Fraser Sugden provides an update on site selection at Madhubani and Saptari and development of survey questionnaires. Site selection: Some initial site selection questionnaire data has been collected for three villages in Madhubani by the Sakhi team and Anoj Kumar, while a scoping visit to 7 villages of Saptari took place this week by Fraser […]

Now that project agreements are getting signed off we are progressing into the important phase of final site selection The Process being followed has been: Part 1 village shortlisting. This was undertaken by IWMI and USQ as trial during September visits and is continuing through Regional Partners and IWMI. Short listing is based on local […]

Dear colleagues, It has been almost a month since we gathered in Kathmandu for our Inception and Planning meetings. It was our plan to communicate with delegates within a month to discuss progress and activities. First of all a big thank you for your participation and engagement. We had approximately 40 delegates attend each of […]

Improving water use for dry season agriculture by marginal and tenant farmers in the Eastern Gangetic Plains ACIAR Project number LWR/2012/079 The issue: The Eastern Gangetic Plains, which include the Nepal Tarai, Bihar and West Bengal regions, is one of the most densely populated, poverty stricken belts in South Asia. Behind this persisting poverty are […]