Collective farming in Nepal

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpGenderen_US
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystemsen_US
cg.coverage.countryNepalen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NPen_US
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://youtu.be/EEpsEuzHgTgen_US
cg.placeColombo, Sri Lankaen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
dc.contributor.authorInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-22T16:16:37Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-12-22T16:16:37Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/116987en_US
dc.titleCollective farming in Nepalen_US
dcterms.abstractBetween 2015 and 2019, a set of farmer collectives were piloted in DSI4MTF and served as a model for a novel approach to addressing the challenges of small and fragmented holdings in the Eastern Gangetic Plains, unequal landlord-tenant relations, and severe irrigation access constraints faced by marginal and tenant farmers. The collectives approach entailed the formation of small groups of 4-10 farmers who cultivate a contiguous piece of land and collaborate in various ways in land preparation, production, and marketing. This documentary demonstrates how the collective method enables farmers to overcome technical and socio-institutional constraints to increase year-round cropping intensity using an integrated strategy that addresses both technical and socio-institutional constraints. Irrigation has been made possible with the installation of electric and solar boreholes, but critically, the cultivation of a large contiguous plot of land via the collective approach has made irrigation more practical and efficient – overcoming the challenge of fragmented holdings. Twinning the formation of collectives with the assistance of such agricultural machinery/technology, has enabled resource-poor and landless farmers to farm all year round. Furthermore, farmer collectives have comparatively improved farmers' negotiating power, allowing them to negotiate cheaper rents and defy traditional feudal responsibilities.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationIWMI. 2021. Collective farming in Nepal (Nepal agriculture collectives). Video. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI.en_US
dcterms.issued2021-12-15en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectwomenen_US
dcterms.subjectfarming systemsen_US
dcterms.typeVideoen_US

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