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	International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is a non-for-profit and non-governmental organisation that works at the cross-roads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality science and capacity-building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development for poor livestock keepers and their communities. ILRI works in tropical developing regions of Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean.
	Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO) Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO) is the national research body responsible for enhancing agriculture, the natural resource base, and the production of high quality and safe food. It promotes increased self-reliance of farm communities and conducts research on crop-livestock systems as well as water management.
	Mekele University (MU) Mekele University (MU) is the primary university in northern Ethiopia and is central to the Tekeze Basin targeted by this study. Mekele supports teaching, extension and applied research in water and land management and plays a vital advisory role to the regional government in land and water management. It has increasing competence in its research on the effectiveness and efficiency of micro dams in the region.
	Comprehensive Assessment (CA) The Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture critically evaluates the benefits, costs and impacts of the past 50 years of water development, the water management challenges communities are facing today, and solutions people have developed. The results will enable better investment and management decisions in water and agriculture in the near future and over the next 50 years. The assessment is produced by a broad partnership of practitioners, researchers and policy makers.