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IBTCI – Mid-Term Performance Evaluation of the Pastoral Livelihoods Initiative Phase II (PLI II) - DRAFT
suggestions and tested development approaches. The development of the TWGs and their
systematic implementation will be crucial for information sharing.
• Even in a relief situation, where there are many people in need and resources are limited, targeting
is important, communities should be engaged in advising on their own priorities, and they should be
encouraged to make tangible (even if not necessarily monetary) contributions to support their own
relief and resiliency.
• For most types of PLI II-types of interventions, it would be highly desirable to conduct cost-benefit
analyses both prior to implementation as part of the planning and M&E systems.
4.1 CRISIS MODIFIER
• While the CM interventions are inherently relief, it is important for implementers to keep in mind
that the key objective is to create resiliency among its target population, and to limit the potential
for dependency. To accomplish this, proposed CM initiatives should be subjected to cost/benefit
analysis to determine the cost effectiveness and likely sustainability of interventions. Target
communities should be involved in the decision making process, and given the opportunity to in
augment the scale of the interventions from their own resources.
4.2 EARLY WARNING
1. Continue, if not enhance, present support for funding of early warning systems to improve the
ability of the Government of Ethiopia and its partners to forecast and plan for crises and disseminate
that information.
2. PLI II should pilot efforts to share early warning information with the pastoralist community using
cost-effective modalities of broadcast and print media.
4.5 NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (NRM)
1. PLI II should develop strategies to inventory and classify rangelands, including enclosures, for better
NRM and broader development planning, making use of GIS to document interventions. PLI II
should also conduct or commission a socio-ecological assessment to identify the trends and
implications of changes in NRM and land use in its target regions.
2. Although the creation of enclosures can be highly beneficial for the land inside, it is important also
to keep in mind that preventing or reversing the degradation of rangelands outside the enclosures
continues to be important.
3. Issues of equity must be considered in the creation and use of enclosures so that persons with small
numbers of livestock have opportunities to benefit equivalent to the amount of labor they
contribute.
4. Given the realities of changes in the ecology and how rangeland is now utilized, PLI II should
reconsider to what extent the use of controlled burning of rangeland is appropriate for managing
invasive species of trees and other vegetation.
5. PLI II partners should support and implement the guidelines for Prosopis control issued by the Afar
regional state.
6. PLI II should recommend appropriate technology and agronomic packages for Drip Irrigation and
irrigated farming of land reclaimed from Prosopis.
7. There is a need for continuous research to find more options, including biological options, to
control invasion by Prosopis and Acacia drypanalobium. This should include alternative but sustainable
type of land use for reclaimed land.
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