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List of Annex Annex 1.1 List of Officers and Stakeholders Met (1 st Stage) Annex 1.2 Field Trip Report Annex 1.3 Key Literatures and Reports Reviewed Annex 1.4 List of Officers and Stakeholders Met (2 nd Stage) Annex 1.5 Questionnaire for Household Survey Annex 1.6 Traders Survey Questionnaire Annex 1.7 Report of Workshops Annex 2.1 Organization Chart of MOAC Annex 2.2 Major Functions /Roles of Different Organizational Unit of DOA Annex 2.3 Import of Selected Agricultural and Related Commodities from India and Countries other than India Annex 2.4 Export of Selected Agricultural and Related Commodities to India and Countries other than India Annex 2.5 Agriculture Markets Network in Nepal Annex 2.6 Map of Nepal Showing Agriculture Markets Network in Nepal Annex 2.7 Organization Chart of MoLD Annex 3.1 Map of Nepal Showing Survey Districts Annex 3.2 Map of Kavrepalanchok District Showing the Proposed VDCs for Survey Annex 3.3 Map of Sindhuli District Showing the Proposed VDCs for Survey Annex 3.4 Map of Mahottari District Showing the Proposed VDCs for Survey Annex 3.5 Map of Ramechhap District Showing the Proposed VDCs for Survey Annex 3.6 Map of Dolakha District Showing the Proposed VDCs for Survey Annex 3.7 Summary of Periodic District Development Plans Annex 3.8 Organizational Structure of DDC Annex 3.9 Organizational Structure of District Technical Office Annex 3.10 Key Agriculture Sector INGOs /NGOs /COs Working in the Survey Districts Annex 3.11 Annual Programs and Projects Implemented by DADO in FY 2008/09 Annex 3.12 Proportions of Cropped Area under Different Crops, 2007/08 Annex 3.13 Lists of VDCs by Potentiality Commodities Annex 5.1 Profile of Selected Markets

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  • List of Annex Annex 1.1 List of Officers and Stakeholders Met (1st Stage) Annex 1.2 Field Trip Report Annex 1.3 Key Literatures and Reports Reviewed Annex 1.4 List of Officers and Stakeholders Met (2nd Stage) Annex 1.5 Questionnaire for Household Survey Annex 1.6 Traders Survey Questionnaire Annex 1.7 Report of Workshops Annex 2.1 Organization Chart of MOAC Annex 2.2 Major Functions /Roles of Different Organizational Unit of DOA Annex 2.3 Import of Selected Agricultural and Related Commodities from India and

    Countries other than India Annex 2.4 Export of Selected Agricultural and Related Commodities to India and Countries

    other than India Annex 2.5 Agriculture Markets Network in Nepal Annex 2.6 Map of Nepal Showing Agriculture Markets Network in Nepal Annex 2.7 Organization Chart of MoLD Annex 3.1 Map of Nepal Showing Survey Districts Annex 3.2 Map of Kavrepalanchok District Showing the Proposed VDCs for Survey Annex 3.3 Map of Sindhuli District Showing the Proposed VDCs for Survey Annex 3.4 Map of Mahottari District Showing the Proposed VDCs for Survey Annex 3.5 Map of Ramechhap District Showing the Proposed VDCs for Survey Annex 3.6 Map of Dolakha District Showing the Proposed VDCs for Survey Annex 3.7 Summary of Periodic District Development Plans Annex 3.8 Organizational Structure of DDC Annex 3.9 Organizational Structure of District Technical Office Annex 3.10 Key Agriculture Sector INGOs /NGOs /COs Working in the Survey Districts Annex 3.11 Annual Programs and Projects Implemented by DADO in FY 2008/09 Annex 3.12 Proportions of Cropped Area under Different Crops, 2007/08 Annex 3.13 Lists of VDCs by Potentiality Commodities Annex 5.1 Profile of Selected Markets

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    ary

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    Mr.

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    stha

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    al D

    ev. T

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    ssoc

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    Annex 1.1

    A - 1

  • AN

    NE

    X 1

    .2

    FIE

    LD

    TR

    IP R

    EPO

    RT

    1 Sc

    hedu

    le o

    f Fie

    ld T

    rips

    Th

    e St

    udy

    Team

    car

    ried

    out

    field

    trip

    s to

    obs

    erve

    fie

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    ondi

    tions

    and

    to

    inte

    rvie

    w v

    ario

    us

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    of d

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    rativ

    e m

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    arm

    ers,

    trade

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    hole

    sale

    rs, a

    nd so

    on.

    Th

    e fie

    ld tr

    ips c

    ondu

    cted

    are

    list

    ed a

    s sho

    wn

    in th

    e fo

    llow

    ing

    Tabl

    e 1:

    Ta

    ble

    1 I

    tiner

    ary

    of F

    ield

    Tri

    p by

    the

    Stud

    y Te

    am

    JIC

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    udy

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    mN

    AR

    MA

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    ar. 2

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    avre

    , Sin

    dhul

    i, M

    ahot

    tari

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    anam

    ori

    Y. S

    ano

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    B.B

    . Bas

    nyat

    Alo

    ng S

    indh

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    oad

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    atsu

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    . 31

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    ter

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    iki

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    ano

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    pr. 5

    - 8

    Dol

    akha

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    del

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    n 14

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    sum

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    icip

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    ar, J

    hapa

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    sari,

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    p, M

    ar. 2

    4 -2

    8 Th

    is t

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    s th

    e 1s

    t fie

    ld t

    rip a

    long

    the

    Sin

    dhul

    i R

    oad

    cove

    ring

    Kav

    re,

    Sind

    huli

    and

    Mah

    otta

    ri di

    stric

    ts.

    Mar

    . 24

    (1)

    Vis

    it to

    a F

    arm

    er F

    ield

    Cul

    tivat

    ing

    Pers

    imm

    on

    Mee

    ting

    with

    Mr.

    T. T

    osak

    a, J

    OC

    V, a

    nd M

    r. B

    .K. A

    dhik

    ari,

    a fa

    rmer

    . The

    far

    mer

    pla

    nted

    243

    no

    s. of

    per

    sim

    mon

    tree

    s an

    d pr

    oduc

    ed 1

    ,200

    kg o

    f pe

    rsim

    mon

    last

    yea

    r. H

    e ea

    rned

    Rs.7

    2,00

    0 th

    roug

    h pe

    rsim

    mon

    and

    spe

    nt a

    bout

    Rs.4

    0,00

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    e ha

    s a

    regu

    latio

    n ta

    nk o

    f irr

    igat

    ion,

    ap

    prox

    imat

    ely

    6M3 f

    or ir

    rigat

    ion.

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    er is

    col

    lect

    ed fr

    om a

    spr

    ing

    clos

    e to

    the

    field

    . Spr

    inkl

    er

    irrig

    atio

    n w

    as a

    lso

    avai

    labl

    e ut

    ilizi

    ng n

    atur

    al h

    ead

    from

    tank

    to th

    e fie

    ld.

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    e ap

    plie

    d 5-

    10kg

    com

    post

    man

    ure

    per p

    ersi

    mm

    on p

    lant

    as w

    ell a

    s “bo

    kash

    i” m

    anur

    e.

    (2

    ) C

    ourte

    sy V

    isit

    to K

    avre

    DD

    C a

    nd D

    AD

    O &

    DLS

    O

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    itted

    the

    Ince

    ptio

    n R

    epor

    t, ex

    plai

    ned

    the

    purp

    ose

    of th

    e st

    udy

    and

    requ

    este

    d co

    oper

    atio

    n an

    d su

    ppor

    t. A

    lso

    atte

    nded

    by

    secr

    etar

    ies

    of

    VD

    C w

    here

    the

    HH

    surv

    ey is

    bei

    ng c

    ondu

    cted

    .

    (3)

    Vis

    it to

    Sra

    mab

    anja

    n V

    illag

    e, N

    orth

    of B

    anep

    a In

    the

    vill

    age,

    far

    mer

    s cu

    ltiva

    te p

    otat

    o, m

    aize

    an

    d ca

    ulifl

    ower

    with

    out

    irrig

    atio

    n. P

    eopl

    e ge

    t dr

    inki

    ng a

    nd d

    omes

    tic w

    ater

    fro

    m a

    spr

    ing,

    w

    hich

    is

    also

    use

    d fo

    r irr

    igat

    ion

    prov

    idin

    g a

    smal

    l sto

    rage

    . Fa

    rmer

    s ap

    plie

    d fe

    rtiliz

    er a

    nd c

    hem

    ical

    s fo

    r po

    tato

    cul

    tivat

    ion

    and

    peop

    le c

    ompl

    aine

    d of

    ad

    vers

    e ef

    fect

    s fr

    om c

    ontin

    uous

    pot

    ato

    crop

    ping

    .

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    g at

    Sra

    mab

    anja

    n V

    illag

    e

    They

    als

    o co

    mpl

    aine

    d of

    exp

    loita

    tions

    by

    trade

    rs in

    Ban

    epa.

    Fa

    rmer

    s ha

    ve tw

    o or

    gani

    zatio

    ns: o

    ne is

    the

    savi

    ng a

    nd c

    redi

    t coo

    pera

    tive

    and

    the

    othe

    r is

    the

    milk

    coo

    pera

    tive.

    Mar

    . 25

    (1)

    Tree

    Nur

    sery

    Far

    m o

    f Lov

    e G

    reen

    Nep

    al (N

    GO

    ) Lo

    ve G

    reen

    Nep

    al (

    LGN

    ) is

    an

    NG

    O th

    at p

    rom

    otes

    org

    anic

    far

    min

    g in

    Kav

    re. T

    heir

    activ

    ity

    cove

    rs 5

    VD

    Cs a

    nd 4

    ,500

    fam

    ilies

    . LG

    N’s

    act

    iviti

    es a

    re li

    sted

    as f

    ollo

    ws:

    -

    Prod

    uctio

    n an

    d di

    strib

    utio

    n of

    fru

    it tre

    e sa

    plin

    gs s

    uch

    as p

    ersi

    mm

    on, p

    ear,

    kiw

    i and

    oth

    er

    tree

    sapl

    ings

    for r

    efor

    esta

    tion

    -

    Dis

    tribu

    tion

    of B

    io-g

    as p

    lant

    s, 65

    0 no

    s. so

    far

    -

    Ass

    istin

    g m

    anag

    emen

    t of 2

    0 co

    mm

    unity

    fore

    sts

    -

    Tech

    nica

    l tra

    nsfe

    r to

    prod

    uce

    com

    post

    man

    ure

    for w

    omen

    ’s g

    roup

    s and

    pro

    duct

    ion

    and

    sale

    of

    com

    post

    at R

    s.25

    per k

    g -

    Intro

    duct

    ion

    and

    diss

    emin

    atio

    n of

    org

    anic

    farm

    ing

    thro

    ugh

    train

    ing

    and

    prac

    tices

    -

    Ope

    ratio

    n of

    Pra

    kriti

    sal

    es o

    utle

    t, w

    hich

    was

    con

    stru

    cted

    by

    Japa

    n’s

    gras

    sroo

    ts g

    rant

    , for

    se

    lling

    org

    anic

    pro

    duct

    s for

    sale

    in K

    athm

    andu

    Val

    ley

    - O

    ther

    s Th

    ey h

    ave

    been

    rece

    ivin

    g te

    chni

    cal i

    nput

    s fro

    m “

    Dai

    chi-n

    o-K

    ai”

    Japa

    n.

    (2)

    Milk

    Chi

    lling

    Cen

    tre in

    Bak

    unde

    besh

    i Th

    e ch

    illin

    g ce

    nter

    w

    as

    prov

    ided

    un

    der

    Japa

    n’s g

    rass

    root

    s gra

    nt.

    The

    coop

    erat

    ive,

    con

    sist

    ing

    of 2

    9 m

    embe

    rs, i

    s m

    anag

    ing

    the

    cent

    er.

    Th

    ey

    hand

    le

    appr

    oxim

    atel

    y 10

    ,000

    -12,

    000

    liter

    s of

    milk

    per

    day

    in

    peak

    sea

    son

    (rai

    ny

    seas

    on) a

    nd 7

    ,000

    lite

    rs in

    dry

    sea

    son.

    Sin

    ce a

    co

    w p

    rodu

    ces

    2-3

    liter

    s pe

    r day

    and

    a b

    uffa

    lo

    prod

    uces

    4-

    5 lit

    ers

    per

    day,

    su

    bsta

    ntia

    l nu

    mbe

    rs

    of

    milk

    pr

    oduc

    ing

    anim

    als

    are

    supp

    lyin

    g m

    ilk

    to

    the

    cent

    er.

    Not

    on

    ly

    coop

    erat

    ive

    mem

    bers

    but

    oth

    er f

    arm

    ers

    send

    m

    ilk to

    the

    cent

    er.

    The

    oper

    atio

    n of

    the

    cen

    ter

    is m

    anag

    ed b

    y th

    ree

    staf

    f mem

    bers

    : a te

    chni

    cian

    , an

    acco

    unta

    nt a

    nd a

    hel

    per.

    The

    tech

    nici

    an c

    heck

    s the

    qua

    lity

    of m

    ilk.

    It se

    ems

    subs

    tant

    ial q

    uant

    ities

    of w

    ater

    are

    use

    d in

    the

    chill

    ing

    plan

    t, cl

    eani

    ng m

    ilk c

    ans

    and

    so

    on. A

    s fo

    r th

    e so

    urce

    of

    wat

    er,

    the

    chai

    rman

    of

    the

    coop

    erat

    ive

    expl

    aine

    d th

    at t

    he S

    indh

    uli

    Roa

    d co

    ntra

    ctor

    Haz

    ama

    & T

    aise

    i J/V

    con

    stru

    cted

    the

    cam

    p fo

    r the

    Sec

    tion

    IV c

    onst

    ruct

    ion

    in

    the

    villa

    ge.

    They

    had

    a t

    ube

    wel

    l, w

    hich

    was

    han

    ded

    over

    to

    VD

    C a

    fter

    the

    com

    plet

    ion

    of

    cons

    truct

    ion

    wor

    ks. T

    hus t

    he c

    ente

    r has

    suffi

    cien

    t hig

    h qu

    ality

    of w

    ater

    . Th

    e fa

    cilit

    ies,

    such

    as

    the

    gene

    rato

    r, ch

    illin

    g ta

    nk,

    stor

    age

    tank

    , et

    c.,

    look

    wel

    l m

    aint

    aine

    d.

    Ask

    ed w

    heth

    er th

    e co

    oper

    ativ

    e de

    posi

    ts r

    epla

    cem

    ent c

    osts

    of

    the

    faci

    litie

    s fo

    r th

    e fu

    ture

    , the

    ch

    airm

    an s

    aid

    that

    no

    repl

    acem

    ent c

    osts

    are

    dep

    osite

    d bu

    t the

    coo

    pera

    tive

    bear

    s th

    e op

    erat

    ion

    and

    mai

    nten

    ance

    cos

    t and

    it h

    as a

    lread

    y sp

    ent R

    s.900

    ,000

    . The

    Stu

    dy T

    eam

    con

    side

    rs th

    at it

    is

    impo

    rtant

    to d

    epos

    it no

    t onl

    y O

    &M

    cos

    t but

    als

    o re

    plac

    emen

    t cos

    ts o

    f the

    faci

    litie

    s. O

    ther

    wis

    e,

    the

    proj

    ect m

    ay n

    ot b

    e su

    stai

    nabl

    e. S

    ome

    sorts

    of i

    nput

    for t

    he c

    oope

    rativ

    e ar

    e ne

    cess

    ary.

    Th

    e D

    airy

    Dev

    elop

    men

    t C

    orpo

    ratio

    n ha

    s be

    en s

    endi

    ng i

    ts t

    anke

    r tru

    ck e

    very

    day

    to

    colle

    ct

    milk

    . The

    pric

    e of

    milk

    is

    Rs.3

    0/l,

    whi

    ch i

    s no

    t sm

    all

    for

    farm

    ers,

    and

    even

    if

    farm

    ers

    pay

    hand

    ling

    char

    ges a

    nd d

    epos

    it re

    plac

    emen

    t cos

    ts, t

    hey

    can

    reta

    in su

    bsta

    ntia

    l inc

    ome.

    M

    ilk C

    hilli

    ng C

    ente

    r at B

    akun

    debe

    shi

    Annex 1.2

    A - 2

  • M

    ar. 2

    6 (1

    ) Ju

    nar A

    ssoc

    iatio

    n Th

    e Ju

    nar

    asso

    ciat

    ion

    is n

    ot a

    fed

    erat

    ion

    of c

    oope

    rativ

    es, b

    ut a

    Jun

    ar p

    rodu

    cers

    ’ ass

    ocia

    tion,

    or

    gani

    zed.

    The

    Ass

    ocia

    tion

    wor

    ks c

    lose

    ly w

    ith th

    e O

    VO

    P pr

    ogra

    m im

    plem

    ente

    d jo

    intly

    by

    the

    MoA

    C a

    nd A

    EC/F

    NC

    CI i

    n pa

    rtner

    ship

    . A

    sked

    how

    muc

    h qu

    antit

    y of

    Jun

    ar th

    e as

    soci

    atio

    n ha

    ndle

    s a

    year

    , no

    clea

    r an

    swer

    was

    giv

    en

    thou

    gh in

    acc

    orda

    nce

    with

    the

    stat

    istic

    s of J

    unar

    pro

    duct

    ion

    in 2

    007/

    08, p

    rodu

    ctio

    ns in

    Sin

    dhul

    i an

    d R

    amec

    hhap

    are

    17,

    692

    tons

    and

    12,

    950

    tons

    res

    pect

    ivel

    y. T

    he a

    ssoc

    iatio

    n ha

    ndle

    d m

    ore

    than

    110

    tons

    of J

    unar

    last

    yea

    r.

    Ass

    ocia

    tion

    man

    agem

    ent

    expl

    aine

    d th

    at m

    ost

    of t

    he J

    unar

    are

    col

    lect

    ed b

    y In

    dian

    buy

    ers

    at

    farm

    gat

    es i

    n O

    ctob

    er,

    a fe

    stiv

    al s

    easo

    n, b

    efor

    e th

    e fr

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    l rip

    ened

    . Th

    e m

    ost

    appr

    opria

    te se

    ason

    for h

    arve

    st is

    in D

    ecem

    ber,

    but t

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    rmer

    s can

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    ait t

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    d ca

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    estiv

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    e qu

    antit

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    take

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    Ind

    ia,

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    muc

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    m

    arke

    ted

    in K

    athm

    andu

    . Th

    e pr

    ice

    is l

    ess

    than

    Rs.2

    0 pe

    r kg

    and

    rip

    ened

    one

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    e so

    ld a

    t ar

    ound

    Rs.4

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    r kg

    at fa

    rm g

    ates

    . A

    ccor

    ding

    to a

    lead

    er f

    arm

    er, s

    ome

    Juna

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    es w

    ere

    cut a

    few

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    the

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    mar

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    ade

    trans

    porta

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    ever

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    plet

    ing

    Sind

    huli

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    d Se

    ctio

    ns I

    and

    II,

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    t of

    Ind

    ian

    buye

    rs c

    ame

    to t

    he v

    illag

    es.

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    ers

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    n en

    cour

    aged

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    rest

    arte

    d pl

    antin

    g Ju

    nar.

    As

    a re

    sult,

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    ers

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    nced

    sho

    rtage

    of

    sapl

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    as n

    o G

    over

    nmen

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    in th

    e ar

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    ) C

    ourte

    sy V

    isit

    to S

    indh

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    DC

    and

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    DO

    & D

    LSO

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    bmitt

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    e In

    cept

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    Rep

    ort,

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    aine

    d th

    e pu

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    coop

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    o at

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    on N

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    ctiv

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    offi

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    riefe

    d th

    e ag

    ricul

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    ollo

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    9,78

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    ajor

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    nly

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    re p

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    o V

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    aded

    in th

    ree

    cate

    gorie

    s of A

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    tons

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    tons

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    tons

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    d.

    Ju

    nar c

    ultiv

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    1,3

    29 h

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    esid

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    ly 4

    ,000

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    arm

    gat

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    ice

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    -30

    per k

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    d th

    e w

    hole

    sale

    pric

    e in

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    i exc

    eeds

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    r kg.

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    ould

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    etim

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    ited

    by tr

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    s.

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    inar

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    fed

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    gram

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    Sind

    huli

    as fo

    llow

    s:

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    to b

    udge

    t sho

    rtage

    , no

    AI c

    ould

    be

    prac

    ticed

    in S

    indh

    uli a

    nd v

    acci

    ne fo

    r ani

    mal

    dis

    ease

    s is

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    in

    shor

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    pply

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    I an

    d va

    ccin

    atio

    ns a

    re f

    unda

    men

    tal

    requ

    irem

    ents

    for

    pro

    mot

    ion

    of

    lives

    tock

    .

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    ) K

    hany

    akha

    rka

    Vill

    age

    of R

    atan

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    a V

    DC

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    ited

    a Ju

    nar

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    erat

    ive

    enga

    ging

    in

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    r ju

    ice

    prod

    uctio

    n, n

    ear

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    hulig

    hadi

    on

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    re th

    e el

    evat

    ion

    is a

    bout

    1,4

    00 m

    . Th

    e co

    oper

    ativ

    e po

    sses

    ses

    a Ju

    nar

    stor

    age

    and

    proc

    essi

    ng f

    acili

    ty,

    whi

    ch w

    as c

    onst

    ruct

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    thro

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    finan

    cial

    ass

    ista

    nce

    of U

    ND

    P at

    Rs.3

    00,0

    00 a

    nd a

    DD

    C b

    udge

    t of R

    s.100

    ,000

    . Th

    e ju

    ice

    prod

    uctio

    n gr

    oup

    prod

    uces

    5,0

    00 b

    ottle

    s of

    750

    cc

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    r ju

    ice

    annu

    ally

    and

    sel

    ls

    them

    at R

    s.55

    per b

    ottle

    (ret

    ail p

    rice

    is R

    s.60)

    . One

    lot o

    f Jun

    ar ju

    ice

    cont

    ains

    the

    follo

    win

    g: a

    . pu

    re Ju

    nar j

    uice

    ; 16

    kg, b

    . wat

    er; c

    . sug

    ar; 2

    3 kg

    , and

    oth

    er p

    rese

    rvat

    ive,

    aci

    d, e

    tc.

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    Juna

    r tre

    e (1

    5 ye

    ars o

    ld) p

    rodu

    ces a

    ppro

    xim

    atel

    y 50

    kg

    of Ju

    nar f

    ruits

    .

    (4)

    Farm

    in K

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    akha

    rka

    Vill

    age

    of R

    atan

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    DC

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    isite

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    farm

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    ho i

    s a

    mem

    ber

    of t

    he J

    unar

    ju

    ice

    prod

    uctio

    n gr

    oup.

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    poss

    esse

    s 0.

    75 h

    a of

    fa

    rm la

    nd a

    nd c

    ultiv

    ates

    1.0

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    of la

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    clud

    ing

    rent

    ed l

    and.

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    land

    s ar

    e irr

    igat

    ed,

    thou

    gh t

    hey

    are

    loca

    ted

    on s

    teep

    slo

    pes.

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    ily m

    embe

    r is

    10

    nos.

    with

    par

    ents

    , 3

    brot

    her

    and

    sist

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    ildre

    n, h

    is w

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    is fi

    nal e

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    is S

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    asse

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    prod

    uces

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    ar s

    aplin

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    arne

    d ab

    out

    Rs.1

    8,00

    0 a

    year

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    pric

    e of

    a s

    aplin

    g is

    Rs.1

    8.

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    prod

    uces

    Jun

    ar c

    uttin

    g, 2

    ,400

    nos

    . fr

    om 1

    00

    sapl

    ings

    . Th

    e su

    rviv

    al r

    ate

    of c

    uttin

    gs i

    s 42

    %,

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    ch i

    s re

    ason

    able

    acc

    ordi

    ng t

    o an

    offi

    cer

    at

    Kiri

    tpur

    Hor

    ticul

    ture

    Dev

    elop

    men

    t Cen

    ter.

    H

    e pr

    oduc

    es a

    bout

    15,

    000

    piec

    es o

    f Jun

    ar fr

    uit a

    nd s

    ells

    them

    at R

    s.1.0

    per

    pie

    ce to

    trad

    ers

    at

    the

    farm

    gat

    e.

    His

    mai

    n ag

    ricul

    ture

    com

    mod

    ity is

    chi

    li. H

    e to

    ok a

    trai

    ning

    cou

    rse

    for c

    hili

    culti

    vatio

    n fr

    om th

    e N

    GO

    “Yo

    uth

    for

    Sind

    huli

    Prog

    ram

    .” H

    is g

    roup

    of

    150

    farm

    ers

    obta

    ined

    a d

    istri

    ct e

    xten

    sion

    fu

    nd fr

    om D

    AD

    O fo

    r pro

    curin

    g fa

    rm im

    plem

    ents

    .

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    prod

    uced

    20

    quin

    tals

    (2,

    000

    kg)

    of c

    hili,

    gre

    en a

    nd d

    ry,

    and

    earn

    ed a

    ppro

    xim

    atel

    y R

    s.100

    ,000

    last

    yea

    r. O

    ther

    than

    thes

    e in

    com

    es, h

    e pr

    oduc

    es ri

    ce a

    nd th

    e ha

    rves

    t is

    enou

    gh fo

    r ni

    ne m

    onth

    s’ fa

    mily

    con

    sum

    ptio

    n. It

    see

    ms

    that

    the

    rota

    tion

    of p

    addy

    and

    chi

    li av

    oids

    adv

    erse

    ef

    fect

    s of c

    ontin

    uous

    cul

    tivat

    ion

    of H

    VC

    s.

    Mar

    . 27

    (1)

    Juna

    r Sto

    rage

    in S

    indh

    ulim

    adi

    The

    Juna

    r st

    orag

    e fa

    cilit

    y w

    as c

    onst

    ruct

    ed u

    nder

    Jap

    an’s

    gra

    ssro

    ots

    gran

    t ass

    ista

    nce.

    The

    are

    a of

    the

    stor

    age

    is a

    ppro

    xim

    atel

    y 15

    0 m

    2 inc

    ludi

    ng c

    hilli

    ng fa

    cilit

    ies.

    The

    capa

    city

    of t

    he s

    tora

    ge

    is 3

    60 to

    ns a

    t a ti

    me.

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    e of

    f-se

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    ato

    is s

    tore

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    t the

    tim

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    the

    Team

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    nei

    ther

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    nar

    nor

    pota

    to w

    as s

    tore

    d. T

    he l

    and

    was

    pro

    cure

    d by

    the

    ass

    ocia

    tion

    at a

    cos

    t of

    Rs.9

    .9

    mill

    ion.

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    Pine

    appl

    e Fa

    rm in

    Bha

    gam

    ara

    Vill

    age

    in K

    amal

    a M

    unic

    ipal

    ity

    Ju

    nar S

    aplin

    gs w

    ith a

    Far

    mer

    Annex 1.2

    A - 3

  • Alo

    ng t

    he S

    indh

    uli

    road

    , th

    ere

    are

    man

    y pi

    neap

    ple

    plan

    ts g

    row

    ing.

    One

    wom

    en f

    arm

    er

    expl

    aine

    d th

    at s

    he p

    lant

    ed 5

    00 p

    inea

    pple

    s on

    a s

    lopi

    ng la

    nd w

    hich

    is n

    ot u

    sed

    for o

    ther

    cro

    ps.

    Seed

    lings

    wer

    e in

    itial

    ly p

    urch

    ased

    fro

    m th

    e Si

    ndhu

    li fa

    rm. T

    he p

    inea

    pple

    s ar

    e ha

    rves

    ted

    by a

    tra

    der a

    nd h

    e pa

    ys R

    s.8-1

    0 pe

    r pie

    ce. P

    inea

    pple

    is a

    ver

    y pr

    ofita

    ble

    crop

    to fa

    rmer

    s as n

    ot m

    uch

    care

    is re

    quire

    d an

    d no

    seed

    ling

    is re

    quire

    d fr

    om th

    e se

    cond

    cro

    p on

    war

    d.

    (3

    ) C

    ourte

    sy V

    isit

    to S

    indh

    uli D

    DC

    and

    DA

    DO

    & D

    LSO

    M

    et w

    ith t

    he p

    lann

    ing

    offic

    er o

    f th

    e D

    DC

    , su

    bmitt

    ed t

    he I

    ncep

    tion

    Rep

    ort,

    expl

    aine

    d th

    e pu

    rpos

    e of

    the

    stu

    dy a

    nd r

    eque

    sted

    coo

    pera

    tion

    and

    supp

    ort.

    Als

    o at

    tend

    ed b

    y se

    cret

    arie

    s of

    V

    DC

    whe

    re th

    e H

    H su

    rvey

    is b

    eing

    con

    duct

    ed.

    Th

    e pl

    anni

    ng o

    ffice

    r exp

    ress

    ed th

    at th

    e M

    ahot

    tari

    dist

    rict r

    equi

    res t

    he fo

    llow

    ing

    assi

    stan

    ces:

    a)

    irr

    igat

    ion,

    b)

    ag

    ricul

    ture

    ro

    ad,

    c)

    mar

    ket

    faci

    litie

    s, d)

    te

    chni

    cal

    impr

    ovem

    ent,

    e)

    esta

    blis

    hmen

    t of a

    mar

    ketin

    g sy

    stem

    , and

    f) st

    reng

    then

    ing

    of fa

    rmer

    s’ or

    gani

    zatio

    n.

    H

    e ex

    pres

    sed

    that

    ther

    e is

    a g

    reat

    pot

    entia

    l in

    fish

    farm

    ing

    and

    man

    go p

    rodu

    ctio

    n, w

    hich

    are

    no

    t yet

    dev

    elop

    ed in

    a sy

    stem

    atic

    way

    .

    A D

    AD

    O o

    ffice

    r exp

    ress

    ed th

    at th

    ere

    are

    two

    maj

    or p

    oint

    s to

    be

    cons

    ider

    ed. O

    ne is

    irrig

    atio

    n,

    in th

    e so

    uthe

    rn p

    arts

    of t

    he d

    istri

    ct w

    here

    the

    grou

    nd w

    ater

    tabl

    e is

    ver

    y de

    ep, a

    nd th

    e ot

    her i

    s flo

    od c

    ontro

    l. Th

    e flo

    od h

    as d

    amag

    ed n

    ot o

    nly

    irrig

    atio

    n in

    take

    but

    als

    o ch

    ange

    d th

    e w

    ater

    co

    urse

    . Spe

    cific

    ally

    , he

    requ

    este

    d th

    at th

    e Te

    am d

    iscu

    ss w

    ith D

    DC

    and

    DA

    DO

    offi

    cers

    bef

    ore

    the

    final

    izin

    g th

    e re

    port.

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    ther

    mor

    e, h

    e in

    form

    ed t

    he T

    eam

    tha

    t th

    e di

    stric

    t ha

    s on

    ly f

    our

    agric

    ultu

    re s

    ervi

    ce c

    ente

    rs. T

    here

    fore

    , del

    iver

    ing

    serv

    ices

    to th

    e en

    tire

    dist

    rict w

    ith th

    e pr

    esen

    t se

    tup

    is d

    iffic

    ult.

    A D

    LSO

    offi

    cer s

    tate

    d th

    at im

    prov

    emen

    t poi

    nts o

    n th

    e liv

    esto

    ck se

    ctor

    are

    as f

    ollo

    ws:

    a)

    pas

    ture

    are

    a de

    velo

    pmen

    t, b)

    mar

    ketin

    g of

    milk

    and

    goa

    t, c)

    stre

    ngth

    enin

    g of

    AI a

    ctiv

    ities

    , an

    d d)

    pro

    visi

    on o

    f tra

    inin

    g in

    the

    area

    s of

    ani

    mal

    hea

    lth a

    nd v

    eter

    inar

    y m

    edic

    ines

    . The

    re a

    re

    16

    serv

    ice

    cent

    ers/

    sub-

    cent

    ers/

    vete

    rinar

    y ch

    eck

    post

    s und

    er th

    e D

    LSO

    . (4

    ) Fa

    rmer

    Inte

    rvie

    w in

    a V

    illag

    e

    One

    far

    mer

    , 46

    yea

    rs o

    ld,

    has

    11 f

    amily

    m

    embe

    rs

    incl

    udin

    g pa

    rent

    s an

    d se

    ven

    child

    ren.

    He

    is a

    ten

    ant

    farm

    er, c

    ultiv

    atin

    g

    padd

    y an

    d w

    heat

    in

    1.5

    ha o

    f irr

    igat

    ed f

    ield

    an

    d ve

    geta

    bles

    , mai

    nly

    gour

    ds, i

    n 0.

    25 h

    a of

    la

    nd. T

    he la

    nd o

    wne

    r tak

    es 5

    0% o

    f his

    pad

    dy

    prod

    uctio

    n an

    d be

    ars

    50%

    of

    the

    tota

    l cos

    t of

    culti

    vatio

    n. A

    s he

    can

    pro

    duce

    food

    suf

    ficie

    nt

    for

    only

    six

    mon

    ths,

    he h

    as to

    go

    to J

    anak

    pur

    for

    labo

    r w

    orks

    to

    feed

    his

    fam

    ily f

    or t

    he

    rem

    aini

    ng si

    x m

    onth

    s of t

    he y

    ear.

    He

    has

    one

    buffa

    lo a

    nd o

    ne c

    ow to

    pro

    duce

    milk

    . Afte

    r ca

    lvin

    g, m

    ilk is

    pro

    duce

    d fo

    r ei

    ght

    mon

    ths

    and

    ther

    e w

    ill b

    e no

    pro

    duct

    ion

    for

    18 m

    onth

    s. A

    buf

    falo

    and

    a c

    ow p

    rodu

    ce 6

    lite

    rs

    Pine

    appl

    e Pl

    ants

    in B

    haga

    mar

    a V

    illag

    e

    Fa

    rmer

    s Int

    ervi

    ew in

    Mah

    otta

    ri

    and

    4 lit

    ers o

    f milk

    per

    day

    resp

    ectiv

    ely.

    Fou

    r lite

    rs o

    f buf

    falo

    milk

    and

    2 li

    ters

    of c

    ow m

    ilk a

    re

    sold

    out

    .

    Seed

    s fo

    r cul

    tivat

    ion

    are

    proc

    ured

    from

    Indi

    a. H

    e se

    lls th

    e ve

    geta

    bles

    in th

    e vi

    llage

    as

    trade

    rs

    com

    e to

    buy

    veg

    etab

    les t

    here

    . H

    e di

    d no

    t go

    to s

    choo

    l and

    is il

    liter

    ate,

    but

    he

    can

    calc

    ulat

    e. H

    e ha

    s no

    t sen

    t all

    girl

    child

    ren

    to s

    choo

    l, in

    clud

    ing

    the

    elde

    st o

    ne w

    ho is

    now

    22

    year

    s ol

    d. H

    owev

    er, h

    e ha

    s be

    en s

    endi

    ng h

    is

    14-y

    ear-o

    ld so

    n to

    scho

    ol. H

    e is

    in g

    rade

    6.

    (5

    ) Fa

    rmer

    Inte

    rvie

    w in

    a V

    illag

    e, P

    ipra

    Th

    e fa

    rmer

    has

    0.3

    3 ha

    land

    and

    cul

    tivat

    es p

    addy

    , whe

    at, d

    al a

    nd g

    reen

    bea

    n. E

    arlie

    r, th

    is la

    nd

    had

    irrig

    atio

    n fa

    cilit

    y. T

    oday

    , the

    land

    is n

    ot ir

    rigat

    ed a

    s th

    e riv

    er c

    hang

    ed it

    s co

    urse

    and

    wat

    er

    does

    not

    com

    e to

    the

    cana

    l any

    mor

    e.

    To in

    spec

    t the

    con

    ditio

    ns o

    f the

    irrig

    atio

    n in

    take

    , whi

    ch is

    not

    func

    tioni

    ng a

    t pre

    sent

    , the

    Tea

    m

    visi

    ted

    the

    site

    and

    foun

    d th

    at o

    rigin

    al in

    take

    had

    a te

    mpo

    rary

    wei

    r whi

    ch ra

    ised

    wat

    er le

    vel b

    y ne

    arly

    1.5

    m. W

    hen

    the

    river

    cha

    nged

    its

    cour

    se, i

    t was

    not

    pos

    sibl

    e to

    con

    stru

    ct a

    tem

    pora

    ry

    wei

    r. Th

    is d

    istu

    rbed

    the

    irr

    igat

    ion

    faci

    lity.

    Fur

    ther

    mor

    e, t

    he q

    ualit

    y of

    riv

    er w

    ater

    has

    bee

    n de

    terio

    rate

    d du

    e to

    a p

    aper

    fac

    tory

    in

    the

    uppe

    r st

    ream

    . Col

    or o

    f th

    e w

    ater

    in

    the

    river

    has

    tu

    rned

    bla

    ck a

    nd i

    t sm

    ells

    bad

    . Ev

    en i

    f th

    e in

    take

    is

    reha

    bilit

    ated

    , th

    e w

    ater

    may

    not

    be

    appr

    opria

    te fo

    r irr

    igat

    ion.

    Mar

    . 28

    (1)

    Vis

    it to

    Dha

    lkeb

    ar V

    eget

    able

    Tra

    nsit

    Mar

    ket

    Met

    with

    a s

    ecre

    tary

    (m

    anag

    er)

    of th

    e M

    arke

    t Man

    agem

    ent C

    omm

    ittee

    (M

    MC

    ) an

    d ob

    tain

    ed

    info

    rmat

    ion.

    The

    mar

    ket i

    s a

    faci

    lity

    of M

    OA

    C, b

    ut m

    anag

    emen

    t is

    fully

    con

    trolle

    d by

    MM

    C.

    The

    mar

    ket c

    over

    s six

    VD

    Cs.

    The

    mar

    ket w

    as c

    onst

    ruct

    ed in

    199

    8 th

    roug

    h th

    e FA

    O’s

    sup

    port.

    It h

    as a

    n ar

    ea o

    f 0.7

    6 ha

    with

    tw

    o m

    arke

    ting

    build

    ings

    and

    one

    adm

    inis

    tratio

    n cu

    m a

    ccom

    mod

    atio

    n bu

    ildin

    g, w

    hich

    pro

    vide

    s 26

    bed

    s. M

    MC

    con

    sist

    s of

    nin

    e m

    embe

    rs: s

    ix m

    embe

    rs s

    elec

    ted

    from

    25

    regi

    ster

    ed tr

    ader

    s, on

    e se

    lect

    ed

    from

    rep

    rese

    ntat

    ives

    of

    16 f

    arm

    ers’

    grou

    ps,

    one

    Dha

    lkeb

    ar V

    DC

    cha

    irman

    and

    one

    DA

    DO

    pl

    anni

    ng o

    ffice

    r. M

    arke

    t man

    ager

    is th

    e se

    cret

    ary

    of M

    MC

    mee

    ting.

    Th

    e so

    urce

    of t

    he m

    arke

    t’s in

    com

    e is

    as f

    ollo

    ws:

    a)

    ren

    tal

    shop

    s: 3

    2 ch

    ambe

    rs (

    Rs.3

    00/m

    onth

    eac

    h),

    28 r

    etai

    l sh

    ops

    (Rs.1

    00/m

    onth

    eac

    h),

    4 st

    ores

    (Rs.2

    50/m

    onth

    eac

    h)

    b) w

    eigh

    ing

    faci

    lity:

    Rs.2

    .0/w

    eigh

    ing

    for b

    elow

    50

    kg, R

    s.5.0

    /wei

    ghin

    g fo

    r abo

    ve 5

    0 kg

    c)

    par

    king

    : tru

    ck (R

    s.50)

    , min

    i tru

    ck (R

    s.20)

    , bus

    (Rs.2

    0), t

    ract

    or (R

    s.20)

    , etc

    . d)

    mar

    ketin

    g ch

    arge

    : pum

    pkin

    (Rs.5

    0 pe

    r 100

    pie

    ces)

    , tom

    ato

    (Rs.2

    .0 p

    er 2

    0kg

    crat

    e)

    e) a

    ccom

    mod

    atio

    n: R

    s.25/

    nigh

    t for

    farm

    ers,

    Rs.3

    0/ni

    ght f

    or tr

    ader

    s

    f) p

    last

    ic c

    rate

    rent

    al: R

    s.0.5

    /pie

    ce/d

    ay

    Tota

    l ann

    ual i

    ncom

    e re

    ache

    s R

    s.500

    ,000

    -600

    ,000

    . Of t

    his

    amou

    nt, 2

    0% is

    use

    d fo

    r sta

    ff sa

    lary

    an

    d re

    mai

    ning

    for t

    he m

    anag

    emen

    t cos

    t of t

    he m

    arke

    t and

    hig

    h sc

    hool

    ope

    ratio

    n.

    It se

    ems

    that

    the

    mar

    ket i

    s m

    anag

    ed a

    nd fu

    nctio

    ning

    wel

    l tho

    ugh

    the

    day

    the

    Team

    vis

    ited

    was

    no

    t a m

    arke

    t day

    .

    (2)

    Vis

    it to

    Bar

    diba

    s Col

    lect

    ion/

    Tran

    sit M

    arke

    t Th

    e B

    ardi

    bas

    mar

    ket

    was

    con

    stru

    cted

    in

    the

    sam

    e pe

    riod

    whe

    n th

    e D

    halk

    ebar

    mar

    ket

    was

    Annex 1.2

    A - 4

  • cons

    truct

    ed

    unde

    r U

    ND

    P fu

    nd.

    The

    MM

    C

    chai

    rman

    and

    man

    ager

    exp

    lain

    ed t

    he p

    rese

    nt

    situ

    atio

    n of

    the

    mar

    ket.

    Land

    pla

    nned

    was

    0.7

    5 ha

    but

    act

    ual l

    and

    avai

    labl

    e w

    as 0

    .4 h

    a, a

    nd a

    s la

    nd

    is

    owne

    d by

    a

    near

    by

    high

    sc

    hool

    , m

    anag

    emen

    t is

    co

    mpl

    icat

    ed.

    The

    mar

    ket

    is

    loca

    ted

    besi

    de th

    e B

    ardi

    bas r

    etai

    l mar

    ket o

    pene

    d tw

    ice

    a w

    eek.

    The

    re s

    eem

    s to

    be

    little

    diff

    eren

    ce

    betw

    een

    the

    two.

    D

    ue to

    diff

    icul

    ty f

    or tr

    ucks

    to e

    nter

    , the

    mar

    ket

    does

    not

    seem

    to b

    e fu

    nctio

    ning

    wel

    l.

    (3)

    Inte

    rvie

    w to

    a L

    eadi

    ng F

    arm

    er in

    Bar

    diba

    s:

    The

    farm

    er's

    fam

    ily h

    as 1

    8 m

    embe

    rs in

    clud

    ing

    his

    pare

    nts,

    his

    wife

    and

    sev

    en c

    hild

    ren,

    and

    his

    br

    othe

    r's fa

    mily

    , who

    se e

    ldes

    t son

    is m

    arrie

    d w

    ith th

    ree

    child

    ren.

    H

    is f

    amily

    im

    mig

    rate

    d to

    thi

    s vi

    llage

    60

    year

    s ag

    o an

    d se

    ttled

    afte

    r co

    nver

    ting

    a fo

    rest

    int

    o fa

    rmla

    nd. L

    ater

    he

    proc

    ured

    oth

    er p

    eopl

    e’s

    land

    too.

    Acc

    ordi

    ng to

    the

    fam

    ily, t

    his

    fam

    ily u

    sed

    to o

    wn

    300

    ha o

    f lan

    d. D

    ue to

    floo

    d an

    d ot

    her r

    easo

    ns th

    ey n

    ow c

    ultiv

    ate

    only

    2.2

    5 ha

    . He

    has

    busi

    ness

    in

    addi

    tion

    to f

    arm

    ing.

    The

    pre

    sent

    pro

    blem

    is

    that

    the

    irr

    igat

    ion

    faci

    litie

    s ar

    e no

    t fu

    nctio

    ning

    wel

    l. H

    e ex

    plai

    ned

    suga

    rcan

    e cu

    ltiva

    tion

    is m

    ore

    prof

    itabl

    e th

    an p

    addy

    and

    oth

    er

    crop

    s.

    3

    Vis

    it to

    Dha

    ding

    AT

    EIP

    Are

    a on

    Mar

    . 31

    Vis

    ited

    Dha

    ding

    Bes

    i, di

    stric

    t hea

    dqua

    rters

    of

    the

    Dha

    ding

    dis

    trict

    and

    met

    with

    DA

    DO

    offi

    cers

    . M

    r. M

    omita

    , JIC

    A N

    epal

    , Ms.

    Shib

    uta,

    ex-

    expe

    rt of

    ATE

    IP, a

    nd M

    r. K

    anam

    ori w

    ere

    toge

    ther

    .

    Thro

    ugh

    the

    visi

    t, th

    e Te

    am l

    earn

    t th

    at A

    TEIP

    con

    tribu

    ted

    to t

    he i

    mpr

    ovem

    ent

    of s

    kills

    for

    ve

    geta

    ble

    culti

    vatio

    n fo

    r bo

    th D

    AD

    O e

    xten

    sion

    wor

    kers

    and

    far

    mer

    s. M

    any

    AD

    C m

    embe

    rs a

    lso

    appr

    ecia

    ted

    the

    activ

    ities

    of t

    he P

    roje

    ct, e

    spec

    ially

    mic

    ro-ir

    rigat

    ion.

    A D

    AD

    O o

    ffice

    r exp

    lain

    ed th

    at

    activ

    ities

    car

    ried

    out u

    nder

    ATE

    IP a

    re c

    ontin

    ued

    with

    the

    supp

    ort o

    f SD

    C-f

    unde

    d Su

    stai

    nabl

    e So

    il M

    anag

    emen

    t Pro

    gram

    me

    (SSM

    P).

    It w

    as a

    lso

    impr

    essi

    ve th

    at a

    Nau

    bise

    AD

    C E

    /M fa

    rmer

    initi

    ated

    to d

    isse

    min

    ate

    the

    book

    keep

    ing

    of

    farm

    ing

    expe

    nses

    in s

    uch

    a w

    ay th

    at f

    arm

    ers

    coul

    d un

    ders

    tand

    wel

    l abo

    ut th

    e co

    st a

    nd b

    enef

    it of

    ag

    ricul

    ture

    . The

    AD

    C w

    as in

    the

    proc

    ess o

    f est

    ablis

    hing

    an

    agric

    ultu

    re c

    oope

    rativ

    e.

    One

    of

    the

    key

    conc

    erns

    now

    is

    that

    som

    e A

    DC

    mem

    bers

    hav

    e st

    oppe

    d at

    tend

    ing

    the

    mee

    tings

    re

    gula

    rly a

    fter t

    he d

    epar

    ture

    of J

    apan

    ese

    expe

    rts. T

    he c

    hairp

    erso

    n ap

    prec

    iate

    d th

    e Te

    am’s

    vis

    it an

    d co

    mm

    itted

    that

    afte

    r thi

    s eve

    rybo

    dy w

    ill a

    ttend

    the

    mee

    ting.

    4

    Vis

    it to

    Kir

    itpur

    Hor

    ticul

    ture

    Dev

    elop

    men

    t Cen

    ter

    The

    faci

    litie

    s ar

    e co

    nstru

    cted

    und

    er th

    e gr

    ant a

    id a

    nd it

    see

    ms

    that

    the

    farm

    s ar

    e m

    aint

    aine

    d w

    ell.

    A

    soil

    scie

    ntis

    t exp

    lain

    ed th

    e pa

    st a

    nd o

    ngoi

    ng re

    sear

    ch a

    ctiv

    ities

    in th

    e ce

    nter

    .

    Mai

    n cr

    ops

    unde

    r re

    sear

    ch a

    t pr

    esen

    t ar

    e gr

    ape,

    per

    sim

    mon

    , pea

    r an

    d ci

    trus.

    Sele

    ctio

    n of

    bet

    ter

    varie

    ties

    of p

    ersi

    mm

    on a

    nd p

    ear h

    as b

    een

    com

    plet

    ed. F

    or p

    ersi

    mm

    on, “

    Jiro

    ” is

    pre

    fera

    ble

    beca

    use

    of sh

    ape

    and

    tast

    e. F

    or p

    ear,

    “Hos

    ui”

    is re

    com

    men

    ded.

    Th

    e pr

    esen

    t re

    sear

    ch f

    ocus

    es o

    n ho

    w t

    o pr

    olon

    g th

    e ha

    rves

    ting

    perio

    d an

    d to

    im

    prov

    e st

    orag

    e te

    chno

    logi

    es. R

    esea

    rch

    on ro

    otst

    ock

    of p

    ersi

    mm

    on a

    nd p

    ear i

    s als

    o co

    ntin

    ued.

    It se

    ems t

    hat J

    unar

    is

    not a

    maj

    or su

    bjec

    t for

    rese

    arch

    now

    .

    Cro

    p of

    E/M

    Far

    mer

    of A

    TEIP

    5

    Seco

    nd F

    ield

    Tri

    p, A

    pr. 5

    to 8

    A

    pr. 5

    (1

    ) C

    ourte

    sy v

    isit

    to D

    olak

    ha D

    DC

    and

    DA

    DO

    & D

    LSO

    M

    et w

    ith th

    e Lo

    cal D

    evel

    opm

    ent O

    ffice

    r, D

    DC

    and

    sub

    mitt

    ed th

    e In

    cept

    ion

    Rep

    ort,

    expl

    aine

    d th

    e pu

    rpos

    e of

    the

    stud

    y an

    d re

    ques

    ted

    coop

    erat

    ion

    and

    supp

    ort.

    DTO

    , DA

    DO

    , DLS

    O o

    ffice

    rs

    wer

    e al

    so p

    rese

    nt.

    Als

    o at

    tend

    ed b

    y se

    cret

    arie

    s of

    VD

    C w

    here

    the

    HH

    sur

    vey

    is b

    eing

    co

    nduc

    ted.

    D

    TO e

    xpla

    ined

    tha

    t its

    prio

    rity

    in t

    he d

    istri

    ct i

    s (1

    ) ro

    ad,

    (2)

    wat

    er s

    uppl

    y, (

    3) b

    ridge

    , (4

    ) irr

    igat

    ion

    and

    (5) c

    omm

    unity

    brid

    ge. D

    AD

    O’s

    prio

    rity

    was

    slig

    htly

    diff

    eren

    t.

    DA

    DO

    exp

    lain

    ed a

    bout

    tea

    prod

    uctio

    n in

    Jiri

    as fo

    llow

    s:

    a.

    Tea

    in Ji

    ri st

    arte

    d in

    200

    3. S

    aplin

    gs

    and

    tech

    nolo

    gies

    wer

    e in

    trodu

    ced

    from

    Ilam

    . b.

    N

    ow 1

    50 f

    arm

    ers

    are

    invo

    lved

    and

    pl

    antin

    g ar

    ea h

    as b

    een

    exte

    nded

    to

    170

    ha.

    c.

    Last

    ye

    ar

    prod

    uctio

    n w

    as

    270

    kg,

    incl

    udin

    g 70

    kg

    by a

    coo

    pera

    tive

    and

    200

    kg b

    y a

    priv

    ate

    com

    pany

    . A

    pr. 6

    (1

    ) M

    arke

    t Res

    earc

    h in

    Jiri

    In th

    e ea

    rly m

    orni

    ng, r

    esea

    rch

    of th

    e pr

    ices

    of a

    gric

    ultu

    ral c

    omm

    odity

    was

    con

    duct

    ed a

    nd th

    e pr

    ices

    wer

    e as

    follo

    ws:

    a)

    dry

    chi

    li: ro

    unde

    d ch

    ili (D

    alle

    Khu

    rsan

    i in

    Nep

    ali),

    Rs.1

    ,000

    /kg;

    Aka

    si, R

    s.500

    /kg;

    Ram

    uche

    , R

    s.400

    /kg

    b)

    gin

    ger,

    Rs.7

    5/kg

    c)

    turm

    eric

    , Rs.1

    20/k

    g

    d) d

    ry o

    nion

    , Rs.3

    5/kg

    e)

    gar

    lic, R

    s.65/

    kg

    f) p

    otat

    o, R

    s.20/

    kg

    g) c

    abba

    ge, R

    s.25/

    kg

    h)

    loca

    l eg

    g,

    Rs.6

    .0/p

    iece

    ; eg

    g fr

    om

    Kat

    hman

    du, R

    s.5.0

    /pie

    ce

    Man

    y ve

    geta

    bles

    com

    e fr

    om K

    athm

    andu

    .

    (2)

    Inte

    rvie

    w w

    ith a

    Far

    mer

    at

    Patit

    al V

    illag

    e in

    Ji

    ri V

    DC

    Th

    e fa

    rmer

    is D

    alit

    as a

    lmos

    t all

    villa

    gers

    are

    D

    alit

    and

    farm

    er c

    um b

    lack

    smith

    . His

    fam

    ily

    cons

    ists

    of 1

    4 m

    embe

    rs, w

    hich

    incl

    ude

    the

    fam

    ilies

    of h

    is t

    hree

    son

    s w

    ho a

    re w

    orki

    ng

    abro

    ad―

    two

    in M

    alay

    sia

    and

    one

    in I

    ndia

    . H

    e al

    so h

    as tw

    o ot

    her

    sons

    who

    live

    inde

    pend

    ently

    and

    two

    mar

    ried

    dau

    ghte

    rs.

    One

    of h

    is so

    ns w

    orki

    ng in

    Mal

    aysi

    a go

    t a lo

    an o

    f Rs.1

    10,0

    00 w

    ith a

    n in

    tere

    st o

    f 3%

    per

    mon

    th.

    He

    has

    yet t

    o pa

    y ba

    ck R

    s.60,

    000.

    Bec

    ause

    he

    mus

    t ret

    urn

    the

    loan

    with

    inte

    rest

    , net

    ear

    ning

    s fr

    om w

    orki

    ng a

    broa

    d is

    abo

    ut R

    s.2,0

    00 p

    er m

    onth

    . It m

    ight

    take

    ano

    ther

    thre

    e ye

    ars

    to r

    epay

    th

    e to

    tal l

    oan.

    In

    terv

    iew

    at P

    atita

    l Vill

    age,

    Jiri

    Te

    rrac

    e ne

    ar C

    harik

    ot

    Annex 1.2

    A - 5

  • The

    farm

    er is

    illit

    erat

    e. H

    e ow

    ns 1

    .5 h

    a of

    land

    and

    pr

    oduc

    es fo

    od e

    noug

    h fo

    r abo

    ut s

    ix m

    onth

    s fr

    om h

    is

    farm

    . H

    e ge

    ts b

    y w

    ith a

    dditi

    onal

    inc

    ome

    from

    bl

    acks

    mith

    ing

    and

    rem

    ittan

    ce.

    He

    poss

    esse

    s on

    e co

    w a

    nd o

    ne b

    uffa

    lo fo

    r m

    ilk a

    nd

    a m

    ale

    buffa

    lo f

    or c

    ultiv

    atio

    n, a

    s w

    ell

    as 1

    0 go

    ats,

    five

    chic

    kens

    and

    one

    pig

    . He

    depe

    nds

    on D

    LSO

    for

    his

    lives

    tock

    and

    he

    has

    to b

    ear T

    A (R

    s200

    -300

    ) for

    JT

    of

    DLS

    O s

    ervi

    ces.

    DA

    DO

    JT/

    JTA

    cam

    e to

    the

    vi

    llage

    tw

    ice

    in t

    he l

    ast

    thre

    e ye

    ars

    and

    prov

    ided

    tra

    inin

    g fo

    r com

    post

    mak

    ing.

    (3)

    Inte

    rvie

    w w

    ith Ji

    ri V

    DC

    Sec

    reta

    ry

    In J

    iri V

    DC

    , the

    tota

    l num

    ber

    of h

    ouse

    hold

    s is

    abo

    ut 1

    ,800

    and

    pop

    ulat

    ion

    is a

    ppro

    xim

    atel

    y 8,

    500.

    Ann

    ual V

    DC

    bud

    get i

    s R

    s.2.1

    5M: R

    s.400

    ,000

    is s

    pent

    for a

    dmin

    istra

    tion

    and

    the

    rest

    is

    for d

    evel

    opm

    ent.

    Prio

    rity

    orde

    r of d

    evel

    opm

    ent i

    s: a

    ) wat

    er s

    uppl

    y, b

    ) roa

    d, c

    ) irr

    igat

    ion

    and

    d)

    agric

    ultu

    re tr

    aini

    ng. V

    DC

    sta

    ff co

    nsis

    ts o

    f a s

    ecre

    tary

    , tw

    o so

    cial

    mob

    ilize

    rs, t

    hree

    tech

    nici

    ans,

    four

    bac

    k-up

    teac

    hers

    and

    one

    offi

    ce h

    elpe

    r. Th

    e se

    cret

    ary

    expl

    aine

    d ab

    out t

    ea p

    lant

    atio

    n. T

    ea 5

    ,000

    sap

    lings

    wer

    e in

    trodu

    ced

    by a

    JO

    CV

    m

    embe

    r fro

    m Il

    am a

    nd tr

    ansp

    orta

    tion

    cost

    was

    bor

    ne b

    y V

    DC

    . The

    re is

    a te

    a co

    oper

    ativ

    e w

    ith

    abou

    t 70

    mem

    bers

    . Oth

    er th

    an th

    e co

    oper

    ativ

    e, o

    ne p

    rivat

    e te

    a co

    mpa

    ny h

    as b

    een

    esta

    blis

    hed

    to

    prod

    uce

    tea.

    Te

    a pr

    oduc

    tion

    of th

    e co

    oper

    ativ

    e is

    not

    muc

    h an

    d its

    maj

    or a

    ctiv

    ity is

    sav

    ing

    and

    cred

    it. T

    ea

    prod

    uctio

    n of

    the

    priv

    ate

    com

    pany

    is in

    crea

    sing

    . Th

    e se

    cret

    ary

    also

    exp

    lain

    ed th

    at in

    Jiri

    VD

    C, s

    eed

    pota

    to p

    rodu

    ctio

    n is

    pop

    ular

    and

    trad

    ers

    from

    Tar

    ai c

    ome

    to p

    rocu

    re p

    otat

    o an

    d ta

    ke th

    em to

    Tar

    ai a

    nd I

    ndia

    . To

    prod

    uce

    seed

    pot

    ato,

    fa

    rmer

    s us

    e fu

    lly d

    ecom

    pose

    d co

    mpo

    st. P

    rice

    of s

    eed

    pota

    to is

    usu

    ally

    thre

    e tim

    es h

    ighe

    r tha

    n th

    at o

    f tab

    le p

    otat

    o an

    d so

    met

    imes

    the

    pric

    e ex

    ceed

    s R

    s.100

    /kg.

    Eve

    ry s

    easo

    n 60

    -70

    truck

    s of

    se

    ed p

    otat

    oes

    are

    sent

    to

    Tara

    i th

    roug

    h K

    athm

    andu

    . If

    a br

    idge

    is

    built

    on

    Sun

    Kos

    hi r

    iver

    , tra

    nspo

    rtatio

    n tim

    e w

    ill b

    e dr

    astic

    ally

    redu

    ced

    with

    the

    use

    of th

    e Si

    ndhu

    li R

    oad.

    (4)

    Vis

    it to

    Liv

    esto

    ck D

    evel

    opm

    ent F

    arm

    , Jiri

    Th

    e fa

    rm w

    as e

    stab

    lishe

    d in

    Aug

    ust,

    1957

    by t

    he G

    over

    nmen

    t w

    ith f

    inan

    cial

    and

    tec

    hnic

    al

    assi

    stan

    ce

    from

    th

    e Sw

    iss

    Gov

    ernm

    ent.

    Late

    r th

    e fa

    rm

    beca

    me

    a co

    mpo

    nent

    of

    Ji

    ri M

    ulti-

    purp

    ose

    Dev

    elop

    men

    t Pro

    ject

    .

    The

    farm

    has

    85

    ha o

    f la

    nd w

    ith 2

    3 pe

    rman

    ent s

    taff

    mem

    bers

    . The

    re a

    re th

    ree

    JT/J

    TAs

    unde

    r on

    e Li

    vest

    ock

    Dev

    elop

    men

    t Offi

    cer t

    o m

    anag

    e th

    e fa

    rm. T

    he p

    urpo

    se o

    f the

    farm

    is to

    incr

    ease

    pr

    oduc

    tion

    and

    prod

    uctiv

    ity o

    f dai

    ry c

    attle

    and

    pig

    s at t

    he fa

    rmer

    s’ le

    vel.

    Ther

    e ar

    e 27

    adu

    lt Je

    rsey

    cow

    s, ei

    ght

    adul

    t B

    row

    n Sw

    iss

    cow

    s, tw

    o br

    eedi

    ng b

    ulls

    , and

    17

    fem

    ale

    and

    two

    mal

    e sw

    ine

    for p

    igle

    t pro

    duct

    ion

    in th

    e fa

    rm. C

    alf p

    rodu

    ctio

    n in

    200

    7 w

    as 2

    2:

    10 m

    ale

    and

    12 fe

    mal

    e. In

    200

    7, it

    dis

    tribu

    ted

    152

    pigl

    ets

    to fa

    rmer

    s at

    the

    rate

    of R

    s.1,2

    00 p

    er

    pigl

    et. A

    s the

    dem

    and

    is v

    ery

    high

    , the

    farm

    enc

    oura

    ges f

    arm

    ers t

    o br

    eed.

    (5)

    Vis

    it to

    Agr

    icul

    tura

    l Ser

    vice

    Cen

    ter a

    nd L

    ives

    tock

    Ser

    vice

    Cen

    ter

    Bot

    h se

    rvic

    e ce

    nter

    s ar

    e lo

    cate

    d in

    the

    sam

    e bu

    ildin

    g ne

    ar th

    e Li

    vest

    ock

    Dev

    elop

    men

    t Far

    m

    and

    the

    Team

    had

    a ta

    lk w

    ith JT

    /JTA

    .

    Afte

    r th

    e ne

    w G

    over

    nmen

    t w

    as f

    orm

    ed,

    it w

    as a

    nnou

    nced

    tha

    t ex

    perie

    nced

    JTs

    wer

    e to

    be

    Jiri

    Live

    stoc

    k Fa

    rm

    prom

    oted

    to o

    ffice

    rs. H

    owev

    er, o

    rgan

    izat

    ion

    setu

    p ha

    s no

    t be

    en c

    hang

    ed a

    nd t

    he m

    otiv

    atio

    n of

    JT

    /JTA

    has

    bee

    n de

    crea

    sed.

    Mor

    eove

    r, no

    TA

    /DA