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REGIONAL AGRICULTURE RESEARCH STATION LUMLE, KASKI A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

REGIONAL AGRICULTURE RESEARCH STATION LUMLE, KASKI A BRIEF INTRODUCTION. Evolution. 1968 – Established as an Agriculture Training Centre 1975 – Research, Extension and Training 1996 – HARP – 5 years (2001) Handing over the centre to NARC CGS project funding Hill research network

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REGIONAL AGRICULTURE RESEARCH STATION LUMLE, KASKI A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

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  1. REGIONAL AGRICULTURE RESEARCH STATION LUMLE, KASKI A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

  2. Evolution • 1968 – Established as an Agriculture Training Centre • 1975 – Research, Extension and Training • 1996 – HARP – 5 years (2001) • Handing over the centre to NARC • CGS project funding • Hill research network • 1998 – Handed over from DFID to NARC on 17 July • 2003 – Regional Agriculture Research Station on 17 July

  3. Mission Statement To work as an innovative regional agricultural research institution integrating the three major components (crops, livestock and agro-forestry) of hill farming system for improved livelihood of the farming communities. • Goals • Increase agricultural production and productivity • Generate income and employment • Improve nutritional and food security • Sustainable use of natural resources

  4. ORGANOGRAM OF RARS, LUMLE REGIONAL DIRECTOR SUPPORT UNITS PLANNING, MONITORING & EVALUATION PERSONNEL & GENERAL ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE STATION RESEARCH MANAGEMENT TEAM (SRMT) TECHNICAL DIVISION OUTREACH DIVISION ACTION RESEARCH PROGRAMME CROP RESEARCH PROGRAMME • EXTERNAL • DOAD • DOLS • DOF • OTHERS HORTICULTURE RESEARCH PROGRAMME LIVESTOCK, VETERINARY & AGRO-FORESTRY RESEARCH PROGRAMME CROSS CUTTING RESEARCH PROGRAMME

  5. Asset and Human Resources • Training and seminar facilities • - Hall, meeting and display rooms • - Dormitories (80 participants) • - Dinning and entertainment (community) halls • Laboratory facilities • Biotechnology • Soil Science • Entomology (IPM Lab.) • Plant Pathology • Veterinary • Seed • Animal Nutrition • Housing for staff • Transport and school

  6. Map of Nepal: Development Region Wise

  7. ◘ ◘ RARS Lumle ◘ ◘ ◘ AER Sites

  8. Lumle's Research Command Area NEPAL WDR

  9. Household distribution by domain in the RCA Note: River basins = 240 - 600 m asl Low hills = 600 - 1000 m asl Mid hills = 1000 - 1600 m asl High hills =1600 - 2300 m asl Mountains = >2300 m asl

  10. A typical hill farming system Source: Pound et al., 1995

  11. Research Programs Livestock and Veterinary Crop science Outreach Horticulture Cross Cutting

  12. Mandate and Research Strategy Hill and area research programmes Crop Rice, Wheat, Maize Horticulture Citrus, Commercial Vegetables, Potato Livestock Bovine, Small Ruminant, Livestock Feed and Agro-forestry Cross cutting Plant Pathology, Entomology, Soil Science, Socio-economic, Seed Lab and Biotechnology/Tissue Culture Action Research Non-mandated commodities

  13. Mandate and Research Strategy • Research strategy: • Stakeholders workshops → problems →priority → projects through Multidisciplinary teams • Research process: • On Station • Off Station: AER and OR sites

  14. Collaboration and Linkages Institutions Area • NARC National Commodity Programs National Agricultural Res. Institute National Animal Sci. Res. Institute Disciplinary Divisions RARS/ARS • Government Line Agencies DoA, DoLS, DoF, NARDF • INGOs, NGOs, CBOs • Universities/Institutions • Farmers • Research • Meetings • Trainings • Services • Visits

  15. Technology Dissemination and Scaling-up • RATWG meetings • Workshops, Seminars and Meetings • Participatory Experimentation: AER/OR sites • Joint monitoring: Research and Development • Publications / Videos • Seeds and Saplings • Farmers and stakeholders trainings

  16. Human Resources

  17. Future vision • Develop as Hill Agriculture Research Institute (HARI) • Strengthen the participatory on-farm research • Harmonization with the Programs and policies of NARS • Development as a resource centre for western hills

  18. THANK YOU

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