Promotion of Vegetable Production with SSM Technologies for Livelihood Opportunities of the Marginalised Farmers of Khirsen and Baglekh VDCs

Program Period                      : 1st April, 2006 to 31st March, 2007
Funding Agency                     : SSM-P/ Helvetas
Targeted HH                          : 27
No. of Beneficiries                 : 158
Program Area                        : Doti district (Khirsen and Baglekh VDC) 

 

Objective of Program
• Increasing crop production by the Sustainable Soil Management hence improving soil quality and preserving productivity of soil.
• Promoting Legume crops production, vegetable farming management along with improving organic fertilizer (Gothemal) to increase the income of farmers.
• Improve compost fertilizer and gothemal formation.
• Use of organic fertilizers to improve soil management.
• Promote legume farming and vegetable farming to improve Nitrogen content in the soil.
• Capacity building of the leader farmers at community level by developing sustainable soil management SSM.
 

Program Output    
• Identification, demonstration and diffusion of local specific SSM practices and capacity building of leader farmers and group was conducted in Khirsen and Baglekh VDCs of Doti district. 
• Capacity building of 8 staffs. 
• A total of 150 farmers were benefitted from the training on off season vegetable farming, legume farming, and community level ginger farming.
• A total of 72 people were benefitted by the seasonal and off seasonal vegetable seed support, Drum support for compost preparation, Plastic supported for demonstration in Khirsen and Baglekh VDC.