Publications
All CategoriesThis booklet introduces the Green Roads Toolkit, discusses the nine Green Road Themes, and provides a detailed overview … Continued
Guideline on Protecting & Developing Springs in Hill and Mountain areas Guideline on Protecting & Developing Springs in Hill and Mountain areas
This guideline provides ideas and interventions on how to better manage important water resources such as springs, seeps … Continued
Green Roads for Water will be presented at the Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 as a promising climate adaptation strategy Green Roads for Water will be presented at the Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 as a promising climate adaptation strategy
Our planet is getting warmer, which has a growing impact on our societies and economies. We need to … Continued
Adoption of Road Water Harvesting Practices and Their Impacts: Evidence from a Semi-Arid Region of Ethiopia Adoption of Road Water Harvesting Practices and Their Impacts: Evidence from a Semi-Arid Region of Ethiopia
In the drylands of Ethiopia, several road water harvesting practices (RWHP) have been used to supplement rain-fed agriculture. … Continued
Roadside Planting in Ethiopia: Turning a Problem into an Opportunity Roadside Planting in Ethiopia: Turning a Problem into an Opportunity
Roads have both positive and negative impacts in the areas surrounding them. With the expansion of roads growing … Continued
People living on arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) face water shortages, long periods of droughts, and sporadic intense … Continued
1st Virtual Practitioners Conference on Desert Locust Management 2020 1st Virtual Practitioners Conference on Desert Locust Management 2020
Locust outbreaks in 2019-20 in East Africa and West Asia have been the worst in decades. They have … Continued
Pasture management with indigenous grasses and road water harvesting in arid to semi-arid lands (ASAL) Pasture management with indigenous grasses and road water harvesting in arid to semi-arid lands (ASAL)
This grass manual gives a speed course on why and how we should practice the cultivation of grasses … Continued
A visual journey on how GR4W supports millions of Ethiopians (by GRP) A visual journey on how GR4W supports millions of Ethiopians (by GRP)
All the Green Roads for Water activities that took place in Ethiopia since 2015 were supported by the … Continued
Practices and Hydrological Effects of Road Water Harvesting in Northern Ethiopia: Towards Design of Multi-Functional Infrastructures Practices and Hydrological Effects of Road Water Harvesting in Northern Ethiopia: Towards Design of Multi-Functional Infrastructures
Road water management has been systematically introduced and up-scaled in Ethiopia, and the hydrological effects of the intervention … Continued
Gender mainstreaming in rural road construction/usage in Ethiopia: impact and implications Gender mainstreaming in rural road construction/usage in Ethiopia: impact and implications
This study investigated the engagement of men, women spouses (WS) and women heads-of-household (WHH) in the planning and … Continued
How to Create a Sponge Town? Sponge Town Guideline! How to Create a Sponge Town? Sponge Town Guideline!
This Guideline has been prepared by the Sponge Teams of Kajiado and Kwa Vonza, under the ViaWater programme … Continued
Roads: Instruments for Rainwater Harvesting, Food Security and Climate Resilience in Arid and Semi-arid Areas Roads: Instruments for Rainwater Harvesting, Food Security and Climate Resilience in Arid and Semi-arid Areas
This chapter provides evidence from Yemen and Tigray region in Ethiopia, where road water harvesting has systematically been … Continued
Roads for Water featured along with other nature-based solutions in Spanish newspaper El Pais. Read here: https://goo.gl/tSGZr9
Road Water Management at 2nd IRF Africa Regional Congress, Namibia Road Water Management at 2nd IRF Africa Regional Congress, Namibia
The Beneficial Use of Road Water for Climate Resilience and Asset Management. Presentation done at 2nd IRF Africa … Continued
An article on road water management for agriculture was recently published in April – May 2017 issue of … Continued