The CPWF 2010 Annual report is out. It describes the major achievements of CPWF over?the year 2010. It also provides a number of stories and lessons learned from the basin development research programs.

This will ensure more sustainable ecosystems and improved rural livelihoods. Emphasis is given to building on local knowledge by using existing data, social capital, research linkages, partnerships and proven methodologies and technologies in the region thereby ensuring the sustainability of the impacts achieved. The Initiative also draws from a wide pool of multi-disciplinary expertise from within and outside the region and targets the three major agro-ecosystems in the region – rainfed, irrigated and rangeland.

Several national economic and sectoral policies and strategies were developed, adopted

and being implemented over the last couple of decades in Ethiopia. These policies and

strategies provide frameworks and guides for economic management in a wide range of

aspects. There are policies that support and lay a good ground for the development and

implementation of RWM interventions. These policies are general like the ones that affect

the agricultural sectoral development and specific ones that are important for water sector,

Le Maroc qui dispose de ressources appréciables en sols, eau et forêts a décidé, dès son indépendance en 1956, de faire de l’agriculture, l’un des piliers de son développement. Il a également su mettre à profit sa double façade atlantique et méditerranéenne, qui recèle un important potentiel halieutique, pour assurer au secteur des pêches un élan de développement durable. De tels choix ont créé une dynamique de croissance économique régulière qui a permis d’assurer la sécurité alimentaire du peuple marocain.