Integrated approaches to crop-livestock production and rainwater management in the Ethiopian highlands: Stakeholders’ perception Annet Abenakyo Mulema, Zelalem Lema, Elias Damtew, Aberra Adie, Alan Duncan International conference: Steps to sustainable livestock, University of Bristol, 12-15 Dec. 2015 There MUST be a CGIAR logo or a CRP logo. You can copy and paste the logo you need from the final slide of this presentation. Then you can delete that final slide   To replace a photo above, copy and paste this link in your browser: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilri/sets/72157632057087650/detail/ Find a photo you like and the right size, copy and paste it in the block above. Partner Logo Partner Logo

Presentation outline Crop-Livestock production in Ethiopia Research issues Integrated approach Methodology Results Conclusion

Crop-livestock production in Ethiopia Ethiopia has Africa's largest livestock population and the tenth largest globally. The livestock sub-sector contributes approx. 12% to total GDP and over 45% to agricultural GDP. Mixed crop-livestock production is the dominant farming system

Research issues Severe land degradation and inadequate quality livestock feed Productivity technologies narrowly focused Integrated approach to crop-livestock production and natural resource management has been piloted Effectiveness of integrated approach to transform stakeholders’ knowledge, attitudes, skills and practices is undocumented

Integrated approach to crop-livestock production and rainwater management The Nile Basin Development Challenge Project (NBDC) Three districts –Diga and Jeldu (Oromia region) and Fogera (Amhara region) Establishment of innovation platforms Diga Woreda Innovation Platform Members (Photo credit: IWMI / D. Tadesse)

Integrated approach… Problems identified per district Free rang grazing in Fogera Land degradation in Diga Soil erosion in Jeldu Fodder development intervention was the entry point Influencing the way things were done.

Materials and methods Qualitative study conducted in 2014 In-depth interviews with farmers, policy makers, researchers and planners Retrospective study Line by line coding and counts

Results: Change in knowledge Knowledge of integrated rainwater management (RMS)

Results: Change in knowledge cont.… Stakeholders learned new integrated planning strategies Wat-A-Game Feed assessment tool Participatory Video Farmer Needs Assessment

Results: Change in attitude Women participation in fodder production Collective working Use of incentives

Results: Change in skills and practices Use of integrated rain water management practices Gender differences in preference Use of integrated planning strategies Use of community engagement tools Increased collaboration Wide scale use limited by governments’ stringent top-down approach and lack of resources

Results: Change in skills and practices cont.…

Results: Change in skills and practices cont.…

Conclusion Positive change in stakeholders' perception (KASP) Fodder development identified as most effective approach There are gender differences in preference Capacity development, incentives, transformation of gender constraining norms and policy support are very important

Acknowledgements This work is financed by CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) It is implemented in a partnership with International water Management Institute (IWMI), ICRAF National research Centers, National universities, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Water Resources etc. It contributes to the CGIAR Research Program on water and Food

Acknowledgments Policy makers, researcher, planners and farmers who participated in the study National researchers who participated in data collection Photo credits to Zelalem Lema (ILRI)

Contacts Annet A. Mulema: A.Mulema@cgiar.org