Integrated watershed management: some best practices for working with the community from Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Land is the only resource that smallholder farmers (more than 80% of the country's population) have for their livelihood strategy in the Arba Minch region, but this crucial resource is exposed to erosion and land degradation due to unsustainable farming practices, deforestation, and population pressure.

The consequences are visible throughout the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and the dynamics of their deterioration need to be halted in order to make sustainable development of the area possible.

In this community talk, key strategies from the IUC project with Arba Minch University will be shared, focusing on collaboration with local government actors and smallholder farmers themselves.