Sustainable land management and the Ethiopian Strategic Investment Framework

Nile BDC Workshop, Addis Ababa, April 8, 2011

Daniel Danano SLMP Coordinator Ministry of Agriculture

Who we areThe SLM program aims to provide assistance to

smallholder farmers to adopt sustainable land management practices on a wider scale to (Scaling up)

(a)reverse land degradation in agricultural landscapes;

(b) increase agricultural productivity and income growth;

(c)protect ecosystem integrity and functions.

Enabling conditions setEthiopian Strategic Investment Framework for SLM Stakeholders alignmentHarmonization of efforts Coalition building

Best practices implanted at a larger scale – sustainable land management practices

Who we are The ESIF is a national level strategic

planning framework that guides the prioritization, planning and implementation, by both the public and private sector, of current and future investments in SLM with the aim of addressing the interlinked problems of poverty, vulnerability and land degradation at the rural community level

ESIF building blocks

SUSTAINABLE, EFFECTIVE and ACCEPTABLE

SLM PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS

What we do Watershed management Land administration Knowledge management

Climate change (CDMA) Scaling up of Humbo (WVE) experience

Current SLM engagement

SLM focus area

Partners platform ESIF and CBPWMP (frameworks and guidelines Partners include (Region-woreda)

ministries, development partners, research institutions, universities, csos represented at Steering and Technical committees

Financed by development partners (multi-donors)

With whom we workSLM is a multi-donor and a multi-stakeholder engaged program whereby it has a platform at the Federal, regional and woreda level. The Ministry of Agriculture leads the programSteering and Technical committeeSLM Secretariat at the federal levelSLM focal person in the regionsSLM focal persons at the woredas

With whom we work Regions and woredas are the implementers Federal SLM Support Unit provides technical

backstopping and administers project management

Woreda Watershed Team is responsible for on ground implementation

Planning starts from bottom up and again flows back to the woredas

With whom we work Federal Steering Committee comprises

high management bodies from various ministries

Federal Technical Committee comprises middle level management from various Gov institutions, development partners and CSOs

WSM (water developer)

Lessons learned so far What are the main lessons learned so

far in terms of intervention uptake, sharing and learning, policy influence

Main challenges What are the main challenges you

experienced in terms of land and water management in the Nile Basin (can be in terms of uptake of interventions, but also in terms of interactions with other actors)

Challenges High staff turnover Lack of commitment SLM interventions are

new to many watershed areas

Low awareness of the community

Delayed procurements

Poor and delayed reporting (financial and physical) from woredas

Land users occupied on many other activities and programs

Challenges cont’d Work load on woreda

focal persons Poor collaboration

among stakeholders at woreda

Weak functionality of platforms (region and woreda

Frequent change in focal persons at woredas and even in some regions

Poor payments for all project staff and low perdiem rates

Future plans More awareness to beneficiaries and the

general public Enhance the role of woreda leadership Consecutive trainings at various levels Promoting commitment of SLM specialists Sound policies and strategies Farmers trainings and experience share

to be promoted

Future plans Improving incentives for SLM staff Strengthen stakeholders involvement

(collaboration) Demonstrations and adaptive trials Assigning full time focal persons at

woreda levels Conducting platform meetings at

various levels

Thank you