Strengthening livelihood resilience in upper catchments of dry areas by integrated natural resources management
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Date of publication
Março 2010
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handle:10568/3900
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The Livelihood Resilience project evolved around the hypothesis that better integrated
management can improve the livelihoods of poor farming communities and increase the
environmental integrity and water productivity of upstream watersheds in dry areas. This
hypothesis was tested by researchers from different Iranian research and executive organizations
and farming communities in two benchmark research watersheds in upper Karkheh River Basin in
Iran, under the guidance of the ICARDA scientists. Participatory technology development, water,
soil, erosion, land degradation and vegetation assessments, livelihood, gender and policy analyses,
and integrated workshops delivered a set of principles for watershed management in dry areas.
