Stakeholders’ perceptions of integrated rainwater management approaches in the Blue Nile Basin of the Ethiopian highlands

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpIntegrated Systems for the Humid Tropics
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierAnnet Mulema: 0000-0003-4192-3939
cg.creator.identifierAlan Duncan: 0000-0002-3954-3067
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12126en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1477-8947en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalNatural Resources Forumen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.river.basinNILEen
cg.subject.ilriENVIRONMENTen
cg.subject.ilriNRMen
cg.subject.ilriSOILSen
cg.subject.ilriWATERen
cg.volume41en
dc.contributor.authorMulema, Annet A.en
dc.contributor.authorLema, Zelalemen
dc.contributor.authorDamtew, Eliasen
dc.contributor.authorAdie, Aberraen
dc.contributor.authorOgutu, Z.en
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Alan J.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-03T14:22:36Zen
dc.date.available2017-11-03T14:22:36Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89202
dc.titleStakeholders’ perceptions of integrated rainwater management approaches in the Blue Nile Basin of the Ethiopian highlandsen
dcterms.abstractPrevious approaches to improve soil and water management in the Ethiopian highlands have achieved marginal success. An integrated approach to rainwater management (RWM) has been piloted to address interrelated problems of land degradation, livestock feed shortage, and soil erosion, in an effort to improve the resilience of rural livelihoods. However, stakeholders’ perceptions about the approach have not been documented. Using data from in-depth interviews, this study assesses stakeholders’ knowledge, attitudes, skills and practices in the Diga, Jeldu and Fogera districts of Ethiopia. Our study finds gender differences in knowledge and application of integrated RWM strategies amongst farmers. Stakeholders interviewed appreciate fodder development because it directly addresses land degradation and livestock feed shortage, and provides extra benefits to the households. There are differences in successful RWM practices across the districts. Planners, researchers and policy makers engaged in innovation platforms have an increased understanding of the tools to engage multiple stakeholders in planning for RWM. However, inflexible extension approaches and other contextual issues limit wide-scale use of bottom-up approaches. We conclude that approaches to RWM that are holistic and engage diverse stakeholders foster the uptake of innovations. Awareness creation, collaboration, capacity development, incentives, monitoring, political will and favorable gender norms are vital to the process.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2017-05-24
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMulema, A.A., Lema, Z., Damtew, E., Adie, A., Ogutu, Z. and Duncan, A.J. 2017. Stakeholders’ perceptions of integrated rainwater management approaches in the Blue Nile Basin of the Ethiopian highlands. Natural Resources Forum 41(4):244–254.en
dcterms.extentp. 244-254en
dcterms.issued2017-11
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectsoilen
dcterms.subjectwateren
dcterms.subjectnatural resources managementen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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