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1 Yilma, Aster Denekew; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele. 2009. Characterization and atlas of the Blue Nile Basin and its sub basins. In Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Erkossa, Teklu; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Fernando, Ashra (Comps.). Improved water and land management in the Ethiopian highlands: its impact on downstream stakeholders dependent on the Blue Nile. Intermediate Results Dissemination Workshop held at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5-6 February 2009. Summary report, abstracts of papers with proceedings on CD-ROM. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 236p.
Maps ; River basins ; Watersheds ; Topography ; Climate ; Evapotranspiration ; Rain ; Evaporation ; Hydrology ; Land cover ; Meteorology ; Population / Africa / Ethiopia / Sudan / Blue Nile River Basin / Abbay Basin / Tana Sub Basin / Jemma Sub Basin / Muger Sub Basin / Guder Sub Basin / Beles Sub Basin / Dabus Sub Basin / Didessa Sub Basin / Fincha Sub Basin / Anger Sub Basin / Wenbera Sub Basin / Beshelo Sub Basin / Welaka Sub Basin / North Gojam Sub Basin / South Gojam Sub Basin / Dinder Sub Basin / Rahad Sub Basin / Gilgel Abay Watershed / Gumera Watershed / Anjeni Micro Watershed / Andit Micro Watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G100 AWU Record No: H042502)
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2 Hagos, Fitsum; Haileslassie, A.; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele. 2009. Assessment of local land and water institutions in the Blue Nile and their impact on environmental management. In Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Erkossa, Teklu; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Fernando, Ashra (Comps.). Improved water and land management in the Ethiopian highlands: its impact on downstream stakeholders dependent on the Blue Nile. Intermediate Results Dissemination Workshop held at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5-6 February 2009. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.185-231.
Institutions ; Organizations ; Water policy ; River basins ; Water management ; Land management ; Watershed management / Africa / Ethiopia / Blue Nile River Basin / Abay River Basin / Tana Sub Basin / Beles Sub Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G100 AWU Record No: H042518)
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Land and water institutions play a vital role in managing and sustaining land and water resources as well as enhancing economic development and poverty alleviation efforts. While a lot has been done in terms of understanding the micro-determinants of farmers’ decisions in land and water conservation, there is little attempt to understand the broad macro-institutional and organizational issues that influence land and water management decisions. The objective of the study was to assess institutional arrangements and challenges for improved land and water management in the Ethiopian part of the Blue Nile Basin (Tana and Beles subbasins). Focus group discussions and key informant interviews were held in Amhara and Benishangul Gumuz regions with important stakeholders such as the bureaus of Agriculture and Rural Development, Water Resources Development, Environmental Protection and Land Use Administration (EPLUA), National Agricultural Research Systems, and important NGOs, operating in the area of land and water management, and selected community members. As the major findings in this study, we outlined major land and water-related institutional arrangements that are currently in place and their design features, in order to identify those institutions related to superior performance. We highlighted major institutional and policy gaps and actions that are required to respond to emerging issues of environmental degradation, upstream/downstream linkages and climate change. Such analysis of institutions and their design features provides useful insights and contributes to the debate on institutional reform for improved land and water management in the Blue Nile Basin, in general. By doing so, it identifies the gaps in institutional arrangements and policies and potential remedies.
3 Hagos, Fitsum; Haileslassie, A.; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Mapedza, Everisto; Taffesse, T. 2011. Land and water institutions in the Blue Nile Basin: setups and gaps for improved land and water management. Review of Policy Research, 28(2):149-170. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.2011.00487.x]
Institutions ; Diffusion of information ; Policy ; Water resource management ; Land management ; Environmental management ; Watershed management / Africa / Ethiopia / Blue Nile Basin / Tana Sub-basin / Beles Sub-basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043700)
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This study undertook an assessment and gap analysis of the institutional arrangements for improved land and water management in the Tana and Beles Sub-basins highlands of the Blue Nile Basin. We explored the mandates and design features of the major land- and water-related institutional arrangements. Focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and a literature review were used in the analysis.The results of our work reveal that a lot of progress has been made in creating an institutional framework for improved land and water management and the policies and laws hitherto developed reflect global policy changes consistent with the widespread adoption of the integrated water resources management (IWRM) principles. There are also cases where informal institutions replace formal institutions. Judged by their enforcement, the water resources management, pollution control standards, and regulations and land use rights are not enacted effectively because of poor enforcement capacity. Overall there is a tendency to focus on command-and-control type policies. There is a need to strengthen traditional institutions by drawing lessons from their strengths and establish the legitimacy of these institutions. There is also a need to improve formal policy design, developing policies with specific objectives, goals, targets, and overall institutional changes and resources through active adaptive management to maximize the level and effectiveness of institutional learning. Finally, more focus needs to be given to incentive-based policies through increased use of positive incentives and more emphasis needs to be given to self-enforcement rather than third-party enforcement.
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