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Scaling-up water management interventions for rainfed agriculture in the Ethiopian Highlands: status, issues, and opportunities

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/12311/
https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04279996/
10.54612/a.4nbusqmc4l
 
Title Scaling-up water management interventions for rainfed agriculture in the Ethiopian Highlands: status, issues, and opportunities
 
Creator Getnet, M
Anantha, K H
Garg, K K
Barron, J
Amede, T
 
Subject Rainfed Agriculture
Soil
Farming Systems
Climate Resilient Technologies
 
Description Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa with more than 110 million people. The capacity to feed its rapidly growing population largely depends on rainfed agricultural production systems, in a range of agro climatic regions from arid and semiarid lowlands to temperate
highlands. Agriculture is undermined by both severe land degradation and high inter- and intra-seasonal rainfall variability. As a result, the current average productivity of rainfed farming remains low (1.7 t ha-1 for pulses and 2.7 t ha-1 for cereals). This is despite a slow yield increase (e.g. about 1.5 t ha-1 for cereals and 1 t ha-1 for pulses) due to the introduction of new crop cultivars,
fertilizers and management practices. Recognising the large yield gap in rainfed systems, the Ethiopian government has, since 1970, initiated a number of public welfare programs. These have involved various natural resource management
programs with a special focus on agricultural water management (AWM) in Sustainable Land Management Projects (SLMP). SLMPs, centered around rainfed production systems, have been implemented to address land degradation, enhance crop and livestock productivity, and improve household incomes. Integrated resource management approaches have helped local communities obtain tangible benefits from AWM,
and strengthened a number of ecosystem services, when compared to a sectoral approach. In the last 15 years, through SLMP 1 and 2, more than 2% of agricultural fields, and communal rainfed land, in Ethiopia, has been subject to AWM and sustainable land management. This has benefitted
around 1.4 million households and supported environmental sustainability. Over 430,000 people have also benefited from related income generating activities. However, systematic data on various aspects of AWM is required to obtain a clear understanding of the overall impact of these interventions. This study proposes following a landscape approach, in order to realize the full potential of diverse AWM interventions, and a consortium approach to capacity building to achieve large scale, system level outcomes.
 
Publisher Department of Soil and Environment, SLU
 
Contributor Barron, J
Tengberg, A
 
Date 2023
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/12311/1/Rainfed%20systems%20intensification%20and%20scaling%20of%20water%20and%20soil%20management%20Four%20case%20studies%20of%20development%20in%20family%20farming_79-98_2023.pdf
Getnet, M and Anantha, K H and Garg, K K and Barron, J and Amede, T (2023) Scaling-up water management interventions for rainfed agriculture in the Ethiopian Highlands: status, issues, and opportunities. In: Rainfed systems intensification and scaling of water and soil management: four case studies of development in family farming. Department of Soil and Environment, SLU, Uppsala, pp. 79-98. ISBN 978-91-8046-893-0