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Sustainable Agricultural and
Environmental Rehabilitation
of Drought Prone Ethiopian
Highlands (Tigray)
Small-Scale Irrigation and
Conservation
Mt Elgon Conservation and
Development
WFP-Managing Environmental
Resources To Enable Transitions
Land Rehabilitation Programme
Ecosystem Based Adaptation in
Mt Elgon ecosystem
Not available
1987–1996
1988–1990 (Phase 1)
1990–1994 (Phase 2)
1996–2000 (Phase 3)
1974–1980
2011–2014
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Uganda
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Uganda
Project
Sustainable development and land management
Purpose/objectives
Implementation
Country
Results and impacts
Not available
Combat drought and desertification in
Arsi, Bale, North Sidamo and Hararghe.
Small-scale irrigation, land conservation,
improved production
Restoring the ecological integrity of the
mountain ecosystem
To improve environmental management
for sustainable livelihoods
To promote land management for food
security
To strengthen the capacities and ecosystem
resilience by promoting ecosystem
adaptation to reduce the vulnerability of
mountain communities
The landscape has been rehabilitated
through terracing leading to increased
investment returns. A range of improved
land management technologies and best
practices have been developed and adopted.
Not available
Improved resource conservation on
farmlands and forest collaborative
management; Livelihood improvement of
communities in target areas
The Food for Assets and livelihood enhance-
ment operation, known as ‘MERET’, currently
reaches an average of 1.3 million beneficiaries
in 600 different communities each year
Part of the Product Safety Net Programme
aiming to improve food security in
selected regions (Amhara, Tigray, SPNN).
Developed methodologies and tools for
EBA decision-making at ecosystem level;
Improved institutional capacity through
investment in demonstration sites within
Mt Elgon ecosystem; Established systems
and frameworks for scaling up EBA at
national level for climate risk management
Table 1: Relevant programmes or projects implemented in different mountain areas of East Africa