FBLS Symposium, 2019

From the 4th till the 12th of March 2019, the FBLS knowledge and experience sharing symposium: “Taking stock of a decade long evidence-based experiences of flood-based livelihoods systems (FBLS) in Africa and Asia” took place in Voi Wildlife Lodge, Taita Taveta County, Kenya. The first week mainly consisted of research presentations from different country partners and project researchers incl. a field visit to FBLS in the county. The second week was mainly on investments.

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Here you can find the presentations of each day:

Day 1:

• Water Harvesting in Yemen – Abdulla Noaman
• FBLNF A brief history, ongoing activities and future plans – Abraham Mehari
• Geospatial assessment of potential flood-based livelihood zones of Kenya – Maimbo Malesu
• Towards improved on-farm water management and higher productivity in Gash Agricultural Scheme in Sudan – Khalid Hassaballah
• Prospects and challenges of mainstream road water harvesting in Soil and Water Management Programmes in Malawi – Macpherson Nthara
• Household Pond Protocol Application (HoPPA) within the BDBA for Rain water harvesting in Africa – Alex Oduor

Day 2:

• A probablistic approach to mapping FBFS and modelling risks and uncertainties in FBFS – Liman Issoufou
• Drying Rivers of Malawi, participatory research for river flow restoration and reducing socio-economic impacts – Macpherson Nthara
• Innovative floodwater harvesting for agroforestry development in Arid and temperate ecologicalregions under FBLS in Afghanistan – Karim Nawaz
• Maintaining pro-poor food production in multi-functional landscapes, the challenge in the Ayeyarwaddy  Delta in Myanmar – Emma Greatrix
• Modelling risk and uncertainty in FBFS – Liman Issoufou
• Strengths and limitations of farmer-led floodwater governance systems in promoting productive and resilient FBLS (findings of on-going PhD research) – Mara Getachew
• Testing adaption in FBLS onsite production and remote monitoring of Seredo Sorghum in Kamukuru village, Kajiado County, Kenya – Celestine Kilongosi
• The Power of Horizontal learning in promoting and upscaling knowledge and experiences for wider impact – Loes van der Pluijm

Day 3:

Field day to FBLS systems in Taveta

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Day 4:

• Agroforestry and livestock managment through use of floodwater and construction of earthen water ponds in FBLS Pakistan – Allah Bakhsh
• Economically empowering women in the agriculture sector, some examples of proven and innovative approaches
• Making flood and catchment based enterprises attractive for young people, examples from Kenya – Opondo Maurice Oduor
• Opportunities and challenges for participation of young people in agriculture in general and across the FBLS    sector in particular, an overview from across Africa and Asia (Kenya Case) – Esther Musavi
• Presentation OSIEPE practical action – Hezbon Ogada
• Smart technologies and practices of a more rewarding and youth-attractive   smallholder FBLS Sector – Abraham Mehari