A nursery for climate resilient horticulture established in Nepal
- 16/12/2015
Mrs. Ratna Chaudhary, together with two other members of the farmer group, shows the first produce in the Anukulan demonstration nursery in Dhangadhi/ iDE - Bimala Rai Colavito
One of the goals of the BRACED Anukulan project is to build the resilience of local communities to climate related hazards. It does this by promoting high-quality, drought- and flood-resistant vegetable production.
High-value horticulture has been recognised as contributing to resilience through improved human health, increased diversity in farming systems, improving women’s empowerment along the value chain, the selection and introduction of stress-resistant varieties.
The newly established demonstration nursery in Dhangadhi, Bandargaun - in Ward 14 - has started producing high quality cauliflower, cabbage, tomato, broccoli, and chili seedlings.
The nursery is using integrated pest management (IPM) technologies to control disease and pests including the use of Trichoderma, a safe bio-agent that controls soil-borne diseases. IPM enables farmers to continue to grow healthy and high-yielding crops with minimal inputs of chemicals while dealing with rapid and dynamic changes in the pest cycles linked to climate shocks and stresses.
The nursery is managed by Ratna Chaudhary and will serve a farmer-group composed of 19 women and six men, serving as a regular source of sufficient quality seedlings.
Participating farmers have all received orientation and training on the basic practices of quality seedling production, and have already started to transplant the seedlings into their main fields, allowing them to grow high value off-season produce.
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