Investment options for integrating water management and crop and livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa Prepared by D. Peden, A. Freeman, A. Astatke, A. Notenbaert & D. Sheikh International Livestock Research Institute In collaboration with the International Water Management Institute & the Challenge Program on Water and Food For the CA Workshop on Community-based irrigation 14-16 March 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia CA-March 2005

Reasons to invest in water for livestock Trends to 2025 Meat & Milk consumption in SSA expected to increase Need for policy and institutions to enable poor smallholder farmers to engage in markets. ATPS - 2004

Where to invest in water for livestock? 15 Water-Livestock Development Domains Ag. Production systems Available Discret. water Market access Human pop. density Plus Urban livestock CA-March 2005

Example Water Development Domain (Small area, but many users compete for water) Mixed crop-livestock High pop. Density Good market access Discretionary water low Rwanda Kenya Uganda Burundi Ethiopia Nigeria CA-March 2005

Example Water Development Domain Mixed crop-livestock High pop. Density Good market access Discretionary water low Ethiopia CA-March 2005

Water harvesting and livestock: Belatu’s story (Preliminary results - Sasakawa Global 2000 & ILRI collaboration) 1997: Subsistence & family income less than $50/year CA-March 2005

Thank you ATPS - 2004