Agricultural Value-chains and Small-Agricultural Value-chains and Small-Scale Water DevelopmentScale Water Development

Kailash SharmaKailash Sharma

Engineering Program Engineering Program DirectorDirector

iDE NepaliDE Nepal

iDE Nepal ProgramiDE Nepal Program iDE is an INGO that focuses on creating income iDE is an INGO that focuses on creating income

opportunity to poor people to escape poverty and opportunity to poor people to escape poverty and become commercial producers thru the PRISM value-become commercial producers thru the PRISM value-chain approachchain approach

iDE’s Nepal program is supported by a variety of iDE’s Nepal program is supported by a variety of donors including European Commission, UK Aid/DFID, donors including European Commission, UK Aid/DFID, USAID, WFP, Mount View Foundation, and other USAID, WFP, Mount View Foundation, and other donors & foundations.donors & foundations.

iDE has worked in Nepal since 1992 and developed iDE has worked in Nepal since 1992 and developed locally based micro irrigation supply chains and small locally based micro irrigation supply chains and small scale water resource management. scale water resource management.

iDE works in variety of high-value agriculture iDE works in variety of high-value agriculture subsectors including horticulture, NTFP, fisheries, subsectors including horticulture, NTFP, fisheries, coffee, tea, and small livestock coffee, tea, and small livestock

iDE is a family of INGOs based in the UK, Canada, and iDE is a family of INGOs based in the UK, Canada, and the USAthe USA

Agricultural Program Agricultural Program OverviewOverview

Partnership of implementing organizations Partnership of implementing organizations Winrock, Save the Children, Mission East, Winrock, Save the Children, Mission East, CEAPRED, SAPPROS, DEPROSC, AEC/ CEAPRED, SAPPROS, DEPROSC, AEC/ FNCCI, local NGOs with GON agencies FNCCI, local NGOs with GON agencies including DOA, DOI/NITP, MLD/DDC/VDCincluding DOA, DOI/NITP, MLD/DDC/VDC

iDE has led development of micro iDE has led development of micro irrigation technologies and small-scale irrigation technologies and small-scale water development in the Multiple use water development in the Multiple use Water System (MUS Approach) linked to Water System (MUS Approach) linked to development Agricultural Value-chainsdevelopment Agricultural Value-chains

Programs implemented in a Public Private Programs implemented in a Public Private Partnership ApproachPartnership Approach

Major Program GoalsMajor Program Goals Thru developing commercial opportunities increase poor

smallholder incomes and create employment opportunities

Contribute to cross cutting goals of benefiting and empowering marginal communities and women

The evidence is that if smallholders have access to appropriate inputs, knowledge, and markets they are competitive producers and there are large income earning opportunities in Nepal

Micro irrigation technologies and Small-scale water development linked to agricultural value-chain developing is critical to enable smallholder income earning opportunities

Agricultural Value Chain Agricultural Value Chain ApproachApproach

The value-chain includes the enterprises providing inputs, services, processing, and marketing for a particular commodity

It is crucial that the value-chain enterprises be present, profitable, and utilizing/promoting best technologies to enable smallholders to increase their income

Agrovet’s are important service providers who market needed inputs and provide knowledge embedded with sales to smallholders.

The Approach/Interventions in PPP The Approach/Interventions in PPP ContextContext

Essential to establish Essential to establish and strengthen and strengthen enterprises in the enterprises in the agricultural value-chain agricultural value-chain for impact and for impact and sustainability. sustainability.

Embedded services are Embedded services are crucial to reaching crucial to reaching large numbers of large numbers of smallholders.smallholders.

The public sector is The public sector is crucial to overcome crucial to overcome market failures and market failures and provide critical provide critical investment in public investment in public goods including basic goods including basic knowledge extension, knowledge extension, research, infrastructure research, infrastructure (includes irrigation and (includes irrigation and marketing), and an marketing), and an enabling environment.enabling environment.

• Collection Centers:Collection Centers:• PPP: MOAC/DOA, Local PPP: MOAC/DOA, Local

Government, Smallholders, VC Government, Smallholders, VC actors, and I/NGOs facilitatingactors, and I/NGOs facilitating

• Over site by community Over site by community elected Marketing and elected Marketing and Planning Committee Planning Committee (MPC)(MPC)

• Collection centers are run by Collection centers are run by entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs and cooperativescooperatives

• Point for aggregationPoint for aggregation• Provide feed back between Provide feed back between

smallholders and traderssmallholders and traders• Utilize crop calendars Utilize crop calendars

developed with tradersdeveloped with traders• Work with government for Work with government for

investments in public goodsinvestments in public goods• Provide TA, credit, and Provide TA, credit, and

supportsupport• Over 125 collection center Over 125 collection center

serving more that 1,00,000 serving more that 1,00,000 HHs.HHs.

Small Scale Water Small Scale Water DevelopmentDevelopment

iDE has been involved in piloting iDE has been involved in piloting piped water multiple use systems piped water multiple use systems (over community 163 systems (over community 163 systems developed) in strong partnership developed) in strong partnership with DOI/DOA/MLD/DDC/VDC/ with DOI/DOA/MLD/DDC/VDC/ INGOsINGOs

iDE has been involved in R&D and iDE has been involved in R&D and supply chain development for micro supply chain development for micro irrigation technologies including irrigation technologies including drip systems, micro sprinklers, drip systems, micro sprinklers, treadle/other pumps, and low cost treadle/other pumps, and low cost water storage technologieswater storage technologies

Micro Irrigation Supply Chain Micro Irrigation Supply Chain DevelopmentDevelopment

Over 190,000 micro Over 190,000 micro irrigation technologies irrigation technologies (developed by partner (developed by partner iDE) have been sold in iDE) have been sold in Nepal the vast Nepal the vast majority linked to majority linked to different projects.different projects.

Micro irrigation Micro irrigation technologies include technologies include the treadle pump, drip the treadle pump, drip systems, efficient systems, efficient micro sprinklers, and micro sprinklers, and low cost water storage low cost water storage technologies all technologies all manufactured in Nepalmanufactured in Nepal

RecommendationsRecommendations Joint effort for market development of micro and Joint effort for market development of micro and

small irrigation technologies.small irrigation technologies.

Strengthening and capacity building of existing Strengthening and capacity building of existing supply chain actors and Collection Center/ MPC.supply chain actors and Collection Center/ MPC.

Policy advocacy toward VAT exemption agriculture Policy advocacy toward VAT exemption agriculture technologies and it's spare parts.technologies and it's spare parts.

Key is Joint implementation of agriculture market Key is Joint implementation of agriculture market center / collection center development in PPPcenter / collection center development in PPP

Critical to develop viable pockets with clusters of Critical to develop viable pockets with clusters of small-scale water systems and sufficient numbers of small-scale water systems and sufficient numbers of smallholders to establish input suppliers and market smallholders to establish input suppliers and market channels channels

Thank you!

DOI/NITP Pond Kavre District in partnership with SIMI