the Shabelle Valley and rdquo(CIDPM began in February 2002, and builds on the experiences and Lessons learnt from the past to promote an expanded approach to diversification. and rdquoStrengthening of Agricultural Activities in Shabelle Valley and rdquo(SMSV) was designed and initiated that focuses on the need to Rehabilitate existing irrigation structures in order to encourage more families to take up farming activities again. These two projects are being implemented through an integrated management structure in order to coordinate improvements in agricultural techniques with improved access to irrigation water - and they are the subject of this Mid Term Review.

The report is made by two sections: The report with syntheses of all activities carried out and related graphic enclosed The annexes with: „X The Awdal Hydrogeology section „X The West Borama Basin „X The Zeila WSS „X The VES curves The first three annexes are constituted by a report and related graphics enclosed. In the fourth there are only graphics and a legend to insert before each group of graphs. A detailed list of all files to print (in printing order) is reported in the next page. The print instructions for each CAD files (*.dwg) are inserted in the same file, hence opening the files with AutoCad you can read the instructions at the graph side. The graphs (as well as the maps) have been already positioned to fit the print phase. If you move it part of the graph may fall out of the paper. So, please, make the appropriate setting (printing scale, paper format and paper position) then ascertain, before printing, that the graph centres the output paper. If you get any problem contact me. The files are divided in 5 sub-directories plus one (DATA) with all the VES data collected during the mission. For each group of VES in the DATA sub- directory there is an excel file with the field data. In the report and annexes subdirectories there are also some WMF (windows metafiles) with the figures directly enclosed in the reports. It is only for archive, not for printing. Sorry for editing in such a complicate pattern, but the material was too much to be edited in a simpler way. Ciao a tutti Bruno bpetrucc@tin.it „X REPORT Pag0.doc Mission Report.doc (report) Encl2-1.dwg Encl3-1.dwg Encl3-2.dwg Encl4-1.dwg Encl5-1.dwg Encl6-1.dwg Encl6-2.dwg Encl7-1.dwg Encl7-2.dwg ANNEXES Annex0.doc ANNEX A AnnexA-0.doc Awsal_Hydrogeology.doc (report) EnclA1.dwg ANNEX B AnnexB-0.doc West Borama.doc (report) EnclB1.dwg EnclB2-1,.... B2-4.dwg EnclB3.dwg ANNEX C AnnexC-0.doc New Zeila WSS.doc (report) EnclC1.dwg EnclC2.dwg EnclC3.dwg ANNEX D AnnexD-0.doc LegD1.doc EnclD1-01,....D1-21.dwg LegD2.doc EnclD2-01,....D2-05.dwg LegD3.doc EnclD3-01,....D3-03.dwg

(Extract from the foreword)This report is the outcome of a multi-sectoral nationwide household survey, the first of its kind in Somalia for over two decades. The report provides statistics on demographic and housing characteristics, access to basic services, household income and employment, modes of communication and women's participation in family decision making and community-level activities, among other things. Individually, these statistics provide valuable information on different facets of socio-economic characteristics, and together they reflect to a certain extent, the well-being of an average Somali household.

This documentandrdquoPreliminary Assessment and Strategic Approaches Reportandrdquois the first section of the second volume prepared during a mission to analyse andrdquoRural Water and Sanitation Interventions in Northeast and Southern Somaliaandrdquounder a framework contract financed by the European Union and implemented by Montgomery Watson Harza in consortium led by Parsons Brinckerhoff. The strategy builds on the European Commission andrdquoStrategy for the Implementation of Special Aid to Somalia 2002 - 2007(SISAS)andrdquoand the results cf a workshop held on 6 November, 2003 in close cooperation with the SACB WSISC (Somalia Aid Coordination Body Water Supply Infrastructure and Sanitation Committee) committee and other stakeholders where the proposed strategy was analysed.

This manual has been written as a guideline to assist implementing agencies design for the rehabilitation of irrigation systems within the Shabelle basin. The manual attempts to provide comprehensive sets of principles, steps, options and methods which are applicable in irrigation infrastructure design without overloading the manual with details.