The role of integrated watershed management in climate change adaptation for small-scale farmers in Southwest Ethiopia

Wolka, Kebede; Uma, T.; Tofu, Daniel Assefa

doi:10.1016/j.indic.2023.100260

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“…Berlie and Ferede (2021) furthermore conclude that policy-making might have an important part and effect on potential livelihood support. However, both climate variability and climate change can significantly affect livelihoods, while the decisions individuals make towards adaptation may vary based on various socioeconomic conditions (Wolka et al 2023). Although landowners may already be aware of multiple factors that might threaten their livelihoods, it is essential for local governments to actively encourage them to adopt IWM techniques as a means of mitigating these risks.…”

Section: Livelihoodsmentioning

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Current Trends and Future Perspectives of Integrated Watershed Management

Vasić,

Caković,

Dragović

et al. 2024

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The significance of Integrated Watershed Management (IWM) has increased in recent years due to its ecological, economic, and social implications. To align with these principles and achieve efficiency, watershed management necessitates the evaluation and integration of numerous diverse factors. This literature review aims to examine the current research trend in IWM and its association with various thematic elements. The identified thematic elements include water resources management, decision-making processes, agricultural and forested watersheds, soil management, natural hazards, stakeholder involvement, climate change, policy frameworks, cost management and risk analysis, livelihoods, ecosystem services, habitat and biodiversity conservation, and tourism. The predominant thematic elements were water resource management, decision-making, and agricultural and forested watersheds. The countries that were most frequently referred to in the examined literature were Ethiopia, China, the USA, and Iran. A synthesis of data obtained via the analysis of scientific research trends in the specified domain can serve as a basis for the establishment and strategizing of comprehensive watershed management. While it is important to consider all these aspects combined in IWM practice, it is also essential to have a comprehensive grasp of each factor as a vital step in integrating them. The participants involved in this endeavour, hailing from diverse professional backgrounds, must engage in close collaboration to successfully integrate the aforementioned aspects. The collaborative method can only have a chance of success if all participants involved demonstrate a high level of dedication. The level of dedication required should be grounded in a comprehensive understanding of the difficulties and demands that are mutually shared by all involved parties.

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Section: Livelihoodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Current Trends and Future Perspectives of Integrated Watershed Management

Vasić,

Caković,

Dragović

et al. 2024

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Management of effective factors in increasing the resilience of rural settlements against drought a case study of Ilam province

Hatami,

Akbarpour,

Akbary

2024

Environ Dev Sustain

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Drought is considered a potential natural disaster and threat. Despite all the scientific and technical advancements, in developing countries the management of this hazard is still complicated. Drought management is an important step toward reducing its adverse impacts. The main purpose of the research is to investigate the relationship between community capital and resilience against drought in selected villages in Ilam province, in south west of Iran. The research is applied in terms of purpose and is implemented quantitatively. The data have been collected using the library and field methods (questionnaire). Chalab (Mehran), Jihadabad (Dare-Shahr), Goluzeh (Dehlran) villages have been selected as sample rural settlement communities from the four geographical directions which had severe droughts in Ilam province. Using Cochran's formula, the sample size of the studied villages was 283 people, which reached 285 people after applying proportionality to the quorum of the questionnaire. In order to check the state of community funds before and after the measures were taken, the paired T-test was used, which showed the significance of the differences. The findings showed that the physical, human, financial and natural capitals are the most important factors in improving resilience; and social, political and cultural capitals have the least effect in the selected villages. It seems that executive programs in line with drought management in Ilam province show more tendencies toward top-down approach, the first result of which is the low rate of people's participation and less attention to the engagement of people's capacity for better management.

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Geospatial AI solution to monitor and mitigate increasing adverse ecological and hydrological impacts of climate change in Uttarakhand Himalaya (India)

Rawat,

Belho

2024

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The role of integrated watershed management in climate change adaptation for small-scale farmers in Southwest Ethiopia

Cited by 7 publications

References 40 publications

Current Trends and Future Perspectives of Integrated Watershed Management

Current Trends and Future Perspectives of Integrated Watershed Management

Management of effective factors in increasing the resilience of rural settlements against drought a case study of Ilam province

Geospatial AI solution to monitor and mitigate increasing adverse ecological and hydrological impacts of climate change in Uttarakhand Himalaya (India)

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