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Water management modeling in the Blue Nile Basin – Symposium convenes...
On 12 November 2012, 26 participants attended a ‘symposium on modeling in the Blue Nile / Abay Basin‘. It was organized by one of the projects of the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) – the...
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GIS training in Addis Ababa and Gondar: Testing the beta version of the...
GIS goblet tool training participants (photo credit: C. Pfeifer) The Nile 3 project ‘Targeting and scaling out of rainwater management systems‘ recently organized two training courses on geographic...
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Planning the next 14 months of the Nile Basin Development Challenge
The Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) is entering its final year. By December 2013, all activities funded through the Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF) need to be complete. A planning...
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Nile Goblet open GIS tool focus for ‘technological innovation’ learning and...
The first learning event of the thematic working group on technological innovation (1) of the national platform on land and water management took place on 6 December 2012. The event brought together...
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Enhancing the adaptive capacities of Ethiopian communities to deal with...
Participants of Lessons and success stories from a pilot project on climate change adaptation interventions in Kabe watershed workshop (Credit: ILRI/Zerihun Sewunet) The project ‘Enhancing communities’...
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NBDC participates in IFAD water grant sharefair
On 21 May, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) convened a sharefair to share lessons, identify promising solutions and ultimately improve the impact of investments in water in...
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Nile BDC science meeting reviews emerging research findings
Six months before its formal end as a project, the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) hosted a science meeting to share ongoing and finalised research results. 60 participants met on 9 and 10 July...
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Nile BDC shares lessons on innovation platforms at Africa Agricultural...
The NBDC sent five representatives including two local innovation platform (IP) members to a special session on ‘engagement platforms’ at the sixth Africa Agricultural Science Week (AASW) organised by...
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Regional stakeholder dialogue assesses Nile BDC research on natural resources...
On 23 and 24 July, the Nile BDC organised a regional stakeholder dialogue in Bahir Dar to share emerging findings on land and water management with partners from Ethiopia’s regions and explore how to...
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River of learning share fair celebrates agricultural water management...
Today in Addis Ababa the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) hosted a learning share fair on agricultural water management. It was designed to celebrate 10 years IWMI engagement in Ethiopia...
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Nile Basin Development Challenge comes to a (public) close behind closed...
The Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) is coming to an end in late 2013, as will all Basin challenges of the Challenge Program for Water and Food (with the exception of the Ganges basin for...
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NBDC innovation platform members learn to use SLATE (sustainable livelihoods...
In April 2013, the Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) and Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) jointly organised a ‘Training of Trainers’ workshop...
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NBDC learning event pilots WAT-A-GAME with regional and national partners
Nile Basin Development Challenge experience in Ethiopia shows that natural resource management (NRM) requires multi-sector integration and the strong involvement of farmers to identify problems and...
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Capacity building workshop addresses problems of participation in Nile Basin...
To strengthen the planning and implementation of rainwater management strategies at local level, the NBDC has supported the establishment of Innovation Platforms (IPs) in its three study sites: Jeldu,...
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