watershed.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Apr 11, 2014 an integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm for ethiopia. Other organizations have also played a relevant role in promoting watershed management planning in ethiopia in various regions and weredas. Environment assessment and watershed action planning. Thapa encyclopedia of life support systems eolss 1. Integrated watershed management iwm is one of the best strategies to halt soil degradation, thereby improving agricultural productivity. Watershed management is not the new concept of the country because it had highly experienced indigenous peoples those have been practiced from an ancient period. Farmers awareness and perception of lake ziway ethiopia and its watershed management hayal destaa,b.
Overcoming limited information through participatory. 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. Ethiopia has a history of watershed management initiatives dating back to the 1970s. Watershedlandscape management for multiple benefits and. Mar 16, 2012 watershed management experiences in amhara region fentahun mengistu dr. Assessment of sustainable watershed management approach case study lenche dima, tsegur eyesus and dijjil watershed a project paper presented to the faculty of the graduate school of cornell university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of professional studies by tesfaye habtamu may 2011. However, there are evidences that farmers who combine several watershed. Comparing the monitoring and evaluation systems of watershed. However its implementation has not been successful in most cases, due to various barriers. Community based participatory watershed development. Integrated watershed management at bahir dar university. Evaluation of watershed development plan and technology adoption level of farmers in amhara region, the case of swhisa project, ethiopia solomon addisu1, goraw goshu2, yihenew g. 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 ethiopian government has been implementing watershed management mainly through public campaign work. The districts agricultural and rural development office merged the soil bunds and. Pdf spring management for integrated watershed management. Ethiopia ethiopia is a large country having 1 million hectares that is endowed with diverse climatic and physiographic condition, with a huge potential of water resource it accounts 122 bmc annual surface runoff and 2. Integrated watershed management for ecosystem balance. Abstract natural resource degradation is both a cause and a result of poverty in ethiopia.
However, by 1 980, it was consolidated and marked t he. Towards integrated watershed management in highland ethiopia. However, its effects have not been evaluated in many microwatersheds. However, considerable constraints are still in its way of realization. A new integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm for. Although there have been several efforts regarding investments in watershed management interventions in ethiopia, comprehensive impact assessment of these interventions are limited.
Watershed management practices have been implemented to avert land degradation. Historical perspectives and present scenarios of watershed. Chapter 9 towards integrated watershed management for resource conservation. Basic concepts watershed a watershed is defined as any surface area from which runoff resulting from rainfall is collected and drained through a common confluence point. Watersheds are separated from each other by water divides.
Integrated watershed and environmental management 3 june 2015 2. It is now widely accepted that water can be efficiently managed within a river basin or watershed catchment. The concept of integrated watershed management iwm the watershed of a particular point on a stream is an area which contributes water to that point in the stream. An integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm for. Farmers awareness and perception of lake ziway ethiopia. Evaluating watershed management activities of campaign work. Scaling up an integrated watershed management approach through social protection programmes in ethiopia. Pdf role of watershed management for reducing soil erosion in.
Watershed management experiences in amhara region, ethiopia. Pdf an assessment of integrated watershed management in. The opportunity ethiopia has a history of watershed management initiatives dating back to the 1970s. Better land and water management are critical to improvement of human well being in the droughtprone ethiopian highlands.
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