MainDBDraft: Sustainable land and water management for resilience building
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Sustainable land and water management for resilience building
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Asia
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Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
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16/02/2021
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International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Institutional arrangements; Monitoring and evaluation/M＆E; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement
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Agriculture; Biodiversity; Community-based adaptation; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Ecosystems; Food security; Water resources
Climate hazard:
Erratic rainfall; Land and forest degradation; Loss of biodiversity
Implementing partners:
Ministry of Agriculture and Forest, Royal Government of Bhutan and Tsirang Dzongkhag (District) Administration ICIMOD, GPO Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal/ info@icimod.org https://www.icimod.org/initiative/himalica/ International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Bhutan
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Key takeaways of the project interventions are as follows: More income could provide more options to respond to climate change adaptation, therefore, it is important to identify quick gain activities based on comparative advantages of the location and emerging market opportunities for building resilience of rural households. The targeting on ‘safe for consumption vegetables production’ and ‘stall-fed goat farming’ used as an entry point to ensure community participation in the project in achieving its wider objective of resilience building through sustainable land and water management. The ecosystem services can be well managed when communities discern a tangible livelihood benefit and outcome consequent to a robust resource management approach. With plantation of fodder trees, shift from free-grazing to stall-fed goat farming and number of other sustainable farming practices (e.g. replacing chemical fertilizer and pesticides with composting, biochar and Jholmal) Improved access to services and capabilities (skills & knowledge) to manage resources and create incentives is a fundamental pre-requisite for reducing vulnerabilities of rural households. The active involvement and support of local line agencies is critical for ensuring sustainability of project interventions. Local and national agencies are receptive for scaling up if tangible results can be demonstrated and more so, when communities advocate the benefit of such interventions and seek clear, focused support. This has been the case in Bhutan. Participatory planning, co-development of solution packages, demonstration on farmers field and joint monitoring and feedback mechanism on project progress led to incorporation of project recommendations in 12th five year plan of Bhutan both at local and national level.
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The project site in Bhutan is the Barshong gewog (administrative unit), located in the Tsirang dzongkhag (district) in the south central region of the country. A gewog 249 households (or 2,383 people), spread over an area of 21.2 sq km, of which approximately 53% is under forest cover. As per GNH report of 2013, the Tsirang district has a lower general literacy rate, lower mean annual household income, and higher unemployment rate than the national average. The overall objective of the project was to support the development of mountain rural livelihoods in the context of socio-economic and climate change and the conservation of ecosystem assets and services. As a part of adaption and resilience building efforts, the project in Bhutan put emphasis on sustainable management of land and water with due consideration of different resource management challenges (for example: habitat fragmentation, deforestation, soil fertility decline, overharvesting, haphazard infrastructure development, biodiversity loss, depletion of water resources, human-wildlife conflict, etc.). The intervention started with a comprehensive assessment of the state and dynamics of ecosystems and their services and their nexus with human wellbeing. The pilot interventions were designed based on need and priorities as identified through consultative process and community-led micro-planning. The key interventions included: (i) sustainable land management practices (ii) organic farming with biochar-based organic fertilizer (iii) water management interventions for retention, recharge and reuse of water for irrigation of vegetables; (iv) Capacity building on vegetable, beekeeping and stall-fed goat farming; (v) agro-inputs, including supply of improved breed, grass slips, tree saplings to the farmers; (vi) entrepreneurship development and market linkages for village produce.
Outcome:
More than 240 rural households in the piloted villages directly benefitted through project interventions. According to comparative assessment of baseline and endline surveys, average income of beneficiary households has increased by Nu. 14142.8 [$ 229] from vegetable farming compared to non-beneficiary, and in before-and-after scenario average income of beneficiary households has increased by Nu. 42936.4 [$692] over the period of three years. The beneficial effects of these interventions have been recognized by national and local government agencies and farmers groups. The 12th five year plans (both of local governments and the MoAF) has made provisions to promote number solutions, which were packaged and demonstrated by the project in Barshong, in other areas of the country.
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