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Nile –Goblet is an open source so2ware that creates suitability maps for any given technology, and has been programed for rainwater management prac<ces in the Nile Basin 1. Defini<on of suitability is fully expert driven, i.e. expert define themselves which maps have to be used and their relevant suitability range. (Step A & B below) 2. it includes the most accurate biophysical map available for the Nile Basin to represent the biophysical context, allowing for accurate biophysical suitability maps 3. it contains “adop<on maps” : these maps show the probability of adop<on based on microeconomic data for classes of rainwater management prac<ces to account for the socioeconomic context 4. It has a module to show combina<on of rainwater management prac<ces referred to as strategies that enable synergies at landscape scale NileGoblet so,ware mapping rainwater management strategies made easy for stakeholders Catherine Pfeifer, An Notenbaert, Carlos Quiros Most of the agriculture in the Ethiopian part of the Nile Basin depends is rainfed. Its low produc<vity can be explained to a large extend by the lack of appropriate rainwater management. Promo<ng rainwater management prac<ces in Ethiopia is not new, however they have been promoted : • regardless of the biophysical and socioeconomic context • without considering local exper<se • without accoun<ng for synergies between rainwater management prac<ces at landscape scale Catherine Pfeifer [email protected] ● P.O. Box 30709 Nairobi, Kenya ● www.ilri.org Acknowledgements: Nile Basin Challenge Program (NBDC) and the Interna<onal Livestock Research Ins<tute (ILRI) Funding: Nile Basin Challenge Program (NBDC) This document is licensed for use under a Crea<ve Commons A‘ribu<on –Non commercialShare Alike 3.0 Unported License November 2014 Challenge Response image Adop<on maps (F) Selection of practices constituting ‘best bet’ RMSs at the landscape scale (A) Creation of a biophysical suitability layer (D) Identification of suitability criteria and thresholds (B) Creation of criterion maps (C) How does it work? The NileGoblet structure Creation of willingness of adoption map with small area estimation (F) Microeconometric assessment of willingness of adoption of RMPs (E) Feasibility map (G) Suitability map (D) from module 1 (D) Suitability/feasibility map: practice I Suitability/ feasibility map: practice II Rainwater management strategy map (K) Landscape delinea tion layer (H) Zonal statistics (I) Rainwater strategy map (K) Stakeholders using the tool Evidence Stakeholders , among others from extension service, regional research and NGOs have used the so2ware. Module 1 : Crea<on of biophysical suitability map based on stakeholders’ suitability criteria Module 2 : Account for the socio economic context, by using adop<on maps Module 3 : aggrega<on into strategy maps at landscape scale
