ILRI-UNEP-WU project team members meeting 01 November 2012, Wollo University main campus

1. ILRI-UNEP-WU project team members meeting 01 November 2012, Wollo University main campus Meeting agendas: Status of the ILRI-UNEP-WU project Activities remained and out-puts expected Plans/timetable to wrap-up project activities Publications and others

2. Status of the ILRI-UNEP-WU project • Reporting – July to September 2012 • Project evaluation – August 2012 • Watershed mapping – Consultants from AAU • Advocacy on project out-puts and processes – Field-day and production of photo-stories • Project no cost extension - end of Feb 2013

3. 2. Activities remained and out-puts expected

4. 3. Plans/timetable to wrap-up project activities • Final workshop – Mid January 2013 • Final edited and improved report submission – End of February 2013 4. Publications and other issues • Publication related: • Sort out topics and activities potential for- briefs, manuals, proceedings, journals and other publications • Contents/formats • Timetable- first draft and second draft • Data collection and quantification/ measurements related: • data collection on collective actions such as grazing land management, SWC activities, spring water development • Tree screening related issues • Crop and sheep improvement related activities • Interpreting or associating project interventions in relation to climate adaptation:

5. Justifications for project continuation: • The project has operated only for one year. But, NRM efforts require more time. • Water related activities concentrated in one sub-watershed out of the four sub-watersheds. Similarly, • SWC (physical and biological) are operational in two sub-watersheds. • Limited number of farmers is involved e.g- in home-garden- 50 hhs out of 1600 hhs, crop varieties • evaluation- only 40 hhs are involved. • Small scale irrigation is not well addressed yet. • Introduction of climate adaption interventions is not exhaustive (limited in scope). Entry points • received more attention during the project piloting phase. The potential of some of the interventions • such as backyard fodder development not adequately exploited. • Off-farm income and market linkage activities haven’t been addressed. • Introduced improved crop varieties are still at demonstration stage. • Generating evidence for some activities such as evaluation of the performance of improved sheep • (ram), NPK fertilizer, fruit trees, discharge rate of water before and after interventions require more • time. • Communal grazing land management and the associated alternative feed sourcing require more time • and integrated approach. • More capacity building, demonstration and experience sharing activities are needed for farmers and • extension staff so as to enable them scale out/up success stories of the project at farm, landscape • and watershed level. • Project exit strategy needs to be planned to sustain success stories that can benefit the farming • communities and positively influence landscapes. • Communications: • Focal persons at each partner institution

6. Topics/areas for report writing: • Socioeconomic survey- Fikru ( 2 weeks) • Identification, characterization and knowledge on key adaptation to climate change incentives for collective action – Derbew ( 2 weeks) • Crop related – Awel/Agegnehu (1 month) • Livestock related – Wondmagegne/Solomon/Ali (1 month) • Homegarden – Seid/Yeshi/Tadesse (1 month) • SWC – Asmare/Muhamed/Getachew (3 weeks) • Foretry/agroforestry – Khilot/Tsegaye/Worku (1 month) • Water related – Muhamed/Mezgebu/Solomon (1 month) • Collective action issues (Grazing land management, spring water, SWC, tree plantation)- Derbew/Mezgebu/Asmare/Birhanu/Dr. Yitbarek/ Wondmagegne (1 month) • Capacity building (Report on capacity building, manuals and modules)- Derbew/Teklemariam (2 weeks) • Mapping – ILRI (1 month) • Report on final workshop – Kindu and Derbew (End of January 2013) • Final report – Kindu, Derbew and other project team members (Early February 2013)

7. Tentative outline for the report writing: • Title • Authors • Summary • Introduction • Objectives • Materials and methods/approaches • Results/findings and discussion • Conclusion and recommendations • References • Annex/appendix

8. Topics/areas for publications: • Poster production for all themes- Focal persons (2-4 weeks) • Brief (grazing land management, tree plantation, SWC, spring development, community perception on cc, homegarden) • Papers in proceedings (project workshop and present papers in other forums • Journal papers (community perceptions on cc; impact of water on food security; climate scenarios at Kabewatershed; feed resources vs improved small ruminant breeds; homegarden: lessons, potential and challenges; improved crop varieties for cc adaption at Kabewatershed; water harvesting practices vs tree sppmanagement/adaptation; socioeconomic data vs cc vs modeling) – Early January 2013

9. Manual preparation: • Maximum page number- 50 • Font 10, aerial • Spacing- single • Figures and photos/plates should be submitted separately to maintain qualities. Moreover, the figures and photos/plates should be referred in the respective texts of the modules. • References should follow standard formats as shown on the following slide • The content of the modules should be simple for ease of understanding by the end users • Eight modules are expected (eg- module 1 (crop production), module 2 (livestock ) etc. Each module can have different components and parts. • Layout/cover page will be worked out by ILRI.

10. References can be organized as follows: 10.1. Citation from journal articles Legesse N. 2002. Erythrinabrucei: propagation attributes, leaf nutrient concentration and impact on barley grain yield. Agroforestry Systems, 56: 39–46. 10.2. Citation from books Azene B., Birnie A. and Tengnäs B. 1993. Useful trees and shrubs for Ethiopia: identification, propagation and management for agricultural and pastoral communities. Regional Soil Conservation Unit, Swedish International Development Authority, Nairobi. 474 pp. 10.3. Citation from proceedings Seyoum B., Getnet A., Abate T. and Dereje F. 2001. Present status and future direction in feed resources and nutrition research targeted for wheat based crop-livestock production system in Ethiopia. In: Wall PC (eds) Wheat and weeds: food and feed. Proceedings of two stakeholder workshops, CIMMYT, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, pp 207-226. 10.4. Paper presented from a conference/workshop Berhane K., Kindu M., Fekede F. and Chilot Y. 2004. Agroforestry Practices, Opportunities and Research Needs in the Highlands of DendiWereda. Paper presented at a conference on Integrated Natural Resource Management in Practice: Enabling Communities to Improve Mountain Livelihoods and Landscapes, African Highlands Initiative, Kenya, 12-15 October 2004. 10.5. Citation from dissertation/thesis Zerfu H. 2002. Ecological impact evaluation of Eucalyptus plantations in comparison with agricultural and grazing land-use types in the highlands of Ethiopia. PhD dissertation. Vienna University of Agricultural Sciences, Austria. 282 pp. 10.6. Citation from reports International Center for Research in Agroforestry. 1990. Agroforestry: potentials and research needs for the Ethiopian highlands. AFRENA report No 21, ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya.