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Operations

3 Case Study

Gorkha Food Security and
Livelihoods Support Program

Gorkha Food Security and Livelihoods Support Program helps disaster victims
maintain their basic livelihood by improving their agricultural techniques.

Devastating earthquakes over training for farmers and reinforced the hardware construction, in addition
magnitude 7 struck Nepal in April and area’s market engagement through to supplying materials and helping
May 2015. According to September production-marketing cooperative 496 farmers to build simple sheds
statistics of the same year, the systems. In addition, the TaiwanICDF for their livestock, the project also
disasters caused 8,891 deaths and dispatched horticulturalist Chen Ji- constructed two vegetable collection
over US$100 million in agricultural fan to Gorkha from July to August centers and assisted the four VDCs
losses, including 130,000 tons of 2016 to provide local farmers and the to restore 34 small irrigation systems.
food, grain reserves, livestock and partner organization with guidance on Part of the hardware construction
agricultural tools. horticulture and agricultural product was implemented through cash-for-
The Government of Nepal declared marketing techniques, sharing Taiwan’s work activities to provide vulnerable
a state of emergency following experience and expertise in agriculture. households an extra income stream.
the earthquakes and called for Under this project, the TaiwanICDF A total of 4,000 job opportunities were
international assistance. In the post- provided seeds and agricultural tools offered under this scheme.
disaster relief fund appeal of the United to 850 households and assisted 496 Up to date, this project has
Nations Office for the Coordination vulnerable households to raise livestock benefited approximately 6,605
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the (one goat or two piglets). These persons from 1,345 households. The
demand for food supplies ranked the households also received training for participants expressed that this project
highest. In response, the TaiwanICDF relevant skills, such as building plastic has brought gradual improvement to
launched the one-year Gorkha Food tunnels, nursery planting and use of their lives. They hope that the scale
Security and Livelihoods Support organic fertilizers for farmers, and of their production can be further
Program in December in collaboration husbandry practices for beneficiary expanded for higher yield and possible
with CARE Nepal. livestock households. Farmers who commercialization in the future.
participated in this project were able
Bolstering community resilience to not only maintain a basic livelihood,
and restoring livelihood but also raise vegetable production
The project was implemented yields after undergoing relevant
in Gorkha, one of the hardest hit training to improve their farming skills.
areas, where grain reserves, seeds Some of the beneficiaries were able
and related agricultural supplies to sell the surplus vegetables, earning
were destroyed and market trade NPR8,000 to 60,000 (equivalent to
came to a halt. The disaster had US$80 to $600) and reaching semi 6,605
serious impact on the food security commercialization.
of the county. To assist 1,345 In this project, we also set up
vulnerable households in four Village 37 farmer groups in the four VDCs
Development Committees (VDCs) of and worked closely with farmers’ Number of people who
benefited from this
Gorkha regain basic livelihood, restore cooperatives to enhance linkages program
community resilience and maintain between farmers and the market
food security, the project provided through community involvement. In

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