Republic of the Sudan

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Republic of the Sudan
Local governance to secure access to land and
water in the lower Gash watershed Dr Ali M.
Adeeb
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The Context

• Overburdened systems capacity
• Hadendowa tribe territory (agro-pastoralists)
• Spate irrigation scheme
• Population pressure (droughts, conflict)

The Problem - a livelihoods point of view

• Decrease of average cultivated area herd size
• Insecure insufficient access to water
• Fragmented weak scheme management

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Land Water GovernanceInnovation

• Clarification of institutional issues on land and
  water
• Secure land tenure water management
• Devolution of responsibilities to LWUAs

The challenge to turn around from supply-driven
state services to active citizen-farmers
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Experience
Pilot phase on Degain block

• Hardware rehabilitations done
• Flood irrigation infrastructure
• Land tenure registry book
• Software rehabilitations pre-requisites done
• Status for GADC
• Legal possibility of LWUAs
• Stakeholders sensitization on LWUAs

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Lessons Learned

• Land and Water governance processes are linked
• Implementation of governance reforms requires
• intensive consultation processes to tailor a
  solution to local governance
• checks balances to avoid highjacking of change
  agenda
• Reform process requires actions at all levels
  national, state, municipal and local