Natural Resources Management (NRM)

 As part of NRM, please read through Guidelines for Field Level Assessment of Land degradation and research experiences on preventing land degradation.

 A number of research documents related to natural resources management were published by ILRI, please read documents on the Highlands of Ethiopia, Tigray, Oromiya and Amhara

  Nature and determinants of collective action for woodlot management in northern Ethiopia: This paper evaluates the nature of community management of woodlots and identifies the determinants of collective action and its effectiveness in managing woodlots, based on a survey of 100 villages in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray.(154kb,30pp)

 Towards Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in the Ethiopian Integrated Natural Resources Management to Enhance Food Security: this paper puts forward a community-based integrated natural resources management, which makes a systematic effort to improve soil and land productivity; agroforestry development and other rural energy sources; low-cost rainwater harvesting; livestock improvement, and expanding the livelihood base in the non-farm sector under the existing National Extension Programme.2003

 Fostering New Development Pathways: Harnessing Rural-Urban Linkages (RUL) to Reduce Poverty and Improve Environment in the Highlands of Ethiopia -Proceedings of a planning workshop on Thematic Research Area of the Global Mountain Program (GMP) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 29-30, 2006

 Raya Valley Development Study Project.( July 1996). This project is initiated to study the potential resources for the agricultural development of the Raya Valley and indicate development projects which have good potential. (959kb,56pp).

 Climate risk management in Africa-Learning from practice:This inaugural report in the Climate and Society series is a key resource for climate-informed planning and practice in Africa – as it critically examines five experiences of ongoing climate risk management in the disaster risk reduction, health, agriculture, and food security sectors.(2.95MB,116pp)

 Rainwater harvesting innovations in response to water scarcity The Lare experience: The technical study aimed at generating and documenting the scientific knowledge and experiences associated with rainwater harvesting in the division. This is meant to be used in upscaling and replicating rainwater harvesting in other areas with similar hydro-climactic conditions.(1.70Mb,54pp)

 The Many Meanings of Collective Action-Lessons on Enhancing Gender Inclusion and Equity in Watershed Management:The Many Meanings of Collective Action-Lessons on Enhancing Gender Inclusion and Equity in Watershed Management: This paper illustrates that collective action in watershed management can have diverse meanings, as well as a diversity of functions.(1.7Mb,20pp)

 Innovative Research Approaches for Mountain Regions-Operationalizing Systems Integration at Farm and Landscape Scales: This paper presents experiences of the African Highlands Initiative, an ecoregional program of the CGIAR and a network of ASARECA (the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa), in operationalizing integrated research at farm and landscape scale.(1.94Mb,18pp)