Donor:
International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)
Components
A) Social mobilization,
B) Installation of Shallow Tubewells
C) Distribution of Pumps
Project area:
Sunsari, Saptari, Siraha, Sarlahi and Rautahat districts of Eastern and Central Development regions of Nepal.
Target Group:
Small and marginal farmers with per capita annual income less than NRs 3,680 and with 1.3 hectare of rainfed land with more than 5 members in the household.
Activities of the Project
Social mobilization
- Water Users’ group and Shallow Tubewell group formation,
- WUGs registration,
- Local contribution collection,
- Trainings and strengthening,
Shallow Tubewell Installation
- Demand collection
- Submitted to the PMU for approval
- Drilling.
Distribution of Pumps
- Field channel construction
- Providing a pump set to successfully installed STW
Progress and Achievement till 2006
| S.N. | Particulars | Unit | Qty. |
| 1. | VDC covered | No. | 28 |
| 2. | Demand collected | No. | 528 |
| 3. | WUG Recommended By TA team | No | 519 |
| 4. | STW installed | No. | 515 |
| 5. | Successful STW | No. | 503 |
| 6. | Beneficiary HHs | No. | 6970 |
| 7. | Av. HH/STW | No. | 14 |
| 8. | Average Family size | No. | 7.1 |
| 9 | Beneficiaries Population | No. | 49515 |
| 10. | Male Population | No. | 26005 |
| 11 | Female Population | No. | 23510 |
| 12 | Command Area | ha. | 7261.53 |
| 13 | Irrigated Land | ha. | 3276.63 |
| 14 | Average land/STW | ha | 6.5 |
| 15 | WUG Contribution | Rs. | 21377500 |
| 16 | FIA Organization | No | 18 |
| 17 | WUGs participating in FIA | No | 455 |