towards climate-smart agriculture - stories from ethiopia
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Towards Climate-smart agriculture
Mei Xie, Ph.D Climate Change Group
World Bank
Stories from Ethiopia
Oromia
Amhara
Tigray
Ethiopia is transforming its landscape through Sustainable Land Management and Climate-smart agriculture
Area closure
Soil bunds Micro-basins
Soil bunds
Oromia
Photo: Mei Xie
community mobilization in Oromia
Photo: Mei Xie
- increase water infiltration - help stabilize soils - add “carbon”, sequestration
Before: Free grazing
Animals are under controlled grazing,
Photo: Mei Xie
Now: “Cut & Carry”
Photo: Mehari Photo: Mei Xie
“animal fattening” program
“Cut & Carry” + Community managed “area closure”
Photo: Mehari Photo: Mei Xie
Photo: Mehari
Tigray
Photo: Mei Xie Photo: Mehari, SLM
Treating degraded gullies Before After
Photo: GIZ
Photo: Mei Xie
15 million ha by conversation measures 10 million ha restored degraded land
10/13/2011 mezgebe 125
Photo: Mei Xie
Fish pond
Tomato, Onion Banana, chili Photo: Mei Xie
Apple seedlings
Manure management /compost Intercropping
Photo: GIZ
Higher Productivity
Health Ecosystem
Reduced GHG impact
Resilience to Climate change
Sustainable Landscape