 Natural source management, rainwater management, needs learning and capacity building. And one of the eight key messages coming out of our engagement in NBTC research activities is that we need our models and tools to build capacities and to ensure that we learn from processes so that we can move to effective planning and implementation management activities. Consequently, we use two sets of tools in the process of the research, both participatory tools and analytic tools. The participatory tools include participatory video through which we attempt to reflect the perceptions of local communities to policy makers. And also we use game strategies like water game in which community members participate in identifying rainwater management strategies, and at landscape scale. When we come to the analytic tools which allow the researchers to understand the processes that take place on the ground, we use hydrological models like SWAT where we understand through the hydrological processes like runoff generation and also sediment formation. We also use crop water through which we can understand the crop water productivity in different landscapes. We also use a course out which is economic, social and environmental impact assessment of land use changes in the different landscapes. We also use analytic tools like goblet through which we attempted to map the suitability and feasibility of different rainwater management strategies in the landscape scale. And also we used feed analysis tools that allow to understand availability and use of livestock feed in different landscapes. And that analysis was made both qualitatively and quantitatively. So the bottom line is we have to use such tools and models that allow us to learn underwent processes and also to build capacities so that both community members and researchers and different stakeholders share ideas. And then make effective planning and implementation for rainwater management and other natural resource management activities in the landscapes.