Emergency assistance to restore agricultural-based livelihoods of vulnerable earthquake-affected smallholder farmers in the six most affected districts in Nepal

District Disaster Relief Committees, District Agriculture Development Offices, District Livestock Service Offices and local Non-governmental Organizations.

• Provided 45 000 households with vegetable seeds for the summer and winter planting seasons.
• Provided 25 300 households each with 10 kg packets of wheat seeds.
• Rehabilitated five community grain and seed storage facilities and 24 community-managed small-scale irrigation schemes.
• Provided 15 000 households each with one multi-purpose metal bin to protect grains and seed stocks from insects and pests.
• Provided 45 000 households each with 2 kg packages of mineral mixture to boost livestock health.
• Provided 180 households (members of 36 women’s groups) with materials for the construction of plastic tunnels for off-season vegetable production.
• Provided 450 households with drip irrigation sets.
• Provided 3 000 households with corrugated iron sheets to rehabilitate animal shelters.
• Distributed 127 mini-tillers to support land tilling and harvest, benefiting 6 350 households.
• Conducted two assessments on the food security, livelihoods and early recovery situation after the earthquakes.
• Conducted trainings on plastic tunnel construction; production of urea molasses mineral blocks; maintenance of small-scale irrigation schemes; operation and maintenance of mini-tillers; and safe construction of animal shelters.