RUPANDEHI DISTRICT PROFILE ± ± Rupandehi Nepal 0 175 350 Kilometers a Rivers Highways Roads Municipalities Village Development Committees a District Agriculture Development Office 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 4 2. Natural Resources ........................................................................................................... 4 3. 2.1. Land Resources........................................................................................................ 4 2.2. Water Resources ...................................................................................................... 5 2.3. Agriculture ............................................................................................................... 6 2.3.1. Crops .................................................................................................................... 6 2.3.2. Livestock ............................................................................................................ 12 Climate and Weather Information ................................................................................ 13 Temperature: .................................................................................................................... 13 Precipitation: .................................................................................................................... 13 Humidity: ......................................................................................................................... 15 Sunshine Duration:........................................................................................................... 16 Evaporation: ..................................................................................................................... 16 Soil Temperature:............................................................................................................. 16 Extreme events documented: drought, flood, hail ........................................................... 16 Flood events: .................................................................................................................... 17 4. 5. Institutional Framework ................................................................................................ 18 4.1. District Agriculture Development Office ............................................................. 18 4.2. District Livestock Services Office ......................................................................... 20 4.3. Nepal Agricultural Research Council .................................................................... 21 4.4. Department of Hydrology and Meteorology ......................................................... 21 4.5. Other Relevant Organizations ............................................................................... 21 Infrastructures ............................................................................................................... 22 Communication:............................................................................................................... 22 Electricity: ........................................................................................................................ 22 Transportation: ................................................................................................................. 22 Financial Institutions:....................................................................................................... 22 6. Other Information ......................................................................................................... 23 Population: ....................................................................................................................... 23 Languages: ....................................................................................................................... 23 Education: ........................................................................................................................ 23 References ........................................................................................................................ 24 2 List of Tables Table 1 Irrigation channels and area covered in VDCs ............................................................. 6 Table 2 Crop Rotations Followed .............................................................................................. 8 Table 3 Major Diseases and documented incidences ................................................................ 9 Table 4 Major pests and documented incidences .................................................................... 10 Table 5 Agricultural Inputs Suppliers ...................................................................................... 11 Table 6 Temperature averaged over 30 years up to 2013 (degree Celsius) ............................. 13 Table 7 Precipitation in mm received in Rupandehi from 1973through 2012 ........................ 14 Table 8 Human Resources in DADO Rupandehi .................................................................... 19 Table 9 Roads to major market centers.................................................................................... 22 List of Figures Figure 1 Land use distribution ................................................................................................... 4 Figure 2 Land area distribution among land holders ................................................................. 5 Figure 3 Size of land holding ..................................................................................................... 5 Figure 4 Rivers in Rupandehi .................................................................................................... 5 Figure 5 Production trend of major crops in Rupandehi (tons) ................................................ 7 Figure 6 Agricultural Pocket Areas ........................................................................................... 7 Figure 7 Agriculture commodity markets ................................................................................ 11 Figure 8 Price Trend of staple food (Rs/Quintal) .................................................................... 12 Figure 9 Temperature observed from 1971 through 2013 (Degree Celsius) ........................... 13 Figure 10 Annual Rainfall Variability (mm) ........................................................................... 13 Figure 11 Precipitation received over months (mm/day) ........................................................ 14 Figure 12 Precipitation received in wetter months (mm/day) ................................................. 14 Figure 13 Precipitation received in drier months (mm/day) .................................................... 14 Figure 14 Relative Humidity 1976-2013 (%) .......................................................................... 15 Figure 15 Humidity in the most humid months (%) ................................................................ 15 Figure 16 Humidity in the least humid months (%) ................................................................ 15 Figure 17 Humidity in moderately humid months (%) ............................................................ 15 Figure 18 Sunshine hours over a year ...................................................................................... 16 Figure 19 Evaporation over months (mm) ............................................................................... 16 Figure 20 VDCs at Risk of Flooding ....................................................................................... 17 Figure 21 VDCs covered by Agriculture service centers and contact points .......................... 18 Figure 22 Road Network in Rupandehi ................................................................................... 22 3 1. Introduction Rupandehi is agriculturally important south western district of Nepal bordering India in South, and Palpa, Nawalparasi and Kapilvastu in the North, East and West respectively. The district is divided into sixty-nine village development committees (VDCs) and two municipalities. More than half of the land in the district (58.45 per cent or 82,622ha) is under cultivation and 70 per cent (98,956) of population are engaged in agriculture (Census, 2013). The diverse geography of the district attributed to a combination of Terai plain (100 m msl) and Chure hills region (1219m msl) within an area of 1360 sq. Km provides a basis for diverse agriculture in the district. It is a food surplus district with about 57 per cent of cereals produced available for export (District Report, 2011/12). While about half of the vegetables, pulses, and oilseeds consumed are produced within the district, unmet increasing demands for the commodities are addressed through imports, mostly from India. 2. Natural Resources 2.1.Land Resources Land use: In Rupandehi, 87.37 per cent of land is under agriculture, forests, and pastures and a little more than ten per cent of land 4.62 1.74 1.62 0.15 0.29 Cultivated is allocated for other purposes Forests 6.28 including residential and real state 4.21 Pasture (Figure 1). All of the 85,122 ha of Rivers cultivable land is khet (low-land) 22.64 58.45 Residential and is under cultivation. While 56 Real State per cent (3387.80 ha) of the Industrial cultivable land is seasonally Rocky Area irrigated, only 3.98 per cent of the Figure 1 Land use distribution Others land is covered by year round irrigation, and the rest (34067.20 ha) is rain-fed. Irrigation facilities and infrastructures in the district are discussed shortly. Forests cover 21.56 percent (30484 ha) of the district. Major timber of the district are Sal, Khayar, Satisal, Jamun, Karma, Sankhu, Teak, Bombax, Marmelos, Tooni, RajaBrikshya, Botadhyaro, Sirish, Kadam, Saaj, Fadiyor, Asna, Sisaun, Chanp, and Sahadavan. Non-timber forest products in the district include Harro, Barro, Bijayasal, Khajurpatta, Naagbeli, Sarpagandha, Tejpaat, Eucalyptus, Gumba, Variyara, and Bojho. Forest area in the district is declining; the district lost 6,000 ha of forests in last 21 years. Currently 49 community forests groups are active in the district. 4 Land holding structure: 40000 30000 20000 5 to 10 3to5 1to3 0.5-1 0.1-0.5 upto 0.1 0 More… 10000 Land is common asset among the Rupandehis; 85 per cent of population holds land. About two third (68.27 per cent) of them hold less than 1 ha of land, which demonstrates the dominance of small holder farmers in the district (Figure 2). Another larger group (27.62 per cent) hold one to three ha of land. Only 0.1 per cent of population holds more than 10 ha of land in the district. Figure 2 Land area distribution among land holders In terms of size of land holding, 47.08 per cent of land is fragmented into 1-3 ha per household and 30 per cent of the land is fragmented into land area of 0.1 to 1 ha. In Rupandehi, significant portion (22.32 per cent) of land belongs to medium (3ha to10ha or more) to larger size land holding (Figure 3). 8.87% 11.33% 2.12% 0.41% 11.02% 19.17% upto 0.1 0.1-0.5 0.5-1 1to3 47.08% 3to5 5 to 10 Figure 3 Size of land holding More than 10 2.2.Water Resources ± Major rivers of Rupandehi districts are Tinau, Rohini, Daanav, Kothi, Mahav, Baghela, Danda, Ghagara, Koyilijhang. The rivers flows through 52 VDCs (Figure 5) providing access to some forms of irrigation to the farmers while also putting them at the risk of flooding (details on flood risks is discussed shortly). Irrigation infrastructure: Irrigation infrastructure is developed in the district through various projects. Currently, more than 180 Km of irrigation channels provide irrigation facilities to 13406 ha of ha of land in 25 VDCs (Table 1). 0 5 10 Kilometers Rivers VDCs with Rivers Village Development Committees Figure 4 Rivers in Rupandehi 5 Table 1 Irrigation channels and area covered in VDCs Rivers/Lake Irrigation channel Km 4.9 61.5 Area covered Ha 850 3500 VDCs covered Project Basantpur Sipwa, Majhgaon, Bairghat Semara Bishnupura Danda IP Gaidahawa Gaidahawa Lake Ghaghari Gkothi Inguriya Jharan River Jharan River Kajarar Khapar River Lausi Lausi 3 6.66 94 312 9.5 9.125 3.5 XX XX 11.173 XX 3.11 10.80 2000 200 250 400 130 300 500 200 300 Ghaghara IP Kothi IP Iguriya IP Tenuhawa IP Kunjalapur IP Dhunge Badh IP Parroha IP Lausi IP Lausi IP 165 400 800 1200 Hathibangi Rudrapur Dudhrakshya Tenuhawa Anandban Devdaha, Kerwani Parroha Padsari Madhauliya, Gangolia Hatipharsatikaer West Amuwa Amuwa, Mainahiya Kamhariya Lausi Siyari Siyari Siyari & Khadwa Siyari River 3 4.9 16.8 10 15 1700 Harnaiya Sukhali 4 105 Manpakadi, Manmaeriya Siyari Harnaiya Irrigation Project (IP) Purniya Bandh Irrigation Sub project Total 176.97 13406 Danda Dano/Tinua Gaidahawa Nala IP Gaindahawa Tal IP Dumdumuwa IP Gothawa Bhumka IP Siyari IP Khadwa Motipur IP 2.3.Agriculture 2.3.1. Crops Production: Rupandehi is a food sufficient district. Cereal production in the district was 0.4 million tons in 2012-13 (District Report 2012/13) while the requirement for the year was estimated at 0.16million tons. Rupandehi produced the highest amount of rice in 2011 sharing 15.7 per cent of total production of the country (Annual Reports, M&E Division, MoAD). According to the reports, the district is ranked 3rd in average rice production for 5 years (2007-2009). Major Crops: Major cereal crops produced in the district are paddy, wheat, corn, and finger millet; pulses are kidney bean, black gram, and soybean; and oilseed crops are mustard, sunflower, and peanuts. Among horticultural crops, the major fruits are mango, banana, litchi, jackfruit, and guava and the major vegetables are onion, potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, radish, cucumber, ole, bottle gourds, and pumpkin. In addition to that, some spices 6 and condiments are grown in the district such as turmeric, chili, and garlic. Tulsi is the major herb of the district. Productivity of rice is increasing (2.88t/ha in 2001 to 4.6t/ha in 2013 and is among the top ten districts with highest productivity (MoAD Reports). Rupandehi produces 6.1 per cent (0.1 million tons) of total national wheat production. Productivity and production of major cereal crops is increasing in the district (Figure 5). Total pulses and oilseed production in the district was 4164 and 2180 tons Figure 5 Production trend of major crops in Rupandehi (tons) respectively in 2012/13. Total vegetables production in the district including onion and potatoes was 0.1 million tons. ± _ ^ Successfully developed pocket areas for various agricultural commodities are in Figure 6. Onion and seeds pockets have been developed across the district. _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ 0 4 _ ^ _ ^ 8 Vegetables_Pockets FishPockets Banana Highway Roads Rupandehi_Rivers Agricultural Commodities Market 16 Kilometers Vegetables_Pockets FishPockets Banana Highway Roads Rupandehi_Rivers Agricultural Commodities Market Figure 6 Agricultural Pocket Areas Cropping patterns and crop calendar: Main crop of Rupandehi is rice and is rotated with wheat, oilseeds, or vegetable crops. In irrigated land generally three crops are taken per year while in semi-irrigated land and land without irrigation facilities, two crops are cultivated. Some of the crop rotations followed are in Table 2. 7 Table 2 Crop Rotations Followed Irrigated Paddy-Paddy- Potato Paddy-Paddy-Wheat Paddy-Potatoes-Fallow Paddy-Wheat- Green gram Paddy-Wheat-Summer Paddy Paddy-Vegetables Paddy-Wheat-Fallow Paddy-Onion-Fallow Semi-irrigated Paddy-Wheat-Fallow Paddy-Oilseeds- Fallow Paddy-Potato-Fallow Paddy-Fallow-Fallow Paddy-Onion-Fallow Paddy-Pulse-Fallow Paddy-Vegetables-Fallow Unirrigated Paddy-Onion-Fallow Paddy-Fallow-Fallow Paddy-Pulse-Fallow Paddy-Potato-Fallow Paddy-Vegetables-Fallow Paddy-Oilseeds- Fallow Cropping Calendar Crops Sowing (Month) Other Operations Activities Months Rice Wheat 8 Harvest (Month) Diseases and pest management: DADO coordinates with farmers, line agencies and private sector in addressing pests and diseases in the district. Major diseases and pests and frequency of their occurrences are in Table 3 and 4. DADO runs integrated pest management schools every year and has developed 20 IPM facilitators in the district. Discuss- Monthsdiseases and pests incidences and common diseases and pests control methods followed. Table 3 Major Diseases and documented incidences SN Group Crops 1 Rice 2 Cereals Name rice blast bacterial blight sheath blight brown leaf spot false smut khaira disease Wheat yellow rust loose smut blight Maize leaf blight maize rust Oilseed alternate leaf spot crops powdery mildew Vegetables Tomato wilt damping off late blight early blight Potato late blight early blight ring rot Cabbage & damping off Cauliflower alternate leaf spot Cucurbit powdery mildew downy mildew virus Fruits Mango anthracnose Banana bunchy top banana wilt leaf spot heart rot 9 Severity (in 2011/12) High Medium Low X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Table 4 Major pests and documented incidences SN Group Crops Insects Name high 1 Cereals Paddy rice bug rice stem borer rice leaf roller bph Wheat termite aphid Maize cutworm stem borer maize aphids 2 Oil Crops Mustard aphid 3 Vegetables Potato potato tuber moth cut worm Tomato tomato fruit borer Cabbage cabage butterfly &Cauliflower aphid red pumpkin Cucurbits beetle fruit fly spot and fruit Brinjal borer 4 Fruits Mango mango hopper mango millibug mango fruit fly banana stem Banana weevil Litchi leaf and fruit searing beetle rhizome weevil leaf curl mite Severity medium low X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Soil type Most of the area in Rupandehi has loamy soil. Area near Chure area is made up of highly sensitive and easily erodible sandstone, siltstone, shell and conglomerates. Production Costs Marketing Marketing Infrastructure: Rupandehi has well developed facilities for procuring and agricultural inputs and marketing outputs. Road networks including agricultural roads 10 developed in the district facilitates marketing operations. There are 358 registered agricultural inputs suppliers in the district (Table 5). Table 5 Agricultural Inputs Suppliers SN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Agricultural Inputs Suppliers Retail pesticides suppliers Fisheries source centers Flower nursery Post harvest bins suppliers Fertilizer suppliers Total Total 237 14 12 1 94 358 Twenty six markets are identified in the district that deals with agricultural commodities (Figure 7). Three agricultural markets are operating at wholesale level, one in Butwal and two in _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ Sidhdhartha Nagar municipality. _ ^ _ ^ There are 11 agricultural _ ^ _ ^ commodities collection centers _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ across the district. In addition to _ ^ _ ^ that, Haat bazaars (farmers’ _ ^ _ ^ market) operate at 12 to 17 _ ^ locations per day in the district and _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ runs throughout the week at _ ^ various locations. ± _ ^ _ ^ 0 _ ^ _ ^ 5 10 20 Kilometers Main Markets for Agricultural Commodities Roads Highway VDCs and Municipalities Figure 7 Agriculture commodity markets Prices: Food prices in Nepal are driven by food price in India and the availability of food in Nepal. Since food production and supply is largely dependent on precipitation, prices depend upon rainfall quantity and timing. Prices of staple food has been increasing steadily until 2005/2006 and then followed the increasing rate thereafter. Annual price increase for rice for 1994-95 through 2004/05 was 1.6 per cent and 3.17 per cent for wheat for the same period. In 2005/06, rice price increased by 28.05 per cent on an average (averaged over three rice types) and thereafter increased at 18.07 per cent per annum for until 2011/12. Maximum increase of 32.49 per cent was observed in 2005/06 as compared to previous fiscal year followed by another jump of 28.36 per cent in 2011/12. Precipitation received in 2005/06 was 1081.6mm , that is 60 percent of the average rainfall in the district. 11 Similarly, in case of wheat, annual rate of price increase was 3.28 per cent from 1994/95 through 2004/05, which increased to 10.36 per cent per annum. This is predominantly led by a 40.50 per cent hike in F.Y 2007/08 and 10.54 percent hike in 2009/10. Figure 8 Price Trend of staple food (Rs/Quintal) 2.3.2. Livestock Major livestock of the district Major fodder produced Diseases Recorded Market Infrastructure and Price Livestock Insurance 12 3. Climate and Weather Information Temperature: Temperature in Bhairahawa fluctuates from 7.10°C (in January) to 40.20°C (in May) based on DHM temperature records for Rupandehi for the past 30 years. December, January and February are the coldest months: the minimum temperature ranges from 7.10°C to 10.50°C and the maximum temperature ranges from 21.26°C to 27.9°C during these months. April, May and June are the hottest months Figure 9 Temperature observed from 1971 through 2013 (Degree Celsius) and the maximum temperature recorded over past 30 years ranges from 35.61°C to 40.20°C while the minimum temperature recorded during these months ranges from 16.40°C to25.56°C (Table 6). Monthly temperature variability (for years 1971- 2013) is illustrated in Figure 9. Table 6 Temperature averaged over 30 years up to 2013 (degree Celsius) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Maximum Average Maximum Average Minimum 24.30 27.90 33.80 39.70 40.20 38.30 35.00 34.50 34.50 33.90 30.80 27.20 21.26 25.68 31.43 36.19 36.55 35.61 33.27 33.43 33.04 32.55 29.44 24.36 8.55 10.50 14.00 19.03 23.37 25.56 25.99 25.94 24.76 20.49 14.46 10.22 Minimum 7.10 8.10 11.70 16.40 19.20 24.00 24.40 23.60 23.60 18.70 11.90 8.90 Source: Based on DHM Observations at Bhairahawa station. Precipitation: Precipitation in the district is predominantly led by monsoon in Nepal. Average annual rainfall received in the district is 1808.33mm and DHM records shows the lowest of 1081.6mm in 2005-2006 and a maximum of 2797.4mm in 1998 (Figure 10). Precipitation data for the past 15 years show increasing annual rainfall variability. Figure 10 Annual Rainfall Variability (mm) 13 Monthly average rainfall received ranges from a minimum of 5.75 mm in the driest month November to 1079 mm in the wettest month, July (Figure 11). Maximum rain falls in the months of June and July that ranges from 115 to 1079.9mm. Average rainfall observed over 1973through 2012 ranges from 405.97 to 587.54mm (Table 7). Figure 11 Precipitation received over months (mm/day) (Based on precipitation data DHM recorded from 1973-2012) Table 7 Precipitation in mm received in Rupandehi from 1973through 2012 Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Min 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 77.60 178.10 115.00 60.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 Max 76.30 68.70 103.10 100.50 335.60 1034.50 1079.90 970.90 550.00 359.60 75.00 117.10 Mean 15.87 18.42 17.66 23.96 86.34 274.15 587.54 405.97 283.56 75.76 5.75 13.70 Source: Based on DHM Observations Pre-monsoon precipitation of 274.15mm on an average is received in June and the maximum rainfall received for the observed period is 1034.5mm. Similarly, post monsoon month September is comparatively wet month that receives an average of 283.56mm rainfall. Monthly rainfall variability over the years in wetter months and drier months are in Figures 12 and 13. Figure 12 Precipitation received in wetter months (mm/day) Figure 13 Precipitation received in drier months (mm/day) 14 Humidity: Bhairahawa observes most humid mornings in January and December and most humid evenings in July and August (Figure 14). Humidity records for the period of 37 years shows a minimum of 44.23 per cent and maximum of 98.48 per cent in the mornings and a minimum of 25.12 per cent and maximum of 93.63 per cent in the evenings. Average morning humidity is the lowest at 58.10 per cent in April and highest at 94.74 per cent in January while average evening humidity is minimum in April (44.92 per cent) and maximum in August and September at 79.18 and 79.46 per cent respectively. Detailed trends of humidity over the period in most humid and least humid months are illustrated in Figures 15, 16, and 17. Figure 14 Relative Humidity 1976-2013 (%) Figure 16 Humidity in the least humid months (%) Figure 15 Humidity in the most humid months (%) Figure 17 Humidity in moderately humid months (%) Note: Based on DHM data from 1976 through 2013 15 Sunshine Duration: Sunshine duration in Bhairahawa ranges from 4.76 hours (July) to 9.09 hours (April) based on the DHM observation from 1987 to 1992. March, April, May, October and November enjoy more than eight hours of sunshine in the district (Figure 18). Figure 18 Sunshine hours over a year Evaporation: Evaporation measurement provides information on combined effect of temperature, humidity, rain fall, drought dispersion, solar radiation, and wind and thus is a key variable for farmers in deciding irrigation requirement for crops. According to the evaporation measurement at DHM Agro-met station at Bhairahawa from 1976 through 2013, maximum evaporation is observed in the months of April and May that ranges from 4.02 mm to 11.69 mm while minimum evaporation is observed in December, January and February that Figure 19 Evaporation over months (mm) ranges from 0.09mm to 4.18mm. Average evaporations observed were 1.45 mm for January and 6.11mm for May. Soil Temperature: Extreme events documented: drought, flood, hail 16 Flood events: Rupandehi has nine major rivers that run through 52 VDCs. According to ± 0 5 disaster preparedness response plan for Rupandehi 2011/121, thirty one VDCs are at risk of flooding: twelve VDCs at high risk, nine VDCs at moderately high risk and eight VDCs at moderate risk of flooding (Figure 19). Ten VDCs in Marchwar area and four in Lumbini area are identified as potentially highly inundated. The document identified eight VDCs at moderate risk of soil erosion. 10 Kilometers VDCs at Moderate Risk of Flooding VDCs at Moderately High Risk of Flooding VDCs at High Risk of Flooding Figure 20 VDCs at Risk of Flooding 1 MoHA requires districts to develop disaster response preparedness plan (DPRP) at district level following the Guidelines for preparing disaster preparedness and response plan, 2011. The Dostrict lead support agencies World Vision International and Butwal A.D.P. developed the DPRP for Butwal. 17 4. Institutional Framework District Agriculture Development office, Rupandehi works closely with Rupandehi district administration office and under supervision of Western Region Regional Agricultural Directorate, Kaski. The MOAD and DOA periodically monitor the districts activities. National Wheat Research program of NARC is located at Rupandehi district and DADO coordinate with them for the crop varieties as well as plant protection practices. In addition to that regional plant quarantine office, regional seed laboratory offices of MoAD are located in the district. Similarly, national seed company limited, and division cooperative office are other MoAD organizations under in Rupandehi. Agro-meteorological station of DHM is located at the district that provides meteorological information and close coordination is required among the offices. Other relevant government and nongovernment organizations are District women development program, Li-Bird, Agriculture development Bank, ……….. 4.1. District Agriculture Development Office Rupandehi DADO is headed by senior agriculture development officer and has six units for horticulture, agriculture extension, plant protection, crop development, fisheries development, and agriculture economics and marketing disciplines. The DADO is supported by forty-seven employees including seven technical officers and twenty three technicians in the district office and field offices (Table 8). ± ! . k j k j k j k j k j k j District agriculture development office Rupandehi implements its programs through four agriculture service centers and seven contact points. The field offices are designated to serve farmers in three to ten VDCs/municipalities depending upon the size, population of farmers in their jurisdiction (Figure ! . ! [ ! . ! . k j 0 5 10 20 Kilometers 20). Figure 21 VDCs covered by Agriculture service centers and contact points ! [ k j ! . k j k j ! . k j ! . k j k j ! . k j District Agriculture Development Office Debdaha Contact Point Dhakadhai Agriculture Service Center Karahiya Contact Point Gajedi Contact Point Parroha Agriculture Service Center Manpakadi Contact Point Majhgawa Agriculture Service Center Rayapur Contact Point Suryapuraa Contact Point Bhagwanpur Agriculture Service Center Basantpur Contact Point Basantpur Contact Point Municipalities VDCs Debdaha Contact Point Karahiya Contact Point Gajedi Contact Point Parroha Agriculture Service Center Manpakadi Contact Point Majhgawa Agriculture Service Center Rayapur Contact Point Suryapuraa Contact Point Bhagwanpur Agriculture Service Center Dhakadhai Agriculture Service Center 18 Table 8 Human Resources in DADO Rupandehi SN Positions i. Senior Agriculture Development officer Technical Units ii. Horticulture development officer iii. Agriculture extension officer iv. Plant protection officer v. Planning officer vi. Crop development officer vii. Fisheries development officer viii. Technical assistants ix. Deputy technical assistants Administration Unit x. Non Gazetted first class xi. Accountant xii. Typist xiii. Non-gazetted second class xiv. Drivers xv. Messengers Infrastructure SN Property/equipment 1 Building 2 Laboratory 3 Computers 4 Telecommunication 5 Video conferencing 6 Monitors (for displaying advisory) 7 8 9 10 Remarks 19 Numbers Remarks 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 13 1 1 1 1 1 12 4.2.District Livestock Services Office Human Resources Infrastructure Livestock Service Centers and Service Sub-Centers 20 4.3. Nepal Agricultural Research Council National wheat research program (NWRP) office is located in Rupandehi district. The program is mandated to conduct research on increasing wheat productivity and production, developing improved wheat varieties, wheat production technologies, multiplying wheat breeder seed and disseminating wheat related information. The program conducts applied research for developing superior varieties resistant/tolerant to biotic and abiotic stresses for different agro-climatic conditions in collaboration with related national and international organizations. Detection of major diseases and insects on wheat, estimation of their damage, identification and development of insects and disease resistant wheat varieties and disease management techniques is another major research area of the program. The program has developed and released 29 improved varieties (details in appendix) and the yield has increased to 2.15 tons/ha (http://www.narc.org.np/org/wheat_research_program.php). Two senior scientists, .. scientists, ………… technical officers, and … support staffs are working at the program office in Rupandehi. Agro-meteorological station is located within the NWRP Office campus and is supported by NWRP staff for data collection. 4.4.Department of Hydrology and Meteorology Agro-meteorological station at Rupandehi has equipment in working condition for measuring all the agro-meteorological parameters such as precipitation, temperature, evaporation, sunshine duration, wind speed and direction, and soil temperature. Data recorded for the parameters are available from 1968 onwards for most of the parameters and complete daily data for all the months are available from 1973 onwards. The station is manned station that has an observer hired from NARC NARP office to collect data daily, record them and send the monthly record to Western Regional office, Pokhara where the data is digitized. Meterological Network division, planning and network section receives the data from regional office in digitized form. In addition to that, an aeronotical synoptic station at Bhairahawa airport sends real time temperature and precipitation data to the central DHM office. The station has a non-gazetted first class, two non-gazetted second class staffs in addition to two part-time data observers hired on daily wage basis. A hydrological station is located at Tinau River in Butwal. A gauge reader is hired on daily wage basis to record the observations three times a day at the station and to send the monthly data to Karnali basin office, Nepalgunj. The data is digitized at the basin office and is sent to central hydrological data management section at DHM. Flash flood hazard area downstream of Tinau river include ……..VDCs; however lead time is too short for developing warning system. Hence, other measures need to be developed to manage the flood hazards. 4.5.Other Relevant Organizations (Government/ Non-government/Community Based/ Private) Discussion on current situation of their collaboration/coordination at district level 21 5. Infrastructures Communication: Rupandehi has well developed communication facilities. Two telephone offices serve the district in establishing more than 21,000 telephone lines. About 0.17 million people use mobile phone. All the VDCs have telecommunication services. Post offices services are available for 64 VDCs out of 69 VDCs. Internet facilities is available in……. VDCs. There are six FM stations broadcasting radio programs in the district in addition to national and regional radio services. Electricity: Twenty-five megawatt of electricity is generated in the district. All VDCs and Municipalities of Rupandehi district have access to electricity. There are 77,000 domestic consumers and 2300 industrial/commercial consumers registered in the district. However, load-shedding in the district restricts electricity supply from XX hours to XX hours. Transportation: Rupandehi has well-developed transportation facilities. A regional Bhairahawa airport is located in the district. The East-West Highway runs through 8 VDCs and a municipality and Sidhartha Highway connects two municipalities of the district. Altogether 1092 km of road including highways, graveled roads, municipal roads, and temporary roads runs in the district. District headquarter Bhairahawa is connected to major market centers through roads (Table 9). ± Table 9 Roads to major market centers SN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bhairahawa to Butwal Lumbini Devdaha Parroha Manigram Saljhandi Suryapura Majhgawa Semara Marchwar Road length (KM) 22 22 37 34 11 44 23 15 27 0 7.5 15 Kilometers Highways Roads Village Development Committees Municipalities Figure 22 Road Network in Rupandehi Financial Institutions: A branch office of central bank, Nepal Rastra Bank, 27 commercial bank branch offices, and 32 development banks provides banking services in Bhairahawa. Additionally few finance companies are operating in the district. 22 6. Other Information Population: About 1 million people inhabit Rupandehi and 49 per cent of population is female (census data). There are about 117,000 households with average size 6.01. In Rupandehi, 37.75 per cent of population belongs to the age group of 20 through 50, while 39.5 percent are children aged 14 and under. The city is comparatively young city.Population over 50 and senior citizens share 7.84 and 4.23 per cent respectively. Population growth rate is 3.05 per cent. Languages: Majority of the population speak Nepali and Bhojpuri languages. Other major languages used in the district are Tharu, Magar, Newar, Gurung, and Urdu. Education: 23 References 24
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