Poster prepared by Catherine Pfeifer, An Notenbaert and Carlos Quiros for the ILRI@40 Workshop, Addis Ababa, 7 November 2014. Most of the agriculture in the Ethiopian part of the Nile Basin depends is rain-fed. Its low productivity can be explained to a large extend by the lack of appropriate rainwater management. Promoting rainwater management practices in Ethiopia is not new, however they have been promoted : regardless of the bio-physical and socio-economic context without considering local expertise without accounting for synergies between rainwater management practices at landscape scale

1. Challenge
Response
Nile
–Goblet
is
an
open
source
so2ware
that
creates
suitability
maps
for
any
given
technology,
and
has
been
programed
for
rainwater
management
prac<ces
in
the
Nile
Basin
1. Defini<on
of
suitability
is
fully
expert
driven,
i.e.
expert
define
themselves
which
maps
have
to
be
used
and
their
relevant
suitability
range.
(Step
A
&
B
below)
2. it
includes
the
most
accurate
bio-­‐physical
map
available
for
the
Nile
Basin
to
represent
the
bio-­‐physical
context,
allowing
for
accurate
bio-­‐physical
suitability
maps
3. it
contains
“adop<on
maps”
:
these
maps
show
the
probability
of
adop<on
based
on
micro-­‐economic
data
for
classes
of
rainwater
management
prac<ces
to
account
for
the
socio-­‐economic
context
4. It
has
a
module
to
show
combina<on
of
rainwater
management
prac<ces
referred
to
as
strategies
that
enable
synergies
at
landscape
scale
Nile-­‐Goblet
so,ware
mapping
rainwater
management
strategies
made
easy
for
stakeholders
Catherine
Pfeifer,
An
Notenbaert,
Carlos
Quiros
Most
of
the
agriculture
in
the
Ethiopian
part
of
the
Nile
Basin
depends
is
rain-­‐fed.
Its
low
produc<vity
can
be
explained
to
a
large
extend
by
the
lack
of
appropriate
rainwater
management.
Promo<ng
rainwater
management
prac<ces
in
Ethiopia
is
not
new,
however
they
have
been
promoted
:
• regardless
of
the
bio-­‐physical
and
socio-­‐economic
context
• without
considering
local
exper<se
• without
accoun<ng
for
synergies
between
rainwater
management
prac<ces
at
landscape
scale
How
does
it
work?
The
Nile-­‐Goblet
structure
Identification
of
suitability
criteria
and
thresholds
(B)
Creation
of
criterion
maps
(C)
Catherine
Pfeifer
c.pfeifer@cgiar.org
●
P.O.
Box
30709
Nairobi,
Kenya
●
www.ilri.org
Micro-­‐econometric
assessment
of
willingness
of
adoption
of
RMPs
(E)
Acknowledgements:
Nile
Basin
Challenge
Program
(NBDC)
and
the
Interna<onal
Livestock
Research
Ins<tute
(ILRI)
Funding:
Nile
Basin
Challenge
Program
(NBDC)
This
document
is
licensed
for
use
under
a
Crea<ve
Commons
A`ribu<on
–Non
commercial-­‐Share
Alike
3.0
Unported
License
November
2014
image
Adop<on
maps
(F)
Selection
of
practices
constituting
‘best
bet’
RMSs
at
the
landscape
scale
(A)
Creation
of
a
bio-­‐physical
suitability
layer
(D)
Creation
of
willingness
of
adoption
map
with
small
area
estimation
(F)
Feasibility
map
(G)
Suitability
map
(D)
from
module
1
(D)
Rainwater
strategy
map
(K)
Suitability/feasibility
map:
practice
I
Suitability/
feasibility
map:
practice
II
Landscape
delinea-­‐
tion
layer
Rainwater
management
strategy
map
(K)
(H)
Zonal
statistics
(I)
Stakeholders
using
the
tool
Evidence
Stakeholders
,
among
others
from
extension
service,
regional
research
and
NGOs
have
used
the
so2ware.
Module
1
:
Crea<on
of
biophysical
suitability
map
based
on
stakeholders’
suitability
criteria
Module
2
:
Account
for
the
socio
economic
context,
by
using
adop<on
maps
Module
3
:
aggrega<on
into
strategy
maps
at
landscape
scale