Breve descripción de la práctica óptima

In the first call of meeting, very few farmers turned up and showed no interest in dealing with the office staff. They disappeared just after a very short talk of about half an hour. After four/five uncalled visits and informal talks about the Sukauri-khola micro-watershed management, the farmers were found a bit motivated. They started discussing about their socioeconomic and environmental problems. The community was mobilized conducting several meeting/workshops. “Sukauri-khola Soil Conservation Users’ Group” was formed in coordination with District Soil Conservation Office, Nuwakot. Necessary rules and regulations were formulated in order to run the users' group. Soil conservation and watershed management activities; were applied such as (i) reclamation of degraded land by planting surface grass, fodder grasses/trees; (ii) gully and landslide treatment by constructing gabion check dams/loose stone check dams/brushwood check dams; and (iii) fruit trees plantation both on the community and private lands were implemented; (iv) community fund/revolving fund was established in the nearby bank; (v) coordination was made with JICA/NEPAL for PNC (Pipe-Net-Concrete) BLOCK for gully head plugging. This collaboration with the community entirely improved the environmental condition of the micro-watershed and become a productive area.

Lugar

Bidur Municipality, Ward no. 7, Nuwakot, District, Nepal

Breve descripción del entorno natural en el lugar especificado

The upper layer of the soil profile on the Tar is red (laterite soil), which is usually found under the Sal forest with sub-layer mixed with gravel. The water holding capacity of the soil is very poor with very low fertility.
The climate is Sub-tropical. More than eighty-five percent of the annual rainfall occurs in monsoon during June to September. Mean annual precipitation is 2062 mm. Mean annual temperature ranges from 2o C–35o C.
Most of the land is (rainfed upland) with outward sloping terraces

Condiciones socioeconómicas imperantes de los habitantes del lugar o las proximidades

The average land holding of the occupants is 0.07 to 0.56 hectare. Land is private ownership with use right. Similarly, public land is under the title of government, however, community have right to manage and use.
Agricultural produces and labor wages are the main sources of income.
The occupants are daily wage-labors. The rate of labor wage is US$ 3.48/day.

¿En base de qué criterios o indicadores (no relacionados con la Estrategia) se ha considerado la práctica propuesta y la tecnología correspondiente como ‘óptima’?

The best practice applied have multiple benefits and considered best because of the following achievements:
1. Community empowering and mobilization
2. Soil erosion minimization
3. Income generation, and  
4. Coordination

Principales problemas que trata la práctica óptima

1. Gully plugging
2. Degraded land rehabilitation

Explique los problemas específicos de la degradación de las tierras que trata la práctica óptima.

More than 10 hectares of slope agriculture land was degraded due to continuous soil erosion. Deforestation was caused due to uncontrolled cutting of forest. Gully heads approaching to the community houses was developed. The lands became useless for agricultural practices.  

Especifique los objetivos de la práctica óptima.

1.To increase people’s awareness and improve development perception in the resource-poor farmers;   
2.To minimize/control soil erosion problems in the micro-watershed;
3.To improve present land use system of the micro-watershed; and
4.To increase the family income of the stakeholders through agriculture based income-generating activities

Breve descripción de las principales actividades, por objetivo

1. Terrace improvement
2. Avoid intensive tillage
3. Contour cultivation
1.Plantation of fruits like mango, litchi, jack fruit, and guava
2.Asparagus cultivation
3.Introduction of stall-fed goat farming
4.providing skill trainings to women like sewing training  
1. Contour trenching
2. Surface grass plantation
3. Gully plugging by check-dam construction         
1. Formal/informal meeting/workshops
2. Farmers' to farmers' visit
3. Farmers' training
4. women's training

Breve descripción y especificaciones técnicas de la tecnología

This best practice was developed under a community user group soil conservation and watershed management initiatives launched by the department of Soil Conservation and Watershed manage. District Soil Conservation Office which is a government institution is making collaboration with community user group to implement these activities under this best practice.

Nombre y dirección de la institución que desarrolla la tecnología

District Soil Conservation Office|Bidur, Nuwakot District, Nepal

¿La tecnología se desarrolló en una alianza?

Sí

enumere los asociados:

1.JICA/NEPAL
2.PEACE CORPS-NEPAL Volunteer
Community User Group

Especifique el marco en el que se promovió la tecnología

• Iniciativa local
• Iniciativa nacional – gubernamental

¿La participación de interesados locales, incluidas las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, favoreció el desarrollo de la tecnología?

Sí

enumere los interesados participantes:

1. Soil Conservation Users' Group
2. Women's Group

Detalle la función de los interesados enumerados anteriormente en cuanto a diseño, introducción, uso y mantenimiento de la tecnología, en su caso.

1. Collection of local materials used for check-dam construction
2. Earthwork excavation for construction
3. Surface grass plantation
4. Fruit tree/fodder tree plantation

¿La población que habitaba en el lugar o en las proximidades participó en el desarrollo de la tecnología?

Sí

¿de qué manera?

• Planteamientos basados en la participación

Describa los impactos in situ (los dos principales impactos por categoría).

1. Soil fertility improved
2. Asparagus production started
3. vegetable farming practiced
4. Fruit production
1. Stop gully head expansion
2. Flow of relatively clean water in the gully
1.More children started going to school
2.Community started save money in the revolving fund and use for income generation activities
3.Reduced number of liquor drunkard  which reduced fight among themselves
1. control of soil erosion
2. Development of fruit garden
3. Increased number of wild animals, and birds

Describa los dos principales impactos fuera del lugar (por ejemplo, que no se registran en el lugar, pero sí en las zonas próximas).

1.Reduced deposition of debris flowing downstream of the gullies
2.Increases the soil nutrients and moisture in the cultivated land.
Increased production.

Impacto en la diversidad biológica y el cambio climático

Justifíquelo:

Implementation of this best practice has significant helped to improve the trees and biomass in the area. Similarly, soil erosion and nutrient loss of reduced that helped to grow crops and increase production. Farmers were able to plant asparagus, vegetables and fruit in the wasted lands from which their household income increased.Bo-diversity of the area was increased. all these result clearly shows that it has made good contribution in climate change adaptation at community level.
Because of unreliable occurrence of monsoon rainfall in the area the farmers could not be able to grow sufficient food grains.    

¿Se ha elaborado un análisis costo-beneficio?

¿Se ha elaborado un análisis costo-beneficio? :

No

¿La tecnología se difundió o introdujo en otros lugares?

¿La tecnología se difundió o introdujo en otros lugares? :

No

¿Se dispuso de incentivos para facilitar la aceptación de la tecnología proporcionada?

¿Se dispuso de incentivos para facilitar la aceptación de la tecnología proporcionada?

Sí

Especifique qué tipo de incentivos:

• Incentivos financieros (por ejemplo, tasas preferenciales, ayudas estatales, subvenciones, donaciones, garantías de préstamo, etc.)

¿Puede identificar las tres principales condiciones para el éxito de la práctica óptima/tecnología presentada?

Participatory process
Well structured community organization
Good collaboration and coordination among GOs and local community

Replicabilidad

¿En su opinión, la práctica óptima/la tecnología que ha propuesto se puede reproducir en cualquier otro lugar con un cierto nivel de adaptación?

Sí

¿A qué nivel?

• Local
• Subnacional
• Nacional

En relación con los recursos humanos

1.The community people must be kept in trust
2.Each people of the community must be given an opportunity to participate in decision making process

En relación con los aspectos técnicos

1.Locally available construction materials and community knowledge should be used
2.Local people should trained as resource person for the future works