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Koga Irrigation and Watershed
Management Project
Project to rehabilitate Dejel
watershed in the eastern Gojjal
zone of the Ahmara region
2002–2008
2008–2012
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Project
Catchment/Watershed management
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Purpose/objectives
Implementation
Country
Results and impacts
The project comprised four main
components: (i) Irrigation Development;
(ii) Watershed Management; (iii) Capacity
Building; and (iv) Project Coordination
and Management. The project aimed at
harnessing the water resources of the
Koga River to irrigate 6 000 ha of the
command area, as well as to improve
rain-fed agriculture, forestry, livestock,
soil conservation, water and sanitation
on some 22 000 ha catchment area. The
overall sector goal of the project was to
contribute towards poverty reduction
among smallholders through improvement
in food security in the region in particular
and the country as a whole, consistent with
the government’s policies of sustainable
environment and agricultural development.
The specific objective of the project was
to improve agricultural production in the
catchment and command areas of the Koga
River valley in a sustainable manner
To increase soil and water conservation
(land rehabilitation), restore biodiversity
and increase food security
Not available
Farmers are less vulnerable to climate-
related stress and shocks in the
watersheds. There is improved food
security. 1220 ha of land was rehabilitated
for 3044 families. Household safety nets
strengthened through on-farm income
generating activities
Table 1: Relevant programmes or projects implemented in different mountain areas of East Africa
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