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| Ethiopia DRM Policy_ August 2022 |
Disaster Risk Management (DRM) policy in Ethiopia has matured from its origins as an emergency relief mechanism in the 1970s to a system whose stated intention is now the management of disaster risk. Just recently, the Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission (EDRMC) shifted from the Ministry of Peace to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Moreover, the existing DRM policy is under revision and awaiting approval from the Council of Ministers. While the policy framework for DRM has continually adapted in response to the country’s changing political and economic dynamics and to reflect an evolving understanding of disaster management (1993, 2013, and 2022), the institutional arrangements for delivering that policy have not kept pace and in some areas started to decline. In order to capture a baseline as the EDRMC is repositioned under the PMO and the existing policy is under revision, the evaluation team conducted a DRM policy Institutional Architecture Assessment (IAA) from March-May, 2022. The IAA examines the key systems, processes, and relationships that influence policy development and implementation by examining the country’s multi-sector capacity to drive and participate in policy reforms and implementation. The IAA framework has six core policy elements and three-to-five sub-elements under each core element. The core elements include: 1) Guiding Policy Framework, 2) Policy Development and Coordination, 3) Inclusivity and Stakeholder Consultation, 4) Evidence-based Analysis, 5) Policy Implementation, and 6) Mutual Accountability. |
DRM Policy | 2022-12-26 | |
| EU DDRM 1st six monthly report August 2020 to January 2021_FINAL |
This is the first Technical Assistance Team (TAT) progress report presented for the project “Decentralization of Disaster Risk Management in Ethiopia (DDRME)” for the reporting period August, 1 2020 to January 31, 2021. This progress report aims at presenting specific TAT support but also joint actions with the beneficiary agencies, The National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC), Oromia DRM Commission (ODRMC) and Amhara National Regional State Disaster Prevention and Food Security Program, and Areas in Need of Special Support Coordination Commission (DPFSPANSSCC). The report is structured as follows: Section 2 of the report outlines the background to the program and the Key Result Areas Section 3 provides a narrative overview of the reporting period, highlighting the challenges and mitigation factors as well as high-level assessment of progress of detailed activities in each of the Key Result Areas Section 4 provides an overview of the utilization of resources, from the perspective of the main / incidentals budget for Key and Non Key Experts (NKE) days Section 5 revised Strategy and Work Plan (February to July 2021) Section 6 provides annexures of some documents produced by TAT during reporting period. |
EU DDRM Documents | 2022-12-26 | |
| PROGRESS REPORT Nº2 February – July 2021 |
This is the second Technical Assistance Team (TAT) progress report presented for the project “Decentralization of Disaster Risk Management in Ethiopia (DDRME)” for the reporting period February 1, 2021 to July 31, 2021. This progress report aims at presenting specific TAT support but also joint actions with the beneficiary agencies, The National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC), Oromia DRM Commission (ODRMC) and Amhara National Regional State Disaster Prevention and Food Security Program, and Areas in Need of Special Support Coordination Commission (ANRS-DPFSPANSSCC). The report further highlights progress in EU DDRME TAT project implementation support and in coordination, collaboration with other DRR actors in Ethiopia for synergy. The report is structured as follows (similar to first report): • Section 2 of the report outlines the background to the programme and the Key Result Areas • Section 3 provides a narrative overview of the reporting period, highlighting the challenges and mitigation factors as well as high-level assessment of progress of detailed activities in each of the Key Result Areas • Section 4 provides an overview of the utilisation of resources, from the perspective of the main / incidentals budget for Key and Non Key Experts (NKE) days • Section 5 revised Strategy and Work Plan (August 2021 to January 2022) • Section 6 provides annexures of some documents produced by TAT during reporting period (submitted separately).
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EU DDRM Documents | 2022-12-26 | |
| PROGRESS REPORT Nº2 August 2021 – January 2022 |
This is the second Technical Assistance Team (TAT) progress report presented for the project “Decentralization of Disaster Risk Management in Ethiopia (DDRME)” for the reporting period August 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022. This progress report aims at presenting specific TAT support but also joint actions with the beneficiary agencies, The Ethiopia Disaster Risk Management Commission (EDRMC), Oromia DRM Commission (ODRMC) and Amhara National Regional State Disaster Prevention and Food Security Program, and Areas in Need of Special Support Coordination Commission (ANRS-DPFSPANSSCC). The report further highlights progress in EU DDRME TAT project implementation support and in coordination, collaboration with other DRR actors in Ethiopia for synergy. The report is structured as follows (similar to previous two reports): • Section 2 of the report outlines the background to the programme and the Key Result Areas • Section 3 provides a narrative overview of the reporting period, highlighting the challenges and mitigation factors as well as high-level assessment of progress of detailed activities in each of the Key Result Areas • Section 4 provides an overview of the utilisation of resources, from the perspective of the main / incidentals budget for Key and Non Key Experts (NKE) days • Section 5 revised Strategy and Work Plan (February 1, 2022 to July 31, 2022) • Section 6 provides annexures of some documents produced by TAT during reporting period (submitted separately).
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EU DDRM Documents | 2022-12-26 | |
| EU DDRM PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Date: Friday, |
His Excellency Ambassador Dr Shefaraw T/Mariam, the Commissioner, of the Ethiopia Disaster Risk Management Commission welcomed the three State Ministers present, the regional DRM commissioners, the EU Delegation and Technical Assistance Team present to the national-level Project Steering Committee meeting for the Decentralized DRM Project in Ethiopia. He highlighted the direction of the government of Ethiopia towards a decentralized DRM approach where the decentralized way of doing disaster risk reduction and mainstreaming through sectors has been given due emphasis in the already prepared draft DRM policy submitted to the council of ministers for approval. He also stated that the EU decentralized DRM program project is instrumental in actualizing the Ethiopian government’s strategic aspirations towards achieving practically the goal of the disaster risk management (DRM) policy framework. |
EU DDRM Documents | 2022-12-26 | |
| Report of the TAT mission to the Somali National Regional State: Familiarization Workshop of EU-DRR Project conducted in Somali Region, Jigjiga |
Familiarization workshop is part of the inception phase of the EU-DRM Decentralization project. The workshop is mandatory and needs to be attended by high level officials from Federal and Regional DRM Commissions, Zone Administrators, Decision makers and Directors. During the workshop in Somali Region, the DRM policy is discussed and explained, overall objectives of the EU-DRM Decentralization is presented, disaster risk profiling and modalities of community participation in the project are discussed. Accordingly, the familiarization workshop for Somali Region was held from 28-29 September 2020 with large number of participants. The workshop was started with introduction of the participants, and opened by welcoming remarks from Mr. Abdullahi Abdi Aden, the head of Somali Regional Disaster Risk Management Bureau. Mr. Aden has welcomed all participants from, NDRMC, EU Project members (TAT), Regional sector bureau, zonal and woreda administrators, UN & other nongovernmental agencies and gave the opening speech.
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EU DDRM Documents | 2022-12-26 | |
| INCEPTION REPORT |
This inception report presents an overview of the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) situation in Ethiopia. It further describes in detail activities and work plans that are foreseen in the project as at the inception phase to prepare for smooth initiation of project activity implementation. The Technical Assistance Team (TAT) was mobilized on 3rd August and started with concrete plans to begin proposed activities during the inception phase in line with the requirements in the project Terms of Reference (ToR). Though the inception phase formally ended on 31 August 2020, due to Covid-19, the TAT and the counterparts faced challenges in conducting meetings and planning sessions in time. This was situated by the necessity to physically travel to the five regions and conducting meetings in the capital Addis Ababa. This slightly delayed compilation of data and inception report than expected. Accordingly, the project start-up and implementation is further compounded by delayed purchase of cars, motor bikes and office supplies. This has largely impacted the ability of project staff at NDRMC and regions to facilitate project planning and implementations. The TAT is proposing that if allowable, that NDRMC and regions be allowed to spend their contingency funds for car rentals to allow mobility of the project staff.
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EU DDRM Documents | 2022-12-26 | |
| Amhara region_EU DDRM project_overview |
Amhara region_EU DDRM project_overview |
EU DDRM Documents | 2022-12-26 | |
| Amhara_EU DDRM project M&E _June 2022_Hawassa | Amhara_EU DDRM project M&E _June 2022_Hawassa | EU DDRM Documents | 2022-12-26 | |
| General_ EU DDRM project overview_Sept 2022 | General_ EU DDRM project overview_Sept 2022 | EU DDRM Documents | 2022-12-26 | |
| EU DDRM MTR_ Nov 2022 |
Amhara Regional state DRMC EUR EUR 4 825 000 (EU contribution) with additional matching fund (EUR 1 760 000 from the regional government to implement early response responsive actions under contingency fund.
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EU DDRM Documents | 2022-12-26 | |
| DRM and Gender Mainstreaming Workshop Report_June 2022 |
EDRMC organized a Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Gender Mainstreaming workshop for 2-4 June 2022, to sensitize the federal and regional experts on mainstreaming gender in DRM activities. As expected in the EU DDRM project contract documents, the implemented activities in the five regions of Amhara, Oromia, Sidama, Somalia, and SNNP require periodic DRM and gender mainstreaming trainings and guidelines to build the technical and strategic teams to guide overall project implementation throughout the period. The EU DDRM action and documents envisaged that “Intervention packages to address the specific needs Result 1 Output 1.3 when climatic shocks occur while taking into account the gender aspects and the needs and interests of peoples living with disabilities as well as for conflict resolution mechanisms and package intervention for the integration of climate induced IDPs in the host communities”. Resolution of conflicts and gender empowerment will be among the priority topics.
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EU DDRM Documents | 2022-12-26 | |
| Joint Project Review Report_June 2022 |
As expected in the EU DDRM project contract documents, the implemented activities in the five regions of Amhara, Oromia, Sidama, Somalia, and SNNP require periodic technical and strategic review throughout their implementation period. of activities; to achieve its intended outputs and results. However, due to various delays, the actual implementation of activities began later in 2020 and thus delayed the anticipated successive technical and strategic review meetings. This is the first formal internal joint monitoring and review mission conducted to highlight the technical, operational, and management specificities of the project. The project internal review will therefore periodically be conducted to assess areas of achievement; the challenges; and suggest areas for improvements regarding approaches, strategies, and implementation modalities to streamline operational and management decisions. The joint review monitoring missions were conducted in three phases by three teams with mixed expertise (Project managers, EDRMC technical experts, and TA. The first phase entailed field missions conducted by three teams to 1) Oromia and Somali regions; 2) the Amhara region and 3) SNNP/Sidama regions, respectively. The second phase was a joint field visit to the Sidama region (all teams) and the Third phase was a joint days’ workshop to share lessons and provide technical, operational, and management feedback. The three teams upon completion of the specific joint missions provided reports during the workshop. Summary of the schedule and team below: ✓ Regions-specific field missions (3-4 days) – 13-16 June 2022 ✓ Joint field mission to Sidama (0.5 days) – 18th June 2022 |
EU DDRM Documents | 2022-12-26 | |
| UNITED NATIONS WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER REDUCTION, KOBE, JAPAN, 18-22 JANUARY 2005 |
We, delegates to the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, have gathered from 18 to 22 January 2005 in Kobe City of Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, which has demonstrated a remarkable recovery from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 17 January 1995. We express our sincere condolences and sympathy to, and solidarity with, the people and communities adversely affected by disasters, particularly those devastated by the unprecedented earthquake and tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004. We commend the efforts made by them, their Governments and the international community to respond to and overcome this tragedy. In response to the Special Leaders’ Meeting of the Association of South- East Asian Nations on the Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami, held in Jakarta on 6 January 2005, we commit ourselves to assisting them, including with respect to appropriate measures pertinent to disaster reduction. We also believe that lessons learned from this disaster are relevant to other regions. In this connection, a special session on the recent earthquake and tsunami disaster, convened at the World Conference to review that disaster from a risk reduction perspective, delivered the Common Statement of the Special Session on Indian Ocean Disaster: Risk Reduction for a Safer Future as its outcome. We recognize that the international community has accumulated much experience with disaster risk reduction through the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction and the succeeding International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. In particular, by taking concrete measures in line with the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World, we have learned much, including about gaps and challenges since the 1994 Yokohama Conference. Nevertheless, we are deeply concerned that communities continue to experience excessive losses of precious human lives and valuable property as well as serious injuries and major displacements due to various disasters worldwide. We are convinced that disasters seriously undermine the results of development investments in a very short time, and therefore, remain a major impediment to sustainable development and poverty eradication. We are also cognizant that development investments that fail to appropriately consider disaster risks could increase vulnerability. Coping with and reducing disasters so as to enable and strengthen nations' sustainable development is, therefore, one of the most critical challenges facing the international community.
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Conference Papers | 2022-11-10 | |
| Review Paper: International Agreements on Disaster Risk Management Based on World Conferences, Successful or Not: A Review Study |
Background: At the end of the 19th century, international communities have realized the necessity of global planning and cooperation. Accordingly, worldwide meetings have been organized for several years. This study aims to assess the achievement of predetermined objectives by international conferences in the field of risk management. Materials and Methods: The search for articles and documents was done using several keywords of "international meetings", "Sendai", "Hyogo", and "Yokohama" in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Science Direct, Google Scholar databases. Also, the risk management domain websites such as FEMA, UNISDR, and EM-Date were searched. Results: Three Disaster World Conferences have been organized, hosted by Japan: Yokohama 1994, Kobe 2005, and Sendai 2015. They proposed strategies and prioritized actions for managing disaster risk, reducing the risk of disasters, and coping with disasters. In the second and third conferences, as requested by the United Nations (UN General Assembly), the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) helped as the coordinating body. |
Conference Papers | 2022-11-10 | |
| Monitoring and evaluation workshop: Hawassa, Sidama Region |
The workshop was conducted after the project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) mission was completed in the 5 regions (Amhara, Oromia, Somali, SNNP and Sidama). Thus, all M&E teams of different regions came with their report and gathered at Hawassa city. In addition to the regional M&E team, EDRMC representatives including the main commissioner (Mr. Mitiku Kassa) and his deputies as well as relevant directors of the commission participated in the workshop. Thereby, the main objectives of the workshop and gathering in Hawassa were to visit (in group) some EU supported project implementations in Sidama regions, attend M&E reports of different regions (exchange lessons and experiences) and finally to discuss the way forward. |
Reports | 2022-11-10 | |
| SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF GULLY EROSION AT ABELASTA WATERSHED, SEKELA WOREDA, ETHIOPIA |
In Ethiopian highlands, gully erosion has many negative impacts on both cultivated and grazing lands. This study was conducted in Abelasta watershed, Ethiopia, to quantify the amount of soil loss due to gully erosion, and to assess its temporal and spatial changes.There is a scarcity of data on soil loss due to gully erosion in the Woreda. The aim of the study was to investigate spatial and temporal variability of gully erosion by using ground measurements and remote sensing tecknique. The area of Abelasta watershed was 238.04 ha that quantified gully expansion in 2005, 2013, 2016 and 2020 by digitizing google earth images in 2021. Also, we measured gully dimensions in 2021 to determine soil loss because of gully erosion. In recent years, the results support that gullies were expanding at higher rate. Depending on morphology, gullies could be described by the area, depth and length. Based on area all gullies grouped under medium and based on depth all gullies were large. Between 2005 and 2020 in the watershed, area covered by gullies increased from 6.24 ha to 40.69 ha, indicating that the proportion of the watershed covered by gullies was nearly three doubled in the investigated period. From the watershed, estimated soil loss and soil loss rate due to gullies was 758.37 t ha−1 , and 24.46 t ha−1 year−1 in 2021 respectively. The results support that in Abelasta watershed gullies were the main contributors of soil loss to Blue Nile which would further fill the Rennaissance Dam of Ethiopia. So, integrated soil and water conservation measures are required to reduce soil gully erosion.
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Unpublished Documents | 2022-11-10 | |
| WOREDA DISASTER RISK PROFILE (WDRP) |
The National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) was reestablished in December 2015 and recognized by an act of Council of Ministers (Regulation No. 363/2015) as an autonomous Federal Government office mandated to conduct appropriate activities for the comprehensive implementation and realization of the objectives of the National Disaster Risk Management Policy and Strategy and to coordinate, monitor and provide appropriate support with respect to activities carried out by the lead sector institutions.
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WDRP documents | 2022-11-10 | |
| Determinants of Rural Household Food Security Status in North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia | Food insecurity is one of the most serious problems in developing countries, especially in Ethiopia. Therefore, it is important to understand the barriers to improving the state of food security in the country. +us, this study aims to investigate the determinants of food security of rural households in the North Shewa zone in the Amhara region, Ethiopia. A sample of 796 farm households was considered. +is paper used the calorie intake method per day to measure household food security status and a logit model to investigate the determinants of food security. The results show that family size, age of the household head, educational level of the head, off-farm activities, monthly income of the household, and distance from the market are the major determinants of rural household food security in the North Shewa Zone. The findings suggest that expanding the access to education in farm households, expanding the access to off-farm activities to increase household income, and expanding market access to farm households are important to improve rural food security status in the study area. | Food Security | 2022-11-09 | |
| The Status of Household Food Insecurity: The Case of West Belesa, North Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. |
The vast majority of extraordinarily poor households live in rural areas that are heavily reliant on rain fed agriculture. In Ethiopia, the Amhara region in particular, has been prone to much suffering in the past, and was one of the hardest hit areas. Different projects and programs were designed and implemented to reduce household food insecurity. However, the effect of the program whether household food insecurity is reduced or not was not yet assessed in these areas. This is therefore, to investigate the current food insecurity status of different households and the determinant factors that affect household food insecurity in the study area. A multistage sampling method was employed to select 120 respondents from West Belesa Woreda, and structured survey questionnaire was designed to collect quantitative data. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and econometric model. From the study it was found out that about 35.8% of the respondent households were food insecure and the remaining 64.2% of them were food secure that indicated the reduction of food insecurity status of the people in the study area. Among the different variables hypothesized to affect household food insecurity, family size, total income, distance from market, total livestock holding, and losses of crops were found to be significant variables to affect household food insecurity. It can be concluded that because of the intervention of many projects and programs the food insecurity status of the woreda was reduced to 35.8 %. This indicates that the efforts done by the government and non-governmental organizations before the study year were somehow successful. Therefore, Governmental and Non-governmental organizations still have to work more to minimize the food insecurity status of West Belesa in particular and drought prone woredas of the region in general.
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Food Security | 2022-11-09 | |
| Level and Determinants of Food Security in North Wollo Zone (Amhara Region – Ethiopia) | This paper examines the Determinants of food security in North Wollo Zone. Primary data from 335 households were collected from 16 kebeles of the zone. We used multistage sampling technique, and questionnaire and FGD were used to collect primary data. Both descriptive and econometric method of analysis were used. For econometric analysis, a logistic regression procedure was employed on household socio-economic cross-sectional data collected in 2016 (April and May). Of the fifteen variables fitted in the model; the age of household head, dependency ratio, average monthly expenditure, non-farm income, family size, distance from input market, farmland size, the number of oxen and livestock ownership were found to be significant. About 42 percent of the sample households were measured to be food insecure. Also, the incidence of food insecurity, food insecurity gap, and severity of food insecurity was 42, 14 and 7 percent respectively. These results have important policy implications for the expansion of non-farm activities and the introduction of livestock stocking programs at the household level to improve the food security status of households. | Food Security | 2022-11-09 | |
| Level and determinants of food insecurity in East and West Gojjam zones of Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a community based comparative cross-sectional study | Background: Food insecurity remains highly prevalent in developing countries and over the past two decades it has increasingly been recognized as a serious public health problem, including in Ethiopia. An emerging body of literature links food insecurity to a range of negative health outcomes and causes of a decline in productivity. The objectives of the present study were to determine the level of food insecurity in East Gojjam zone where the productive safety net program is available, and in West Gojjam zone where there is no program, and to identify the determinants of food insecurity in both East and West Gojjam zones of Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Methods: Community based comparative cross-sectional study design was used from 24 May 2013- 20 July 2013. Multistage sampling technique was implemented. A total of 4110 randomly selected households in two distinct populations were approached to be included in the study. Availability and absence of the productive safety net program between the two study areas was used to categorize them as comparative groups; otherwise the two communities are comparable in many socio-cultural characteristics. The household food security access scale questionnaire, developed by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistant Project, was used to measure food security level. Socio-demographic and other household level information were collected by using a structured questionnaire. The binary logistic regression model was used to assess factors associated with food insecurity. Results: From the total 4110 households, 3964 (96.45 %) gave complete responses. The total prevalence of food insecurity was 55.3 % (95 % CI: 53.8, 56.8). To compare food insecurity levels between the two zones, nearly sixty percent, 59.2 % (95 % CI: 57 %, 61.4 %) of the East Gojjam and 51.3 % (95 % CI: 49.1 %, 53.5) of West Gojjam households were food insecure. Family size (2–4) (AOR = 0.641, 95 % CI: 0.513, 0.801), non-merchant women (AOR = 1.638, 95 % CI: 1.015, 2.643), household monthly income quartiles, 1st (AOR = 2.756, 95 % CI: 1.902, 3.993), and 2nd (AOR =1.897, 95 % CI: 1.299, 2. 775) were the significant socio-demographic determinants in east Gojjam zone. Illiterate mothers (AOR = 1.388, 95 % CI: 1.011, 1.905), household monthly income quartiles, 1st (AOR = 3.110232, 95 % CI: 2.366, 4.415), 2nd (AOR =2.618, 95 % CI: 1.892, 3.622) and 3rd (AOR = 2.177, 95 % CI: 1.6911, 2.803) were the significant socio-demographic predictors in west Gojjam zone. Rural residential area (AOR = 3.201, 95 % CI: 1.832, 5.594) and (AOR = 2.425, 95 % CI: 1.79, 3.272), highland agro-ecology (AOR = 2.193, 95 % CI: 1.348, 3.569 and AOR = 3.669, 95 % CI: 2.442, 5.513) and lack of livestock (AOR = 1.553, 95 % CI: 1. 160, 2.078 and AOR = 1.568 95 % CI: 1.183, 2.080) were significant environmental predictors in east and west Gojjam zones respectively. | Food Security | 2022-11-09 | |
| NATIONAL POLICY AND STRATEGY ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT (DRAFT DOCUMENT) | Disasters triggered by various types of hazards are not uncommon in Ethiopia. The impacts of disasters on the lives of people and on the country’s social, economic, and political development have been significant. Disasters impose serious impediments to development, destroy years of effort, squander vast resource investments, and perpetuate poverty. They damage infrastructure and the natural environment, impoverish communities, and divert national priorities and development resources to emergency management operations. The vulnerability of the country is aggravated by poor agricultural and livestock practices, a fragile and degraded natural environment, extensive poverty, limited transport and communication infrastructure, uneven settlement patterns, inefficient markets, variable and changing climatic conditions, high population growth, lack of good governance, competition over scarce resources and border issues. The frequency, severity, and impact of some hazards are likely to increase in the future, especially due to climate change and other exogenous factors. | DRM Policy | 2022-10-08 | |
| Prediction of grass biomass from satellite imagery in Somali regional state, eastern Ethiopia |
The drought-prone Ethiopian Somali region has a long history of pastoralism (livestock grazing), which is a major source of livelihoods. However, it suffers from poor rangeland management and a lack of research and information. The objectives of this study were to develop a method for forecasting forage biomass and to quantify production of and spatial variation in forage from satellite imagery. We downloaded Sentinel-2 images and processed spectral information in the blue, red, and near-infrared bands, and calculated the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI). Combining ground sampling (on 55 plots) with remote sensing data, we developed a forage forecasting model for the area. Forage (biomass) was significantly correlated with both EVI (R2 ¼ 0.87; P < 0.001) and NDVI (R2 ¼ 0.81; P < 0.001). Both gave good predictions of forage biomass in the district. We estimated the annual biomass in each grassland pixel at the peak of the growing season. Models based on each index revealed close estimates: NDVI indicated an average of 0.76 t/ha and a total of 38 772 t/year; EVI indicated an average of 0.78 t/ha and a total of 39 792 t/year. The estimated rangeland biomass showed high spatial variability of 0.22–4.89 t/ha.year. For future rangeland management in the area, the proposed approach and models can be used to estimate available forage biomass from satellite imagery in the middle of the grass growing season (2 months after the rains start), before the grass matures and is harvested.
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Published Documents | 2022-10-08 | |
| Kollela Model Village strategic plan (2019-2023) |
Bahir Dar University through its research and community service has been working by taking Kollela kebele as a model for the creation of sustainable rural-urban transformation. So far the university through its research and community service office has done some improvements on Kollela kebele on agriculture, energy, water, and housing, it lacks well- defined system approach and base line for measuring the impact of intervention. Then for further improvement now the university has planned to have five year strategic plan which will guide this rural-urban transformation in Kollela kebele based on such scientific investigation to understand the bench mark. The strategic planning effort begins by base line survey of the selected model village in different groups; these were the socio-cultural/ human group, infrastructure group, energy group, water resource group and the agriculture- environment group. |
Unpublished Documents | 2022-10-08 | |
| Estimating carrying capacity and stocking rates of rangelands in Harshin District, Eastern Somali Region, Ethiopia |
We conducted a quantitative assessment of forage biomass in Harshin district to determine its annual productive potential, carrying capacity, and stocking rates. The dominant Land Use and Land Cover include woodland (35.5%), shrubs (28.3%), grassland (10.6%), and bare land (25.5%). The region has browse‐rich shrubland that is edible to dromedary and goats, as well as massive grassland plains for sheep and cattle. The interannual rainfall variation is 16.5% which implies that the rangeland is a subsistence equilibrium system. The range of forage production is between 105 and 2,310 kg/ha, whereas the average productivity of the district is 742.6 kg/ha. The result indicates that the average carrying capacity of the district is 0.3 TLU ha−1 year−1 (4.9 ha TLU−1 year−1) while the existing stocking rate is 5.4 TLU ha−1 year−1 (0.18 ha TLU−1 year−1). This implies that the grazing intensity in the district is much higher than its carrying capacity (recommended rate), which has seen overstocking or grazing pressure excesses of 5.1 TLU/ha (7.2 cattle/ha). Thus, it clearly signals the risk of overgrazing in the district. If this trend continues, the grazing will not be sustainable and there will be shortage of forage as well as expansion of land degradation (due to overgrazing) in the near future.
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Published Documents | 2022-10-08 |
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