STRATEGIC APPROACHES TO INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF LAND, WATER AND LIVELIHOODS IN THE ABYAN DELTA, YEMEN Dr. Khader Balem Atroosh WLI Focal Point, Yemen

WLI GOAL AND INTENDED OUTPUTS Overall Goal: To improve the livelihoods of rural households and communities in areas where water scarcity, land degradation, and associated problems are prevalent. Intended Outputs: 1. Integrated water and land-use strategies for policy-making, tools for sustainable benchmark management and organizational mechanisms for community inclusion at the benchmark site. 2. Enhanced knowledge, skills and qualifications for key stakeholders in the benchmark sites. 3. Improved rural livelihoods of farmers in the benchmark sites through the adoption of sustainable land and water management practices and livelihood strategies.

MAP OF WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGION IN YEMEN

General information Climate: H ot and arid climate Area: 53,600 hectares. Location: Located about 55 km east of Aden and situated in the southwest of the Abyan governorate at the coast of Aden Gulf. Water Resources: Floods draining from the catchments of Bana and Hassan are the main source of both surface and groundwater water resources. Population: ( census 2004) Abyan Delta:  Geographic location: Between latitudes 13 o 04’ to 13 o 18’ N, and longitudes 45 o 08’ to 45 o 30’ E.

Item Surface water Ground water Recharge, mm 3 / Year Discharge, mm 3 / Year Inflow Wadi Bana+ 122 Wadi Hassan+ 32 Wadi Maharia+ 2 Total 156 Surface water use/ losses Net consumptive use-52- Wadi seepage losses Canal and field application Escape to sea Total -156 Ground water abstraction/ losses From wells for irrigation-75 From wells for domestic use-5 Evaporation and evapotanspiration from shallow water table-24 Subsurface outflow to sea and adjacent areas- 8 Total Water Balance-28 OVERALL WATER BALANCE IN ABYAN DELTA

1. Management and Coordination (47,000,000 USD$) 2. Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (798,000,000 USD$) 3. Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (482,000,000 USD$) 4. Irrigation and Watershed Management (190,000,000 USD$) 5. Human and Environmental Aspects (21,000,000 USD$) Total: 1538, 000,000 USD$

 Irrigation Department at agricultural office in the Abyan Governorate.  Agricultural extension under agricultural office.  Since 1955, Elkod Agricultural Research Station.  In 1997 established branch of national water resources authority (NWRA) in the Abyan Delta.  In 2009 established committee of Delta Abyan basin supported by with GTZ.  Private sector and a number of WUA.  In 2009, appoint the director of Hassan Dam project.  Government subsidies, 30-50% from the cost of irrigation equipments.  Constructing of Hassam Dam and reconstruction of spate irrigation network.  Participatory research with farmer for rabid adoption the new research technology related to water productivity.

supplemental irrigationControl Units Index US$Y.R.US$Y.R Kg/ha Average productivity Rial/ha Average revenue Rial/ha Total direct costs Rial/ha Net return (Gross Margin) Rial/Kg The average cost of production unit Rial/Rial The average Rial return % Level of average cost Increasing On-farm Income By Using Supplemental Irrigation of Spate Irrigated Sesame  Assessment of water resources  Updated Soil classification  Updated land use classification  Preparation of land suitability maps for the main crops (Banana, Papaya, Citrus-Limon, Mango, Cotton, Sorghum, Millet, Maize, Sesame, Groundnut, Tomatoes, Onion).

Projection of impacts of improved land and water management in 2014  Expanding the dissemination of techniques to increase water use efficiency (WUE)  Using applicable software models to improve water productivity.  Completion of the land-use planning in the Abyan Delta  Socio-Economic Assessment of adopted technologies on water productivity and livelihoods in the Abyan Delta.