Watershed Rehabilitation for Improved Water Productivity in Jordan
Period of Implementations
Oct 07, 2021 - Oct 31, 2022
Total budget
206,401
Project Name
Planning and Piloting Watershed Rehabilitation for Improved Water Productivity with Water harvesting in Jordan
About
The project activities in Jordan focus on the interplay of the marginal dryland ecosystem (uplands) and the irrigated production system around the Jordan Valley (lowlands). The activity particularly tackles the ecohydrological rehabilitation of the largely degraded Jordan Valley’s side Wadis that are discharging towards the Jordan Valley. The activities will comprise community-inclusive design of rehabilitation and sustainable management options, small scale testing of rehabilitation implementation, and an ex-ante assessment of the potential for large scale impacts on the areas’ ecohydrology.
Impact
Goals
Enhanced capacities on water-food-ecosystem services nexus implications of agro-silvo-pastoral rehabilitation and management will eventually increase local stakeholders’ preparedness for uptake and out-scaling.
Objectives
1-Agro-silvo-pastoral watershed rehabilitation and sustainable management plan codeveloped with local communities and stakeholders for integrated water, soil, biodiversity and livestock management towards enhanced (water) productivity and resilience in Jordan Valley’s
side Wadis.
2-Potential effects of agro-silvo-pastoral rehabilitation and sustainable watershed management identified through and ex-ante assessessment to promote community-based interventions’ effectiveness to adapt to dry conditions, extreme events, and climate change, with regard to ecosystem services (on-site) and downstream (off-site) agricultural water supply.
3-Support the enhancement of the resilience of agro-silvo-pastoral farmers through community & household dairy and food processing
Impact pathways
The project will comprise community-inclusive design of rehabilitation and sustainable management options, small scale testing of rehabilitation implementation, and an ex-ante assessment of the potential for large scale impacts on the areas’ ecohydrology. In this way, the activities prepare the ground for sustainable agricultural management that can eventually benefit local communities through enhanced ecosystems that provide livestock feed and other viable services in Jordan’s rainfed and agro-pastoral Wadi environments.
Locations
Jordan
31, 36
Related news
July 02, 2019
10 out of 12 of Jordan’s underwater basins are overpumped. A new NGO, the Watershed and Development Initiative (WADI), was launched to engage local communities in land management and rehabilitation.
Project Management
Vinay Nangia
Manager
Partners
Watershed and Development Initiative - WADI - Jordan
Sustainable Agriculture Cooperative