THE SMALL EARTH NEPAL

Small farm holders of Kapilvastu District own small pieces of land and lack diversified income sources often limiting the availability of food throughout the year exacerbated by drought. The majority of the population of Jayanagar Community belongs to a marginalized community. The farmers of the community are very enthusiastic about drip irrigation. Drip irrigation is water-efficient (70%), cost-effective, less time-consuming, convenient to use with surplus yield, and is a gender-friendly strategy. Large irrigation may not be economical for small farm holders. Therefore, drip irrigation has been proposed for vegetable farming through deep boring. Vegetable farming is efficient in generating income within a short time even from a small land holding to ensure food security, and nutritional value thereby improving the livelihood of the people. Improved seed varieties will also be provided to the farmers for rural enterprise development in consultation with local governing bodies and stakeholders.

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