A poster prepared by Birhanu Zemadim, Matthew McCartney, Bharat Sharma and Seleshi Bekele for the NBDC Launch Workshop, Addis Ababa, 29 September 2010.

1. Rainwater management for resilient livelihoods
Integrated Rainwater Management Strategies:
Hydrometric Monitoring
Dapo Watershed in Diga Woreda
Description
Located in the south-west of the Abbay basin
Tributary to the Didessa River
Rainfall: 1,400 – 2,000 mm Typical view of the
Midland
High potential for irrigation
Currently less than 8% developed by
traditional irrigation
Interventions
View of the catchment Bridge proposed for flow Some farmers have built small ponds and
monitoring
reservoirs, but currently there is seemingly
little real interest in rain water management
Challenges • In some places, Bone, a traditional practice of
cultivating in wetland areas using residual
Scarcity of water during the dry season moisture, is being undertaken
Long distance (>2 km) to fetch water There are plans for a 40-60 ha irrigation
scheme to commence later this year in the
Increasing problems of erosion and loss lowlands on the Jirma River
of soil fertility
Feasibility studies are presently being
Deforestation and over grazing conducted for the establishment of a large
irrigation scheme in the lowlands (Didessa River)
Problems of soil compaction and acidity
(on the old Didesa state farm)
CPWF Nile Project 2:
Integrated rainwater management strategies – technologies, institutions and policies
Poster Prepared for the NBDC Launch Workshop, Addis Ababa,29 September 2010