Poor research output on watershed development technologies Poor standard and quality of implemented physical soil and water conservation structures, Inadequate level of community ownership and sustainability of development interventions, Lack of intensification, specialization and diversification, Lack of strategic interventions based on the land use, land terrain, socio-economy, agroecology and livelihood (agrarian, non-pastoral, Agro-pastoral, pure pastoral, riverine pastoral etc). The growing social, economic and environmental impact of development interventions, Poor linkage with livelihood improvement and rural employment, Lack of guidance on fair utilization of rehabilitated resources, The expansion of invasive species (prosopis Juliflora, Water Haicin, lantancamara, partinium, striga etc) The need for supporting the development with mechanization, Poor documentation, reporting, monitoring and evaluation system, The need for addressing CC effects/hazardous (drought, flood, frost …), Lack of guidance on integrating payment for ecosystem services in watershed development, Including other strategic issues should be addressed with the development of watershed implementation strategy in order to achieve the desired outcome. Besides, Ethiopia has also now started to transform the Green Economy Strategy into action and fast track initiatives are already underway (Chisholm and Tassew, 2012). The country has huge hydro-electric power generation investments and plans but severe land degradation and siltation problems hamper its viability. Therefore, integrated watershed management would help to address the problems and give solutions that are inclusive and sustainable to steer the country towards its stated plan and goal for ensuring rural agriculture as the basis of economic growth. Existing Opportunities Nowadays, there exists a number of enabling opportunities for watershed development. These include; Favourable government policies, existence of organized governmental structures from
Poor research output on watershed development technologies Poor standard and quality of implemented physical soil and water conservation structures, Inadequate level of community ownership and sustainability of development interventions, Lack of intensification, specialization and diversification, Lack of strategic interventions based on the land use, land terrain, socio-economy, agroecology and livelihood (agrarian, non-pastoral, Agro-pastoral, pure pastoral, riverine pastoral etc). The growing social, economic and environmental impact of development interventions, Poor linkage with livelihood improvement and rural employment, Lack of guidance on fair utilization of rehabilitated resources, The expansion of invasive species (prosopis Juliflora, Water Haicin, lantancamara, partinium, striga etc) The need for supporting the development with mechanization, Poor documentation, reporting, monitoring and evaluation system, The need for addressing CC effects/hazardous (drought, flood, frost …), Lack of guidance on integrating payment for ecosystem services in watershed development, Including other strategic issues should be addressed with the development of watershed implementation strategy in order to achieve the desired outcome. Besides, Ethiopia has also now started to transform the Green Economy Strategy into action and fast track initiatives are already underway (Chisholm and Tassew, 2012). The country has huge hydro-electric power generation investments and plans but severe land degradation and siltation problems hamper its viability. Therefore, integrated watershed management would help to address the problems and give solutions that are inclusive and sustainable to steer the country towards its stated plan and goal for ensuring rural agriculture as the basis of economic growth. Existing Opportunities Nowadays, there exists a number of enabling opportunities for watershed development. These include; Favourable government policies, existence of organized governmental structures from
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