PROJECT LOCATION |
Rupandehi, Kapilbastu, Palpa and Kaski |
PROFESSIONAL STAFF |
6 |
OTHER STAFF |
0 |
NAME OF CLIENT/DONOR |
IDE |
NO. OF PROFESSIONAL MAN MONTHS |
234 |
NO. OF OTHER MAN MONTHS |
0 |
START DATE (Month/Year) |
August 2007 |
COMPLETION DATE (Month/Year) |
November 2010 |
APPROX. VALUE OF SERVICES |
£55,095 |
NAME OF ASSOCIATION FIRM, IF ANY: |
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NO. OF MAN-MONTHS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF PROVIDED BY ASSOCIATED FIRM: |
Not Applicable |
NAME OF SENIOR STAFF
Mr. Bharat P. Upadhyay, Executive Director is responsible for monitoring and supervision of the project activities. |
NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
The RPI is to reduce dollar a day rural poverty through the support of value chains that will spread of small plot micro-irrigation water technologies that are affordable for the rural poor, and are used by farmers to produce high-value marketable agricultural products. |
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES PROVIDED
- Increasing the net income of 8,000 smallholder farmers by $250 in four years through adoption of micro-irrigation technologies and participation in commercial markets for high-value crops
- Facilitate the development, testing, and adoption of micro-irrigation technologies for new smallholder farm families in two plains districts and two hill districts
- Increase the area irrigated by about 800 hectares due to the application of water technologies from this project
- Develop and promote multi-use water system
- Strengthening institutional linkages
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