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China – restoring pastoral landscapes
Pastoral land covers 400 million hectares of China, 41.7% of the entire country. Much of it is semi-arid and high plateau land where China’s ethnic minorities live, traditionally using the land to...
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Communication and knowledge management in the CPWF – an interview with...
Communication and knowledge management (KM) are among the pillars of the ‘Research for Development’ (R4D) approach of the Nile Basin Development Challenge and the wider Challenge Program for Water and...
View ArticleUnlocking the Potential of Livestock Technologies in Ethiopia
The reasons why farmers are unable to harness the benefits embedded in technologies and take advantage of business opportunities in livestock sector in developing countries remain unresolved. Drawing...
View ArticleRealistic assessment of irrigation potential in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia
Although Ethiopia has a large potential to develop irrigation, only 5% of the 3.5 million hectares of land potentially available has been developed. To examine the underlying causes, this study...
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Effect of current livestock feed sourcing and feeding strategies on livestock...
Inefficient management and use of water is unanimously the most single constraint of agricultural production of Ethiopia. This study was conducted to assess the effect of livestock feed sourcing and...
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A Grand Challenge Approach to Securing Water for Food
By Ku Mcmahan, PhD, AAAS Fellow, U.S. Agency for International Development In a new approach to promoting innovation, the USAID’s Office of Science and Technology has partnered with the Swedish...
View ArticleUnderstanding Thailand’s Hydropower Decision-Making Process: Video
Thailand’s economy is growing rapidly and so is its demand for energy. To meet this energy demand, Thailand has been expanding its hydropower development in neighbouring countries, with a number of...
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Workshop on gender justice and hydropower: building momentum over water...
photo credit: Jerry Galea/OxfamAus Oxfam has been working in Lao for more than 20 years, and it has always had a great relationship with the national government. However, when we decided to start the...
View ArticleHydrological Modelling of Sustainable Land Management Interventions in the...
The current paper discusses the use of hydrological modelling tool to understand sustainable land management interventions in the Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia. A micro-watershed named Mizewa with a...
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Vertisol areas in the Blue Nile Basin for enhanced systems productivity
Waterlogged Vertisols are amongst the high potential soils where management interventions could result in positive impacts. This study utilized soil, climate and crop and livestock productivity data...
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