Nepal terrace farmers and sustainable agriculture kits : project story

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2020-02-18

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Sustainable Agriculture Kit (SAK) innovations reached more than 60,000 smallholder farming households (benefiting ~260,000 people) in nine districts in Central Nepal. A package that combines plastic greenhouses, drip irrigation and tarpaulin-lined ponds (CAD $187) increased incomes CAD$100-$250 per household for a season. Local government agencies have included this intervention in their annual plans for longer-term scaling up. Terrace farmers live in remote regions that are less accessible to NGOs and government extension workers, and are mostly cultivated by women. Free or low-cost interventions exist but are usually inaccessible to poor farmers as existing distribution networks are underutilized.

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TERRACE FARMING, NEPAL, WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE, WOMEN FARMERS, AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS, APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY, SLOPING LAND, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, SOUTH ASIA

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