Transcript Coping with Droughts and Climate Change Project, Presented for

Coping with Drought and Climate
Change Project
Kalu district,
Ethiopia
MATHEWOS HUNDE
Director, Early Warning & Response Directorate, Ministry of
Agriculture
Project area
• Kalu Woreda/district in South Wolo Zone,
Amhara Regional State
• Number of targeted beneficiaries: 41,421 in 6
administrative Kebeles (increased to 100,000
overtime)
Location of the project site
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Why Kalu Woreda?
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Highly degraded,
Drought prone,
Chronically food insecure,
PSNP Woreda,
Basic Information of the Project
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Duration three years (2010-2012)
Implementation started in May 2010
Total Project budget 995 000 USD
Financer GEF
Lead Agencies UNDP/GEF, MoA/DRMFSS
Implementing Partners: MoA/DRMFSS, MoFED,
Woreda respective offices
Overall Objective
• To develop and pilot a range of effective
coping mechanisms for reducing the
vulnerability of farmers particularly women
and children to drought and climate
changestrict
Outcomes
1. Livelihood strategies
that enhance the resilience
of vulnerable farmers to
cope with drought and climate
change adopted and sustained
Outcomes
2.Enhanced use of early warning information in
agricultural systems at the selected pilot sites
Outcomes
3. Farmers outside the pilot sites replicated
successful approaches to cope with drought
and climate change
Project activities:
(climate smart agriculture concept based that generates both adaptation and
mitigation benefits):
• Early warning information communication,
• Crop production (seed provision, IPM, promotion of rice, fruits and vegetables,
capacity building),
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Animal production (provision of shoats, forage development, bee hives production),
Community based natural resource management,
Irrigation development (gully crossing structure, water harvesting),
Flood protection
Spring prtotection/development
Marketing and value chain (formation of groups, value addition and value
chain, marketing)
• Environmental protection (environmental protection committees, solid
waste management, environmental education, alternative energy sources)
• Capacity building
Achievements
Early Warning Information Communication
• Introduced drought
information
dissemination
modalities.
• Production and
dissemination of
weekly
weather/drought
information by local
meteorology and district
office of agriculture.
Animal production
women champions
• Taitu is one of the first
beneficiaries of 5 sheep
form the project.
• After passing five sheep to
Yeshi (second beneficiary),
Yeshi & Taitu
Taitu has 9 sheep and plan to have a cow
for dairy production.
Jemal, visionary, young farmer
• Before project, young
Jemal married but
without any income.
• He has passed on four
sheep to the second
beneficiary.
• He owns twelve sheep
and one ox (brought from
the sale of some sheep).
• His life has completely
changed due to the
project.
Crop production, Water Harvesting, Irrigation…
Seid- model farmer
• Before the project seid
was migratory daily laborer
& dependant on food aid for
nine months per year.
Because of the project, Seid
Seid
is no more dependent on food aid.
He has ten sheep, two oxen, two cows , one
calf, two donkeys and an
annual income of about USD 4200
Seid…
Mohamed…
• Mohamed, able to harvest 2-3 times more
than before the project. He uses the improved
high yielding, drought resistant & early
maturing crop varieties
Chick pea
Teff
Rice
Integrated Pest Management
With treatment
Without treatment
Watershed Management
• 3049 ha of land area on 6 watersheds
rehabilitated .
• Through different physical soil conservation
measures (trench, eyebrow, terrace, check
dam).Constructed on 3049 ha area.
• 6 nurseries established.
• 892,000 different trees and grasses planted
• Productivity of the land and ground water
recharging improved .
Watershed Management
Marketing & Value Chain
• Production of high Value crop ( Haricot bean, Sesame)
Spring Development
• Total beneficieries of the
six springs : 3959 (516
children, 1686 women,
1757 men).
• Water fetching time
reduced 5 times
• Time for children to go to
school, learning
improved by 20%
• Improved human &
animal health
Capacity building
• Trainings,
• Replication of leanings/best
practices through NGOs and
research institutions
• Local and international
Experience sharing tours
Training on IPM
Exchange visit in
Mozambique
Local experience
sharing tour
Critical Success factors
•Selection of model site & commitment of the
beneficiary community
Critical Success factors
• High-level government commitment & ownership of
the project
• Persistent commitment of the district Project
Steering Committee members
Critical Success factors
• Devoted & unreserved effort & support by UNDP Country office
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!