Sustainable Agriculture with Bazaar for Advancing the Livelihoods of Conflict-Affected Poor People (SABAL) 

Project Period                      : 1st Jan 2008 to 30th June 2010
Funding Agency                   : European Commission/Practical Action Nepal
Target HH                            : 9,544
No. of Beneficiaries             : 50,968
Project Area                         : Achham (10 VDCs), Doti (8 VDCs) and Kailali (8 VDCs)
    

 

Project Objective 

• To build confidence of the conflict-affected people to revive their livelihood.
• To create livelihood opportunities for the marginalized communities at the local level.
• To improve community access to inputs, extension and business services. 
• To develop improved market chain linkage and coordination.

 

Project Output

• A total of 92 Better Life Options (BLOP) Centres were run for eight months; they were facilitated by 46 BLOP facilitators and provided services to 2,062 youths; 
• A total of 26 Community Peace Centres (CPCs) were formed and mobilized to train members in conflict, peace and reconciliation process;
• Strengthened 430 groups (73 in Achham, 89 in Doti and 268 in Kailali) by including 9,565 member HHs;
• Out of 430 groups formed, 373 groups cultivated vegetables and 51 groups reared fish; 
• Provided the opportunity to 26 youth (1 from each project VDC) to develop their capacity in Community Agriculture Assistance (CAA) and Community Livestock Assistance (CLA); three drinking water schemes were rehabilitated and one water source protected along four VDCs of Achham district, covering 157 households;
• Four new irrigation schemes were developed in four VDCs irrigating a command area of 71 hectares, and 91 units of drip irrigation technology were supported; 
• Four irrigation canals benefitting 252 households and irrigating 39 hec area and 14 plastic ponds for 47 HHs with an irrigation command area 6.5 hec were constructed in Doti district; 
• Conducted a better life option (BLOP) and other capacity building trainings;
• A sub-sector analysis (SSA) for enterprise selection was completed; 
• A participatory market chain analysis (PMCA) was conducted for an understanding of better access to markets and fair prices;
• Introduced quick-return, demand-based high-value cash crops, including seasonal and off-season vegetable production;
• Established linkage building with local service provider technicians, local community resource persons, agro-vets and other service agencies;
• Skill promotion in enterprise selection, business plan preparation and market linkages were promoted;
• Supported water resource development and micro irrigation;
• River bank farming for landless households was motivated and encouraged to practice;
• Community fish farming was also introduced amongst community members;
• Supported value addition technologies and knowledge in beneficiary groups; 
• Strengthened the group savings by forming new groups or merging them into the existing cooperatives; and 
• Promoted cooperatives and market linkages.