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ICRAF is developing:
- Generalizable principles about links between trees, soil and water in multiple scales
- Watershed models and tools developed to support management and negotiation of watersheds for a range of conditions
- Options for agroforestry development, policy and programme design in priority watersheds
- The means to coordinate and catalyze information exchange and capacity building on watershed management
Measures of success:
- Reviewed articles and briefs on watershed management principles
- Manuals and lecture notes on watershed assessment techniques
- Negotiated plans of action in pilot watersheds
- Participants in training courses and individual training
- Leadership and communication roles in networks
Outcomes & impacts:
- Reforestation and conservation programmes implemented in a way that recognizes how trees and forests affect water quality, erosion, sedimentation and stream flow
- Watershed and environment management authorities adopting multi-scale and multi-stakeholder approaches
- Less conflict in priority watersheds
- Smallholder agroforestry contributes to watershed management goals in priority watersheds
- Reduced sediment load and better water quality
- Greater farmer benefits from agroforestry
Measures of success:
- Design of reforestation and conservation programmes
- Design and implementation of approaches to watershed and environment management
- Monitoring and evaluation in priority watersheds
- Assessments of tree cover and adoption of agroforestry in priority watersheds
- Sediment and water quality monitoring
- Monitoring and impact assessment studies