Area description of Kabe (Dagnu)
watershed
Tesfaye Minota
Stakeholders’ Workshop on Enhancing Communities’ Adaptive
Capacity to Climate Change Induced Water Scarcity in Kabe
Watershed, South Wollo Zone
Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia, 24-25 November 2011

Over view of Woreillu woreda
 One of adminstrative woreda in south Wollo zone
• It found in woreillu woreda in south wollo zone
 Located at 520731-565387m E and 1141919-1209158m
N 91 km in west direction from Desse
 2 Agro-ecological classifications
(82% woina dega & 18% Dega)
 Average altitude 2730 m a s l
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Cont...
 Total area 74,278 ha
 Total population 117,236
 Average land holding 1.31 ha
 Average family size 4.4
Source SWHISA ,2006 & Woreda agricultural
office

Land use Types
 Cultivated land 31,172 ha
• It found in woreillu woreda in south wollo zone
 Grazing 9,320 ha
 Water body 111 ha
 Construction 6,974 ha
 Non cultivated and others 37,306 ha
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Crop production
 The main crops growing are
TheBarley crops growing areField pea
main
wheat Lentils
Cereals
Cereals: barley,wheat teff
Teff Haricot bean
Pulses
Fenugreek
Carrot
Cabbage
Potato
Vegetables
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Cropping Seasons
Two raining seasons(bimodal)
Belg(March-April)
Meher (July-September)
But in recent years most parts of Woreda do not
receive enough rain during Belg
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Livestock
 Crop-livestock mixed farming
56010 Cattles
190072 Equines
157607 Sheep and Goats
Problems
Feed shortage
Disease
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Irrigation
• 91% Rain fed land
• 9% irrigated land
• Traditional irrigation schemes
• Modern irrigation schemes
• Water harvesting structures
Conflicts
On water for irrigation
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Stakeholders
 Governmental organization
Woreda office of Administration
Woreda office of Agriculture
 Non-Governmental organizations
SWHISA-irrigation & institutional transformation
Mekane yesus- irrigation
Menschen Fur Menschen- irrigation, health,
education
WASH-water supply

Location of Kabe(Degnu)
Watershed
Located about 50 km from
Dessie at the road to Wereillu
town
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Topography of Kabe( Degnu) watershed
Elevation gradient(plain midland
Mountainous)
Altitude range 2800-3859 m a s l
 The catchment lays to the south of yewel
mountain
 Streams originate from Yewel and flow to Selgi
river which joins Betho river(tributary of Blue
Nile)

Yewel
mountain
Mid land
Plain
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Situation in Project site
• Yewel mountain is the highest elevation in the site
• It is highly degraded
• Steep slop farming
• Overgrazed
• No Tree
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Steep slop farming
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Intervention Effort in Kabe watershed
 Efforts to restore the
mountain
 60 days community work of
NRM
 A lot of physical SWC
structures
67.9km stone bund
terraces
242 trench
355 micro basin

Conservation efforts

Needs further
study

Interestingly, there is a successful
farmer in planting trees at
homestead
Planted different species of trees
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Benefits of planting trees
Honey production
Source of fodder
Soil fertility improvement
Attractive looking(aesthetic value)
Honey product from
trees
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Midland & Plain
Relatively less degradation
Tree species dominated by Eucalyptus
Few naturally regenerated acacia trees
But some farmers start to grow apple fruit, tree
species such as Sesbania, Gravelia...
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AF tree species Acacia sp
Apple fruit not planted at
homestead
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Farmers at outlet of the watershed
at plain area producing vegetables
by irrigation
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