1. Tigray, Ethiopia

2. MU: Facts and Figures 51 Bachelors Degree and 26+Masters Degree programs 24,000+ Students 1400+ Academic staff 1700+ Administrative staff Regular, Evening, Summer and Distance Programs 4 Campuses 7 Colleges 6 Institutes, 1 Referal Hospital The EAO has Awarded Institutional Quality AssuranceMU as honorable quality Office award Human Rights and Legal Service Center 3. Ethiopia The destruction of Ethiopias forestsescalated due to Climate change & man made factors Followed by people migrating, and cutting of forests to feed their families. A flash flood damages Ground water reserves failed farm land To refill, flash floods washed away valuable farmland & caused gullies through farm 4. Background Abraha Atsbaha village is located 45 kmnorth-east of Mekelle,Tigray Highlands in which sandstone is exposed. The community had experienced recurrent crop failure and received relief assistance for many years. Naked Hills Desertification, soil degradation and lack of water, put the village on verge of resettlement 5. Process-what the community did They worked on three interconnectedinterventions: soil erosion control, water harvesting and exclosure . Tree planting activities have resulted in improved soil quality, higher crop yield, groundwater functioning, and flood prevention. They constructed small dams, created water catchment ponds, and built trenches and bunds to restore groundwater functioning. 6. Process Cont.. The effort that this community has expended onerosion control measures is absolutely astounding. They initially built hundreds of kilometers of soil and stone bunds to slow the flow of water down hills.Community members building stone bundstrench bunds, usually 1-1.5m deep to capture water 7. Gullies as an opportunity for water harvesting (benefits from the loss) Gully as a threat before treatmentCheck dam locationGully as an opportunity after treatment 8. Process -achievement check dam prevents erosion = irrigationReafforstation with naturally occurring speciesSample shallow well 9. Addressing possible consequences: Enrichment Trench bunds enriching the water bank raising the water tableHalf moon water harvesting technique for planting of fruit treesArea closure-reinventing the forestContour bunds enable terracefarming on slopes while preventing erosion 10. Process-achievement Family farmDrip Irrigation irrigate the plant not the soil Hills Before InterventionHills Now 11. Result of the process Women with her fruitsAba Hawi with his family in his GardenCommunity initiated Museumusing ICT center Crop diversityHoney bee businessPriests blessing a community gatheringPotato seed store 12. Coffee plantation of the community 13. Women headed family benefiting from irrigation 14. Improvement in social service and housing/ health center/ 15. Environmental friendly school 16. Personal and environmental hygiene 17. Abreha Weatsebeha: a Winner of two International prizes (2012)http://vimeo.com/45706418 18. Making the impossible possible/ Initiated Amazon dam 19. Having water every where sustain development 20. Women in Ethiopia ( Tigray) Women bear most of theburden in activities impacted by an adverse climate Women are not just victimsdue to their vulnerability; they are also key active agents of adaptation. It is due to their involvementin climate sensitive work such as farming, forestry and fisheries. 21. Struggling for access to water: being part of the solution for climate change adaptation And it paid Women challenging the rockoff!!! 22. low-external-input and ecologically sustainable innovationConstruction of beehive from local materialsPartitioning of cooking pans for saving energyLocally developed drip irrigation 23. The synergetic effect: Fast track initiative EvaluationSeed multiplication LSB projectPPB Trials SSD projectDiverse genotypes for multiplication 24. Diversity on the field and on the table preventing hidden hunger 25. Better access to food through new sources of incomeFood Sources used by women- 26. Women: key for seed/varietal Selection production & processing 27. Scaling-up fields at Ayba and Simret Joint evaluation -2011 28. Technology Exchange Vs Technology Transfer3 high yielding Climate resilient barely varieties released (07-11) 1. Felamit (waterloggng tolerant): 1st released FDV (Farmer Developed Variety), six row, water logging resistant, high yielding (Farmer co-ownerTransgresive segregants 2. Fetina (SxH 182): Early maturing two row, white seeded & early matuing released for quality ( High Zn, Fe and Betaglutin,Dehisent3 Hiriti (SxH 1.06): high potential areas six row, white seeded, high yieldingFetina (SxH 182) 29. Barley in Ethiopia (Tigray) 30. Synergy: Value addition: women coop 31. Sugar free biscut from sorghum, FM & barley: NAS 32. Adapting New crop to own food style: potato based food products: by women coop 33. Access for information & Documentation innovation (FLD) Women farmer(Ms.Million) was trained indocumenting innovation i.e photographingW/ro Million taking photo of another innovative family( daughter and father being trained grafting by the mother) 34. Environmental rehabilitation and bio diversity enhancement 35. In conclusion a)b) c)d)e)Resilience is not an outcome of any particular technology but rather the outcome of an increased capacity to adapt. This experience need to be scaled up support to this innovative capacity through Partnership among stakeholders, donors, researchers, policy makers etc Build on local implementing capacity by targeting the right group and institutes rather than rejecting them of not being able to collaborate Women and Womens Networks involved in NRM should be recognized as principal stakeholders 36. Thank you