?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5337%2F2016.214&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14393%2F&rft.title=An+assessment+of+integrated+watershed+management+in+Ethiopia&rft.creator=Gebregziabher%2C+G.&rft.creator=Abera%2C+D.A.&rft.creator=Gebresamuel%2C+G.&rft.creator=Giordano%2C+M.&rft.creator=Langan%2C+S.&rft.description=Sustainable+participatory+watershed+management+is+an+approach+promoted+by+the+Ethiopian+government+to+restore+natural+resources+and+agricultural+productivity+across+the+country.+This+comparative+study+between+six+watershed+programs+shows+that+this+approach+increases+farmers%E2%80%99+food+security+and+incomes+(around+50%25+on+average)%2C+as+well+as+their+resilience+to+drought+and+other+climate+shocks.+However%2C+the+study+also+confirms+that+the+nature+and+scale+of+impact+can+vary+significantly+between+watershed+programs.+The+success+of+watershed+management+depends+on+multiple+factors+from+the+hydrological+profile+of+the+watershed+to+the+local+social+and+economic+environment.+Tailoring+watershed+interventions+to+the+local+context%2C+associating+conservation+and+livelihoods+activities%2C+and+providing+further+financial+and+technical+support+to+watershed+committees+are+among+the+recommendations+of+this+paper.&rft.publisher=International+Water+Management+Institute+(IWMI)+Working+Paper+170&rft.date=2016&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nc_nd&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14393%2F1%2Fwor170.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gebregziabher%2C+G.%2C+Abera%2C+D.A.%2C+Gebresamuel%2C+G.%2C+Giordano%2C+M.%2C+%26+Langan%2C+S.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2691.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0003-0742-3658+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0003-0742-3658%3E++(2016).++An+assessment+of+integrated+watershed+management+in+Ethiopia.++++International+Water+Management+Institute+(IWMI)+Working+Paper+170+%2C+Colombo%2C+Sri+Lanka.+10.5337%2F2016.214+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.5337%2F2016.214%3E.+++++&rft.relation=10.5337%2F2016.214&rft.identifier=10.5337%2F2016.214&rft.doi=10.5337%2F2016.214