MUS Learning Alliance Experiences Nepal and Maharashtra, India

Monique MikhailInternational Development Enterprises

mus by design“mus is small and small is beautiful.”

~Department of Agriculture M&E Division Chief~

Tapstands and offtakes

LinkagesLow-cost micro irrigation

Marketing

OutcomesInc. crop variety & intensityIncreased incomeIncentive for continued system

operation

Adequate domestic supplyTime savings for women & girlsIncreased veg. consumption

Learning Alliance“mus can be an entry point for empowering the people.”~ Department of Agriculture Planning Division Director ~

Conceptual advocacy

Practicaladvocacy

Building Advocates

“Farmers are the force making government institutions work together to adequately address their needs.”~ Department of Agriculture Planning Division Director ~

OUTCOMES

Communityrequests

Financial support

Staff demand

Shift in DoI thinking

Institutional collaboration

Technical training requests

Barriers to scale-up

“The problem is not the system; it is the systematic behavior of those in charge.”

~ Breakout group during Kaski LA Workshop ~

“Coordination between, within, and among government agencies is a huge barrier.”

~ CEAPRED Executive Director~

“If the donor doesn’t open the gate, the implementer can’t do it.”

~ NEWAH Manager, Tech Development Division~

LA lessons

Seeing is believing

Essential linkages(SIMI & NITP movement)

Importance of champions

Importance of funder support

Greater drinking water/sanitation emphasis

Workshops key promotional tool

Domestic-plus & irrigation-plus

Community-level

“mus helps to maintain the social harmony.”~ District Agriculture Development Officer -Kaski ~

How to scale up

Scale-up protocol created in the Palpa LA Workshop

IDE’s MUS work - India

Working within a state programJalswarajya “water independence”

Learning Alliance“MUS is not just a water supply scheme. It involves livelihoods for people.”

~ NGO partner ~

Ahmednagar

Aurangabad

IDE

Nasik

Dilasa

NISSGARD WOTR

BSS

AdharNavnirman

SEVA

Outcomes/Lessons

Overall Lessons