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[[Image:Rwambu project.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A wetland management and water harvesting project of the Rwambu catchment in Uganda. Photo: [http://www.akvo.org/rsr/project/439/ Akvo.org]]]
<font size="2" color=#06A5D1555555>'''Project period:''' October 2012 to December 2013 for the implementation. <br>Documentation and learning will take a longer time, possibly until the end of 2014.</font>
===Pilot challenge===
====Current situation====
The pilot area consists of several hillsides of different soils and inclination that have all seen an increase in agricultural activity but a dropping water table. Current agricultural practices are proving unsustainable as new sites of cultivation are generally too steep and prone to erosion. Additionally, even though this area receives ample rainfall of 700 to 1000 mm, the water table has dropped considerably the past years and springs and shallow wells have dried up, possibly due to the rapid increase in agricultural land. Local people attest that in past years the rains are more erratic than they used to be, indicating that this area also suffers from the effects of climate change.
====Cultural Socioeconomic and socioeconomic cultural conditions====
A feasibility study carried out in 2011 indicated that 75% of the people in the area live on less than one euro a day. The staple food is plantain which grows in abundance in the area, but is under threat of bacterial wilt. Cash crops are on the increase, like coffee, groundnuts and also some cabbage. There was a high influx of migration of people from the south, near the Rwandan border bringing in different ethnic groups. Islamic and Christian faiths are followed in the region.
====Pilot landscape====
The uphill areas require protection measures for erosion and runoff and would benefit from the increase in recharge produced by these protection measures. Due to the variety of slopes and soil types, 5 different technologies are going to be implemented.
===Location and partners===
[[Image:Rwenzori mountains.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Rwenzori Mountain range is in Western Uganda. Map credit: [http://www.ccentre.wa.gov.au/ForSchools/CHOGM/WhobelongstotheCommonwealth/Pages/Uganda.aspx ccentre.wa.gov.au]]]
* '''Location:''' The Rwambu area is in the West of Uganda on the boundary of the Ibanda and Kamwenge districts, Latitude: 0° 1'33.03" North of the Equator. Longitude: 30°24'55.54" East of Greenwich Meridian.
* '''Role and responsibility of main partner:''' JESE proposed the intervention area, worked with RAIN and Wetlands International and URWA on the program development and is the sole implementer of the project.
* '''Other partners:''' [http://www.wetlands.org/ Wetlands International] and [http://www.gharainwaterugandarainwater.org/urwa_contacts.html Uganda Rain Water Association (URWA)]
* '''Role and responsibilities of other partners:''' Technical advice, program advice, capacity building.
===Description===
* To compensate people who had to abandon cultivation in the wetland area.
====Strategy====
The strategy will be to divide the hill into different sections. On the top of the hill, that is now only used for grazing, we will plant trees. It is expected that the type of tree Grevillea Robusta will grow productively on the top of these hills without disturbing its agricultural use. The Grevillea is planted to stabilize the soil and catch more rainwater and allow it to infiltrate into the hill slope without diminishing the opportunity for grazing cattle.
# Stabilize agricultural lands on the slopes.
# Recharge the groundwater table on these slopes.
====Activities (2013)====
Year 2012 saw the advent of this program as Fanya Juu terracing was done in the banana plantations. Some 500 gravellia trees were planted and stone bunds were constructed. We are now developing a plan for research and documentation via satellite imagery together with MetaMeta, and JESE will do the implementation.
====Swot SWOT analysis====
Here is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis SWOT analysis] (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) of the project:
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===Outputs===
====Technical====
