The Nile BDC project on targeting and scaling out rainwater management innovations (N3) recently held a partner meeting in Ambo. Partners, including the Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI), the Oromia Agricultural Research Institute (OARI) and the Ethiopia Rainwater Harvesting Association (ERHA) joined. They discussed preliminary feasibility maps showing where [...]
From ILRI Clippings: Earlier this year, the International Development Research Centre (Canada) published a book titled Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Highlands of East Africa. In this short video interview, Ethiopian scientist Tilahun Amede, on joint appointment with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Water Management Institute [...]
L’Ethiopie reçoit des précipitations abondantes souvent suivies de longues périodes de pénuries d’eau, ce qui entraîne des problèmes d’érosion des sols importants. Bien souvent, les interventions de gestion des eaux de pluie dans le pays tiennent peu compte des besoins et des réalités des communautés agricoles locales. Toutefois, grâce à [...]
Ethiopia receives abundant rainfall but often too much comes at once leading to long periods of water scarcity and problems with soil erosion –interventions tend to be driven by decision makers and there is a need to find ways of giving local communities more ownership of the process. The CGIAR [...]
In late 2011, all projects in the Nile Basin Development Challenge prepared ‘most significant change’ stories from the first phase of operations. One of the stories looked at project experiences with the installation of hydrological monitoring sites. NBDC Brief 10 is a summary of the story. (…) Read the full [...]
Spatial Analysis and Modelling group, one of the topic working groups involving NBDC From 6 to 9 February, the secretariat of the Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF) organized a meeting in Montpellier, bringing together the six Basin leaders and six topic working group leaders. This was the first meeting [...]
Playing the ‘happy strategies’ game In late 2011, all projects in the Nile Basin Development Challenge prepared ‘most significant change’ stories from the first phase of operations. One of the stories looked at our communication experiences to document some of the changes we introduced and how we progressed. NBDC Brief [...]
Uptake of integrated termite management for rehabilitation of degraded rangeland in Eastern Africa Project Data Lead Organization: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Project Leader: Kees Swaans Partners: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Makerere University, Wollega University, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Duration: 1.Jan.2012 – 30.Apr.2014 (28 months) Geographic area: Eastern Africa, [...]
Tilahun Amede, Nile Basin project leader is co-editor of a new book ‘Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Highlands of Eastern Africa: From Concept to Practice.’ It documents a decade of research, methodological innovation, and lessons learned in an eco-regional research-for-development program operating in the eastern African highlands, the African [...]
Earlier this year the CGIAR Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF) awarded $19,905 to the Nile BDC to investigate and document the effectiveness of participatory video (PV) as a tool to bring local issues to the attention of planners and implementers of rainwater management interventions in Ethiopia. The small [...]
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