Capacity building interventions at the Kabe
Watershed Pilot Project in Ethiopia, 2011-
2013
Derbew Kefyalew (ILRI)
Workshop on the lessons and success stories from a
pilot project on climate change adaptation
interventions in Kabe watershed, south Wollo,
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 11-12 February 2013

1. Introduction
• Education plays an essential role for increasing the
CC adaptive capacity of individuals, communities and
nations by enabling them to make informed
decisions.
• Adaptation to climate change requires
individuals/groups to be aware of potential changes
in the climate and to understand the implications of
changes for their lives.

2. Objectives
• To enhance the capacity of extension workers,
communities
• To convene a watershed level community workshop
on collective action and community organizations
• To equip the trainees with concepts, principles and
practical application of watershed management for
climate change adaptation

3. Methods/Approaches
• Needs assessment
• Preparation of
materials(manuals)
• Participatory selection of
160 farmers and 120
extension workers
• Organizing participatory
training sessions

4. Training topics
• Physical and biological SWC
• Water related
• Crop related
• Forestry
• Agro-forestry
• Livestock management
• Horticulture technologies
• Community organizing

5. Lessons/recommendations
• Needs assessment is important to identify training topics
• Workshops were appreciated for being comprehensive in
addressing different topics
• Participatory approach
• Having a combination of experts from different fields is
good for cross learning
• Organizing hard and soft copies of all training materials is
essential
• Keeping all the documents in a systematic manner will be
valuable for future reference

5. Lessons/recommendations
• Needs assessment is important to identify training topics
• Workshops were appreciated for being comprehensive in
addressing different topics
• Participatory approach
• Having a combination of experts from different fields is
good for cross learning
• Organizing hard and soft copies of all training materials is
essential
• Keeping all the documents in a systematic manner will be
valuable for future reference