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Assessment of rainwater management practices and land use land cover changes in the Meja watershed of Ethiopia

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Title Assessment of rainwater management practices and land use land cover changes in the Meja watershed of Ethiopia
 
Creator Ayana, B.
McCartney, Matthew P.
Zemadim, Birhanu
Langan, Simon J.
Sharma, Bharat R.
Balemi, T.
 
Subject water
 
Description Poor rainwater management (RWM) practices and resultant problems of land degradation and low water productivity are severe problems in the rural highlands of Ethiopia. The current study was undertaken at Meja watershed, which is located in the Jeldu district of Oromia region. The study investigated rainwater management practices and associated socio-economic and biophysical conditions in the watershed. The existing RWM interventions, their extent and the nature of changes in land use and land cover (LULC) conditions were mapped and evaluated. Results indicated that over the two decades between 1990 and 2010 there was an increase in the extent of cultivated land and large expansion in eucalyptus plantation at the expense of natural forest and grazing lands. Results indicate that, with few exceptions of RWM interventions practised, there were mainly poor and inefficient rainwater management practices. The overall effect leads to inadequacy of water for household consumption, livestock and for intensifying agricultural production via small scale irrigation systems. Deforestation and poor resource management resulted in soil degradation, reduction of hydrological regimes and water productivities in the watershed.
 
Date 2013-11-01
2013-12-14T14:43:13Z
2013-12-14T14:43:13Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Ayana, B., McCartney, M., Zemadim, B., Langan, S., Sharma, B. and Balemi, T. 2013. Assessment of rainwater management practices and land use land cover changes in the Meja watershed of Ethiopia. IN: Wolde, M. (ed). 2013, Rainwater management for resilient livelihoods in Ethiopia: Proceedings of the Nile Basin Development Challenge Science Meeting, Addis Ababa, 9–10 July 2013. NBDC Technical Report 5. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34233
 
Language en
 
Relation https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33929
NBDC Technical Report
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher International Livestock Research Institute