Ballantyne, Peter G.

Langan, Simon J.

Notenbaert, An Maria Omer

Pfeifer, Catherine

Rebelo, Lisa-Maria

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The	  3rd	  International	  Forum	  	  on	  Water	  and	  Food	  Tshwane,	  South	  Africa	  November	  14	  –	  17, 2011	  	   	   	  	  	  Co-­‐hosted	  by:	  	  	   	  " M i x i n g  a n d  m a t c h i n g " :  C o m b i n i n g  ‘ b e s t  b e t ’  p r a c t i c e s  i n t o  r a i n w a t e r  m a n a g e m e n t  s t r a t e g i e s  s u i t e d  t o  t h e  l o c a l  e n v i r o n m e n t  	  CATHERINE	  PFEIFER1,	  AN	  NOTENBAERT1,	  PETER	  BALLANTYNE2,	  SIMON	  LANGAN1	  AND	  LISA-­‐MARIA	  REBELO1	  1	  International	  Water	  Mangement	  Institute	  	  2	  International	  Livestock	  Research	  Institute	  	  	  c.pfeifer@cgiar.org	  	  S e s s i o n :  S h a r e  F a i r  	  MATCHING	  RAINWATER	  MANAGEMENT	  PRACTICES	  TO	  PRE-­‐DEFINED	  LANDSCAPES	  AND	  JOINING	  UP	  WITH	  OTHERS	  TO	  FORM	  WORKING	  STRATEGIES	  	  	  International	  Forum	  on	  Water	  and	  Food	     S u m m a r y  Rainwater	   management	   practices	   might	   form	   synergies	   when	   they	   are	   combined	   across	   the	  landscape,	  namely	  across	  the	  high,	  middle	  and	  lowlands.	  Whereas	  individual	  practices	  are	  relatively	  well	  understood,	   little	   evidence	  exists	   on	   combinations	  of	   practices.	  Due	   to	   the	   complexity	   involved	  when	  considering	   the	   landscape	   scale,	   experts	   often	   find	   it	   difficult	   to	   talk	   about	   the	   consequences	   of	  combining	  practices,	  resulting	  in	  the	  difficulty	  to	  gain	  expert	  knowledge.	  We	  propose	  a	  game	  to	  capture	  the	   complexity	   of	   the	   landscape	   scale	   and	   come	   up	   with	   rainwater	   management	   strategies,	   i.e.	  combinations	  of	  practices	   in	  a	   landscape.	  A	  database	  of	  best-­‐bet	   rainwater	  management	  practices	   for	  the	   Ethiopian	   highlands	   has	   been	   developed.	   	   It	   contains	   information	   about	   purposes	   as	  well	   as	   bio-­‐physical,	  socio-­‐economic	  and	  institutional	  conditions	  for	  successful	  adoption	  of	  each	  practice.	  The	  game	  aims	  at	  :	  1)	  presenting	  and	  validating	  our	  database	  ;	  and	  2)	  exploring	  and	  mobilizing	  further	  experiences	  from	  the	  participants.	  Participants	  will	  be	  asked	  to	  match	  their	  rainwater	  management	  practices	  to	  pre-­‐defined	   landscapes	   and	   join	   up	   with	   others	   to	   form	   working	   strategies.	   With	   this	   game,	   acquired	  knowledge	  about	  the	  potential	  impacts	  of	  practices	  and	  the	  factors	  contributing	  to	  their	  success	  can	  be	  shared.	  It	  stimulates	  discussion	  about	  how	  to	  select	  and	  combine	  technologies	  at	  landscape	  scale.	  Issues	  of	  trade-­‐offs	  and	  synergies	  as	  well	  as	  interventions	  also	  come	  up.We	  hope	  to	  share	  previous	  experiences	  with	  the	  game,	  play	  it,	  and	  extent	  the	  discussion	  to	  how	  other	  basins	  address	  the	  emerging	  issues.	  	  	  Key Message Combining	  the	  'right'	  rainwater	  management	  practices	  across	  the	  landscape	  can	  be	  a	  source	  of	  important	  synergies.	  	  	  

Mixing and matching: Combining ‘best bet’ practices into rainwater management strategies suited to the local environment

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Mixing and matching: Combining ‘best bet’ practices into rainwater management strategies suited to the local environment

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