Toolkit.2021

Participatory land use planning: Training manual

The training material is aimed at introducing and institutionalizing participatory land use planning (PLUP) at village and landscape levels in the central Rift Valley Lakes Basin in Ethiopia.

Land resource practitioner on the Rift Valley Lakes Basin in Ethiopia.Land resource practitioner on the Rift Valley Lakes Basin in Ethiopia.

This training manual will enable local communities to use their land and water resources in a way that leads to improved and sustainable agricultural production, and better living conditions for all people, including women and children.

The manual is designed to give water and land resources management practitioners skills to engage and involve all relevant stakeholders in the planning and implementation process and to integrate sectoral development efforts for improved management of natural resources at the village and landscape scales.

The materials for this manual was prepared under “The Ethiopian Land and Water Governance Program,” a project jointly implemented by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and SIWI.