Enhancing food security through scaling up of climate smart agricultural practices in Rice-lentil system in Dang, Banke, Bardia and Kailali districts.
Budget: 5246760.00
Direct HH Coverage: 2000
District: Banke, Bardiya, Dang, Kailali
End Date:
Funding: USAID, Winrock
Major Activities:
- Group formation and mobilization
- Group level trainings
- Learning excursion visit to farmers/processors
- Targeted Local Consultation
- Demonstration of climate resilient crops/technologies
- Promotion of lentil either in rice relay or sequential system depending on the location
- Package demonstration in lentil
- Promotion of mixed cropping
- Capacity building and strengthening of seed production groups and cooperatives on seed production and marketing of climate resilient crop varieties
- Establish demonstration plots for the management of Stemphyllium Blight (SB) disease of lentil
Objectives:
- To enhance the capacity of smallholder farmers in adoption of climate smart agriculture practices in the existing rice‐lentil system.
- To increase smallholder farmers access to climate resilient (drought and submergence tolerant) varieties of rice and nutrient dense (Fe and Zn rich) lentil varieties by strengthening local seed production through Community Based Seed Production (CBSP) app
- Enhance lentil productivity through promotion of integrated management of stemphyllium blight (SB) disease.
Program Type: Completed
Project Location: Dang, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali
Start Date:
Thematic Area: Food and Nutrition Security
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