KEY MESSAGES EMERGING FROM NBDC

1. KEY MESSAGES EMERGING FROM NBDC Presented at National Platform on Land and Water Management, 20-21 February 2013 Douglas J. Merrey

2. Overview • Purpose and procedure • Presentation of messages emerging from NBDC • Looking to the future • Request participants to help us revise, refine, improve messages

3. Purpose and Procedure • Purpose: Synthesize a small number of critical lessons, conclusions from the research • Procedure: Researchers contributed +/- 40 ideas • Analyzed to extract common key points • Assessed strength of evidence • Now seeking stakeholders’ inputs to finalize • Will be used as a guide for remaining period and possible future programs

4. NBDC Contribution to Major Ethiopian Program – SLM • 30+ years of experience has culminated in SLM program under ESIF framework • NBDC supports innovations to strengthen this program • Two critical NBDC innovations: • The shape & core elements of a new landscape-based integrated RWM paradigm, building on Ethiopian experience • Tools & methodologies that enable effective implementation at scale

5. A New Integrated Rain Water Management (RWM) Paradigm • Evolution of policies & implementation  elements of a new integrated paradigm • 6 core elements: • Local community leadership based on demand • Partnerships integrating & sharing local and scientific knowledge • Emphasize learning process by all parties in a linked manner • Create incentives for success, including markets • Strengthen capacity of all stakeholders • Use new learning and planning tools  

6. Local community leadership based on demand • Empower local communities for full responsibility & leadership of RWM programs • Based on demand & equity • Roles of government: promote bottom-up planning, implementation, innovation, facilitate institutional strengthening, equity; provide financial & technical support, capacity building & enabling environment A “farmer-focused, innovation-led and sustainable service delivery” is the central vision of the proposed Agricultural Extension Strategy

7. Partnerships integrating & sharing local and scientific knowledge • Integrate scientific & local knowledge & innovation processes; encourage innovation • Effective partnerships: research institutions, universities, extension & other government services, NGOs, private sector, communities • Menu of technology options that farmers can ‘mix & match’ & innovate to meet needs

8. Facilitate learning process by all parties in a linked manner • Multi-stakeholder “Innovation Platforms” at multiple levels (e.g. national, regional, river basin, woreda watershed) to facilitate vertical & horizontal learning & sharing will enhance positive outcomes of RWM investments • External facilitation & modest seed funds • Encourage a “culture” of learning & mutual respect • From pilot testing to ‘learning to be efficient’ – scaling up to be practical & achieve impacts

9. An innovation in Joint Learning Participatory hydro-meteorological monitoring-Zemadim et al. forthcoming IWMI RR

10. Align incentives for success, including markets • Positive incentives for extension workers • Based on customer satisfaction, outcomes • Consistent – draft Agricultural Extension Strategy • Incentives where benefits are delayed, are a public good, or accrue to others • “Smart subsidies” for equity, e.g. compensation for inequitable costs, targeting women, youth • Market-driven value-chain approach • Equitable sharing costs & benefits • ,

11. Strengthen capacity of all stakeholders • Such investments already paying off • Substantial benefits from strengthening capacities • Consistent with draft Agric. Extension Strategy • Improved formal & in-service training • Formal & informal training for farmers • E.g. farmer-farmer, field days • Use new learning tools (below) • Use post-grad students for independent feedback

12. Use new learning &planning tools with strong learning processes • Integrate hydrologic, water resource planning, & economic models & spatial analysis for planning, scaling out, & impact assessments • User-friendly tools to facilitate local level learning, training, & to identify appropriate interventions • Recommended in draft Ag. Extens. Strategy • Centralized geographical data base for efficiency

13. Playing ‘WAT-A-GAME’ & ‘Happy Strategies’ Fogera participants playing ‘WAT-A-GAME’

14. Future: Implement at Regional & National Scale • Next step: test and validate how to integrate the core elements into a program, learn how to implement at scale, address outstanding issues • Requires commitment policymakers & partners • “Learn to be efficient:” simplify tools, capacity building, develop new tools & institutions • Address gaps, e.g. gender, future scenarios, climate adaptation & resilience Should we collaborate to develop a future program?For discussion day 2

15. Future: International Collaborative RWM Program • Potential impacts of RWM programs at scale are enormous but examples rare • Parallel experiences in SSA, e.g. Limpopo & Volta Basin Development Challenge programs • Strong interest in sharing experiences, tools, methodologies, collaboration in research • Opportunity: Institutions could support collaboration, e.g. NBI, AU-NPCA, CGIAR Benefits of international partnerships would far outweigh the costs For discussion day 2

16. Now it is your turn to work • Group work: Provide us your first response to the draft “Integrated RWM Landscape Paradigm” & its 6 core elements • Do they make sense? • Are some wrong? Are some right on target? • Are there any critical elements missing? • Please provide feedback to help us improve these messages, keeping in mind we will be revisiting the details behind them today & tomorrow