Acknowledgement
District IPM Farmer Society, Rautahat feels great pleasure to express sincere
gratitude to Ms. Bui Thi Lan , Ms karol Zeda FAO Representative in Nepal for her
meticulous concern, inspiring guidance and providing opportunity for conduction of
Farmers Field School for Jobs for Peace program.
The Society expresses cordial thanks and bottomless sense of gratitude to Mr.
Choodamani Bhandari, Program officer, Mr Badribisal Karmacharya FAO monitoring &
evaluation representative officer and all other concerned staff members for their
constructive suggestions, valuable support, cordial help and kind cooperation.
Our deepest acknowledgment goes to Mr. Arun Kumar kayastha, National
Coordinator, Jobs for Peace Program- Nepal for his inspiring guidance, encouragement,
and valuable support rendered throughout the program period. We extend our gratitude to
Mr. Thakur Chauhan, National Coordinator and Ms. Raj Kumari Jha, Project Assistant
for their constructive suggestions, cordial help and cooperation during program
implementation.
The Society is also grateful to Mr. Ram Prakash Sah, Senior Agriculture
Development Officer, Mr Santosh Kumar Chaudhary Agriculture Extension Officer, Mr.
Ram Ekbal Sah IPM Facilitator, and other staffs of District Agriculture Development
Office, Rautahat, Dr. Jeevan Singh, Chief, District Livestock Service Office and IPM
facilitator team Rautahat for their support and cooperation to this program.
Our deepest acknowledgment goes to all the farmer participants of Farmer Field
Schools for their kind and active participation, unforgettable hospitality and support to
this program.
We also express our heartfelt thanks to Mr. Sita Ram Chalise, IPM Society
Sarlahi and his team for their effort and support to make the FFS program successful.
Lastly, we express our gratefulness to Mr Himalaya Jaiswal for assisting in office work
as well as computer work and Mr Chandeshwar Raut for preparing this report.
Lalbabu Prasad Chaudhary
President
District IPM Farmer Society,
Rautahat
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Executive Summary
Twenty Farmer Field Schools in ten VDCs( two in each VDC), conducted about rainy season
vegetable crops like okra and beans from June 2010 to September 2010 with financial support of Jobs
for Peace Programme – FAO Nepal. The main objective of FFS conduction is to create jobs for youth
(15-29 years age) on the basis of commercial farming through Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and to
manage conflict and create peaceful environment by improving their livelihood. Farmers Field schools
were conducted in selected 10 Village Development Committees of Rautahat district namely Rangpur ,
Sheetalpur , Inrwari , Jokaha , Pipra Bhagwanpur , Badaharwa , Pachrukhi , Dharmpur , Bariyarpur and
Hardiya. IPM Farmer Society, Rautahat organized the Farmers Field School for the first time in Nepal
with its great initiation and management. This program had given due emphasis on women, dalits, ethnic
and disadvantaged groups.
The FFS experiment showed that 14-17% production was increased with 85% reduction in use of
chemical pesticide. The total 522 participants have graduated from FFS including 43% women and 57 %
male participants. By this program FFS participants were empowered and made expert in their own field
with improving their capacity through learning by doing observation, analyzing, decision making and
organizing skills. This program had created attention of various development organizations that the
farmer’s organization/network can do such type of work independently and can give multiplier effect if
financial support is provided to them.
After completion of FFS, participants
learnt the importance of balanced dose of chemical
fertilizer for healthy crop production as well as disease and insect pest attack. Being attracted to
IPM methodology participants felt that they can do Organic Farming.
At the end of second crop of FFS participating farmers were able to produce healthy
crop
according to balanced input and outcome. After completion of FFS, the production rate increased
from 14 to 17 percent. They used FYM, cow urine, compost and local bio and botanical pesticide. At
last, farmers learnt about the healthy condition of crop production, health hazards of chemicals etc.
Farmers were able to take decision on how to grow healthy crops.
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