Similarity analysis for the Blue Nile Basin in the Ethiopian highlands

Up until today, rainwater management practices have been promoted regardless of site-specific biophysical characteristics and regardless of the socio-economic and institutional environment. Therefore, low adoption rates and high disadoption rates of rainwater management practices are observed. In or...

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Autores principales: Pfeifer, Catherine, Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Omolo, Abisalom
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Livestock Research Institute 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21069
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author Pfeifer, Catherine
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
Omolo, Abisalom
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Omolo, Abisalom
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description Up until today, rainwater management practices have been promoted regardless of site-specific biophysical characteristics and regardless of the socio-economic and institutional environment. Therefore, low adoption rates and high disadoption rates of rainwater management practices are observed. In order to promote rainwater management more successfully, a paradigm change towards promotion of location-specific interventions is needed. Beyond biophysical suitability, successful implementation crucially depends on farmers’ willingness to adopt a practice. Therefore, the socio-economic and institutional environment must be taken into account in a spatially explicit way. A first step towards the promotion of site-specific rainwater management requires an understanding of which sites present similar biophysical, socio-economic and institutional characteristics within a basin. The objective of this report is twofold. Firstly, it aims at presenting the available spatial data for the Blue Nile Basin in the Ethiopian highlands. Secondly, it develops a methodology that allows identifying locations within a landscape that have similar biophysical, infrastructure, socio-economics, and governance characteristics relevant to rainwater management.
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spelling CGSpace210692023-09-25T07:44:44Z Similarity analysis for the Blue Nile Basin in the Ethiopian highlands Pfeifer, Catherine Notenbaert, An Maria Omer Omolo, Abisalom livestock water Up until today, rainwater management practices have been promoted regardless of site-specific biophysical characteristics and regardless of the socio-economic and institutional environment. Therefore, low adoption rates and high disadoption rates of rainwater management practices are observed. In order to promote rainwater management more successfully, a paradigm change towards promotion of location-specific interventions is needed. Beyond biophysical suitability, successful implementation crucially depends on farmers’ willingness to adopt a practice. Therefore, the socio-economic and institutional environment must be taken into account in a spatially explicit way. A first step towards the promotion of site-specific rainwater management requires an understanding of which sites present similar biophysical, socio-economic and institutional characteristics within a basin. The objective of this report is twofold. Firstly, it aims at presenting the available spatial data for the Blue Nile Basin in the Ethiopian highlands. Secondly, it develops a methodology that allows identifying locations within a landscape that have similar biophysical, infrastructure, socio-economics, and governance characteristics relevant to rainwater management. 2012-03-30 2012-06-15T09:30:49Z 2012-06-15T09:30:49Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21069 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Research Institute Pfeifer, C., Notenbaert, A. and Omolo, A. 2012. Similarity analysis for the Blue Nile Basin in the Ethiopian highlands. NBDC Technical Report 3. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.
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Pfeifer, Catherine
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
Omolo, Abisalom
Similarity analysis for the Blue Nile Basin in the Ethiopian highlands
title Similarity analysis for the Blue Nile Basin in the Ethiopian highlands
title_full Similarity analysis for the Blue Nile Basin in the Ethiopian highlands
title_fullStr Similarity analysis for the Blue Nile Basin in the Ethiopian highlands
title_full_unstemmed Similarity analysis for the Blue Nile Basin in the Ethiopian highlands
title_short Similarity analysis for the Blue Nile Basin in the Ethiopian highlands
title_sort similarity analysis for the blue nile basin in the ethiopian highlands
topic livestock
water
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21069
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