 | In 35 (90% of the rice growing districts) out of 75 districts the IPM programme is well established |
| Over 13,000 farmers have participated in a season-long rice Farmer Field Schools (FFS) nationwide, 40% of them are female |
| Nationwide all Assistant Plant Protection Officers (APPOs) from the government have graduated from a Rice or Vegetable IPM Training of Trainers |
| NGOs and Government agencies are working together in the National IPM Programme, one example was a joint season-long Training of Trainers early season 2001 |
| 150 IPM farmer trainers have taken part in a Training of Trainers. Most of them are now organizing FFS in their own area. |
| One third of FFS are now funded locally. This allocation of local resources for continuing the IPM activities that were piloted with FAO support attests to the value of IPM in the opinion of local people, and is important for the sustainability of the National IPM Programme. |
Other Developments:
The Nepalese National IPM Programme started late but has made remarkable progress since it joint the other member countries of the FAO Inter-Country IPM Programme. Nepal's IPM activities started with the first Training of Trainers (TOT) in rice IPM in April-June 1998.
By 2001, 3 rice and 1 vegetable TOTs have been organised, training 100 trainers. Currently each region has a core group of IPM trainers capable of designing and carrying out district IPM programmes. Two
reports of TOTs which have been conducted in Nepal can
be downloaded from the Documents
Page (see the list of materials under the 'Case
Studies' section)
During the present Community IPM phase of the rice project, a wide range of follow-up activities has been offered to FFS graduates in 24 pilot Community IPM villages in 12 districts, including farmer-participatory village planning meetings; follow-up FFS in rice disease management, rat management, and golden snail management; farmer Training of Trainers courses, with FAO support for farmer-trainer meetings during locally-funded farmer-to-farmer FFS; field studies planned and carried out by farmers to find solutions for production problems, with technical meetings for sharing study results with others in the community.
His Majesty's Government of Nepal is seriously trying to incorporate the IPM activities in its regular programme. Even after FAO funding and technical supports ends in 2002 the field activities on IPM will continue.
Organisation: The Plant Protection Directorate (PPD) of the Department of Agriculture (DOA), MOA (Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives) is responsible for coordinating and implementing Nepal's National IPM Programme, which started in 1998. District IPM trainers (Government staff; plant protection officers, horticulture officers) and NGO staff manage the IPM programme at the local level, monitor and organize Farmer Field Schools (FFS) and follow-up activities for FFS graduates.
The Government of Norway is the donor for the Nepal component of the inter-country FAO IPM Programme.
Other collaborating organisations include: CARE Nepal , World Education, National Agricultural Research Council and several local NGOs.
Contact People:
Government:
Name: Krishna Kumar Shrestha
Title: Director, Directorate of Plant Protection
Org: Ministry of Agriculture
Tel: (977-1) 536462
Fax: (977-1) 543662
e-mail: ppd@ipmnet.wlink.com.np
Non Government:
Name: Jon Silverstone
Title: Country Director
Org: World Education
Tel: (977-1) 422385/86
Fax: (977-1) 415303
e-mail: worldedu@mos.com.np
Name: Rajendra Khanal
Org: CARE Nepal
Tel: (977-1) 522143
Fax: (977-1) 521202
e-mail:
rajendrak@care.wlink.com.np
FAO:
Name: Annemarie Westendorp
Title: Country IPM Officer
Tel: (977-1) 536462
Fax (977-1) 534662
E-mail: anneipm@wlink.com.np
