Market Access for Iturill Develol~elee t (hlAI1I)/ Tcc1111ienl Assistctnt Tei~nl)

PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT Palpa District

MARDLumbini-Gandaki Technical Report No. 107

Prepared by

Abdur Rauf, District Co-ordinator Mohamad- Mujtaba, Motivator

Chet Kumari Gurung, Motivator

January 31,2002

US AID Contract No. 367-C-00-97-00030-05, Project No. 367-0 167

Kathmandu Office Bhat Bhateni G.P.O. Box: 8Q75 E.P.C. 5399 Kathmandu. Nepal. Phone No. : 4-13191 Faxblo :977-1-413454 E -rnzil .rnard@mos corn np

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Pocket VDCs 1 Tansen NP 2. Madanpokhar-a 3. Masyam 4. Dovan

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Table of Contents

Page Li st of Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii List of Tables i v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . Background 1 3 2 . Project Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 3 3 . Project Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -

4 . Project Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 . Demogaphy of MARD Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 . MARD Intervention Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 . Status of Farmer Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 . Major Accomplishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 9 . Summary of major accomplishlnent during 1998-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 10 . Summary of OFD Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 1 1 . Problem encountered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -19 1 2 . Major Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1 3 . Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

1 . Demography of MARD sites .............................................................................. -21 2 . Farmer groups profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -22-45 3 . Status of Marketing group ................................................................................... -46 4 . District Progress Status report of FY 199 8199 ..................................................... 50 5 . On site training during 1998/99 ........................................................................... 52 6 . Intervention component wise, 1999/'2000 ............................................................ 53 7 . Farmers field day .................................................................................................. 54 8 . OFD result - Cauliflower ................................................................................... - 5 5 9 . Details of Nutrition Education training ................................................................ 57

. 1 0a MARD Intervention during 1 99 8/99 ................................................................... 58 lob . On site training .................................................................................................... 63 1 0b . Status of Marketing group ................................................................................... -63

. 1 1 On-farm Demonstration ..................................................................................... 64 12 . Farmers Field day ............................................................................................... 6 5 13 . Nutrition Improvement Activities ....................................................................... 66

. 14 NET .................................................................................................................... 67

. 15 Buttom-up Planning and Policy Reform ............................................................. 68 16 . OFD Results - Potato ........................................................................................... 69

. 17 OST Vegetable crops ........................................................................................... 70 1 8 . FFD and Tours FY 2000/0 1 ................................................................................. 71 19 . On-site Training Conducted for Vegetable and Kitchen Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

. 20 Other Activities Including OSTs Conducted in Palpa District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

List of Acronyms

ARD CTO DADO DC FFD FG ha HES HH HMG IPM KG Kg LA M M&E TO M&ES M ARD MG MS MT NC NGO NP NS OFD PC PC0 RDA SES SMS STC T A TDB TL TOM USATDM VDC W WRDA

Agriculture and Rural De~elopment Cognizant Technical Officer District Agriculture De\.elopment Office Officer District Co-ordinator Fanner Field Day Farmer Group Hectare Horticulture Extension Specialist Household His Majesty's Government Integrated Paste Management Kitchen Garden Kilogram Line Agency Motivator Monitoring and Eva1 uation Technical Officer Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Market Access for Rural Development Marketing Group Marketing Specialist Metric Ton Nutrition Co-ordinator Non-government Organization Nagarpalika (Municipality) Nutrition Specialist On-fann Demonstration Pro-ject Co-ordinator Project Co-ordinator's Office Regional Directorate of Agriculture Senior Extension Specialist Sub; ect Matter Specialist Short Tenn Consultant Technical Assistant To be Decided Team Leader Technical Officer Marketing United States Agency for International Development Nepal Village Development Committee Week Western Regional Director of Agriculture

Acknowledgement

We would like to express our sincere thanks to all who have cooperated and contributed in preparing this report in this form.

First of all, we like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. B B. Mathama Team Leader of MARD Chemonics T.4 team for his continuous \~aluable support and guidance in implementing TA actilrities in the district.

Dr. T. N. Shrestha' HES, Dr. S. K. Choudhaq' SES? Dr. Pan7ati Shresthai NS. Mr. -4jay Ba~racharya MS, and Mr. R. B. Shrestha. M&ES deserve the special thanks for providing necessar) technical support and guidance in implementing field activities and its monitoring.

Likewise, we would also like to extend sincere thanks to all MARD administrative staff - Mr. Rajju Man Pradhani admin officer, Mr. Golden Rana, Mr. Dhan Mahar-jan, and others for their valuable co-operation and support.

Mr. B.B Ha~nal; ADO, and his officeifield staff of the District Agriculture Developinent Officei Palpa deserve special thanks for their valuable co-operation and co-ordination support in implementing TA activities in the field.

Last but not the least, our sincere thanks and appreciations goes to all farmer groups (production & Marketing groups) and its members, NDHs and ALTO-vets of MARD pocket, without their cooperation and contribution, the program would have not been successful.

Abdur Rauf, District Co-ordinator Mohamad Muj taba, Motivator Chet Kumari Gurung, Motivator MARD TA Team, Palpa

List of Tables

Title Page

MARD Intenrention sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Status of Production group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Status of farmers group in Palpa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Production Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Accomplishment during 1998199 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 BUP Workshop ................................................................................................ 8

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Group mobilization training 8 OFD Result ...................................................................................................... 9

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accomplishment during 1999!00 1 0

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PIccoinplishment during 2000!0 1 14 Workplan of farmer groups ............................................................................. -15