Project Title: CP 37: Increasing water-use efficiency for food production through better livestock management – The Nile River Basin

IWMI Theme: Land, Water and Livelihoods - improving livelihoods for the rural poor

Project Duration: 

2004-2007

Geographical Focus: 

Ethiopia, Uganda and Sudan

The research project is to develop concepts and tools to account for livestock use, depletion and degradation of water in river basins, to assess livestock-water productivity and to use this knowledge to improve overall allocation and use of water and land resources for all users and at scales ranging from the household and community to the basin level.

Partners 

• ILRI (Project lead Institution),

• Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR),

• Makarrare University, Zimbabwe

• Ministry of Science and Technology, Sudan

• CARE Ethiopia
  

Donors

The project is funded by the CGIAR Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF).