Presented by Fiona Flintan at the Launch of the Government of Ethiopia's Manual on Woreda Participatory Land Use Planning in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, 17 September 2019.

1. Woreda Participatory Land Use Planning,
Ethiopia
Fiona Flintan, ILRI
Presented at the launch of the Government of Ethiopia's Manual on
Woreda Participatory Land Use Planning in Bishoftu, Ethiopia
17th September 2019

2. Context
• 5-6 years ago there were gaps in land use
planning, rangeland management, and secure
access to resources and land.
• Increasing competition for land and resources
between different sectors and users.
• Lack of coordination between different actors
and sectors including land use activities at
local level
• Lack of tenure security in pastoral areas
• Lack of investment in land management and
e.g. rangeland degradation, invasive species

3. Context
• Increasing capacity of government and interest
in land use planning at different levels.
• Development of a manual on PLUP – quite
highland focused.
• Series of meetings facilitated by Oxfam/REGLAP
on such as land use planning including
experience-sharing
• Agreement that a PLUP manual for pastoral
areas would be useful.

4. Planning can happen at different scales

5. Importance of land use planning
• To reconcile competing pressures on land, and to optimize land
use taking into account current land uses (in pastoral areas
these are often multiple use)
• Bring together different stakeholders to discuss land use and
how to improve it
• To develop a vision for the future on land use, as part of wider
development processes
• To provide guidance on coordination of sectors related to land
use and addressing land use challenges
• Can contribute to greater land tenure security and lead to
improved investments in land management
• Challenges of ensuring based on good data, affordable, within
capacities, implementable, and as participatory as possible.

6. What is most appropriate scale for
planning in pastoral areas?
Source: PRIME/CARE Ethiopia

7. Learning journey to Kenya and Tanzania in
2015

8. Examples of land use planning in East
Africa: Tanzania

9. Examples of land use planning in East
Africa: Tanzania

10. Examples of land use planning in East
Africa: Kenya

11. Developing land use planning in Ethiopia
• Current land use including pastoral use of land
(grazing areas) need to be starting point.
• Needs to be at a scale where funds can be
accessed from government for implementation
• Should be a participatory and multi-sectoral team
including local land users as much as possible, but
also needs to be manageable number
• Needs to be technical/scientific AND including
local knowledge
• Needs to be affordable and within capacity of
government

12. Developing land use planning in Ethiopia
• Consultation within government at different levels
• Learnt/drew from experiences of other countries
• SDC and ILC Rangelands Initiative agreed to provide
funding, with substantial in-kind support from GIZ
• Expert consultations and writing retreats
• Input of experts for different sections and
development of a land capability classification that
includes water drought vulnerability class
• Two pilots – in Chifra, Afar (with support from GIZ)
and Shinile, Somali (with support from Oxfam)

13. Piloting Chifra WPLUP

14. Piloting Chifra WPLUP

15. Piloting Chifra WPLUP

16. Piloting Chifra WPLUP

17. Piloting Chifra WPLUP
PRIORITY CONCERNS
CORE PROBLEMS
EFFECTS
 Loss of
livestock
 Decrease of
livestock
productivity
 Change of
livelihood
style
 Vulnerability
to disaster
 Poverty
Skill &Knowledge
Lack of Skill
&Knowledge
Traditional Good
Practices
Livestock Rangeland
Erosion of
Traditional Good
Practices
Frequent
outbreak of
livestock diseases
Rangeland
Degradation
Low pace of development
High vulnerability to
Disaster
Change of livelihood
style
Erosion of
Traditional bylaws
Uncontrolled
resource
utilization Decreased Animal
Productivity
Poor quality of
byproducts
Absence of adequate
veterinary clinics
Increased Animal
mortality
Decrease in
Browsing Plants
Increase Toxic
Species
Decrease in
rangeland area
Reduction in
Palatable Species
Deforestation
Soil Erosion
Increased Invasion
Species
Over Grazing
Inadequate Animal
Health Service
Inadequate animal
feeds
Frequent Drought
use
Lack of Information
Conflict with the
Immerging of New
Institute
Lack of recognition of
traditional bylaws
Loss of sense of
communal ownership
Weakening
Traditional bylaws
Adoption of inappropriate
extension system
Poor Pastoral Extension
Service
Inadequate knowledge
Transfer

18. Piloting Chifra WPLUP

19. Design and launch of the manuals: working
document

20. This work is financed by
Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), GIZ, International Land
Coalition, CGIAR Livestock CRP and the CGIAR PIM CRP, and the
Government of Ethiopia.
It contributes to the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock Agri-
food Systems and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies,
Institutions and Markets (PIM)
Acknowledgements

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