A three-year project was funded by the BMZ/GIZ to examine the benefits of integrating aquaculture and small scale irrigation by identifying improved water allocation and management strategies under current and future climate change scenarios. An integrated modeling approach was adopted to analyze the complex issues involved in the decision processes. A water budgeting approach was used in estimating and balancing the water resources available to farming communities (the supply aspect) and the water demand for agricultural use, including crops and fish farming, within a catchment.

Agriculture is the main sector of the Ethiopian economy. Uneven distribution of rainfall, droughts and high rainfall intensities contribute to low agricultural productivity and high levels of food insecurity. High population growth, the cultivation of steep and marginal lands, poor land management practices and lack of effective rainwater management (RWM) strategies aggravate the situation. Studies show that the adoption of RWM technologies is low and is influenced by several factors.

Sông Sêrêpôk là chi l?u c?p I c?a sông Mê Kông, do hai nhánh Krông Ana và Krông Knô h?p thành. Dòng chính t??ng ??i d?c, ch?y t? cao ?? 400m ? nh?p l?u xu?ng cao ?? 150m ? biên gi?i Campuchia. Theo báo cáo hi?n tr?ng môi tr??ng t?nh ??k L?c n?m 2010, các ?i?m quan tr?c ch?t l??ng n??c sông Srepok ???c giám sát t? n?m 2002 – 2009 t?i các v? trí sau:

Les restrictions sur l’acces a l’eau sont la principale raison des difficultes qu’eprouvent des millions d’agriculteurs pauvres a faire pousser suffisamment de cultures alimentaires et commerciales pour ameliorer leurs conditions de vie. Les organismes du secteur prive, les organisations de la societe civile et les bailleurs de fonds qui cherchent a ameliorer l’acces des petits agriculteurs aux ressources en eau sont confrontes a une insuffisance des donnees sur l’emplacement et l’accessibilite des ressources en eau.