Improving water security for the poor

Improving water security through Sustainable Land Management

Over 85% of the land in Ethiopia is estimated to be moderately to severely degraded at an estimated cost of $4.3 billion annually. Work led by the Water and Land Resource Centre since 2012 demonstrates that land degradation can be effectively reduced and land restored over a relatively quick period through integrated sustainable land management (SLM) investments and practices.

REACH’s work in the Fragile Environments Observatory, through the collaboration between WLRC, the University of Oxford, IFPRI and IRC since 2015, has been investigating the role of SLM activities in securing water for livelihoods and household use. The research has provided key insights around benefits for small holder farmers, while highlighting challenges in terms of gendered uptake and water quality. These learnings are shaping regional and national level agendas on land restoration, leading to improvements in rural and urban areas.

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Gender gaps in sustainable land management and implications for agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia

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Assessing the effect of sustainable land management on improving water security in the Blue Nile Highlands: a paired catchment approach

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Sustainable land management, gender, and agricultural productivity

‘Our partnership with REACH recognises science has a critical role in designing and delivering effective policy and improving practice on the ground.’

KELLY ANN NAYLOR, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH) SECTION, PROGRAMME DIVISION, UNICEF

'Access to water is a defining challenge for the 21st century. The UK has already helped 43 million people to access clean water, but there is far more to be done.'

UK DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE

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