Self employment through agriculture based income generation activities for the youths of marginalized communities of Parsa district

Beneficiaries: 
100households
Project District : 
Parsa
Client: 
FAO
Type of project: 
Past_consultancy
Introduction: 

"Self Employment through Agriculture Based Income Generation for The Youths of Poor and Marginalized Communities of Parsa District" was signed between Friends for Peacebuilding and Development (Fri PAD), Bharatpur, Chitwan and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Nepal. This project was implemented in Bhawanipur and Maniyari VDCs of Parsa district as one of the supplementary components of "Jobs for Peace: 12,500 Youth Employed and empowered through and integrated approach UNJP/NEP/004" under United Nations Peace Fund for Nepal with the main objective to contribute to national peace building and poverty reduction by engaging youth in productive employment activities and empowerment.

Key achievements: 

  • Altogether 100 young people including female were provided knowledge on the advanced technologies of different agricultural production systems such as off-season vegetable production system, pig farming, goat farming, and local poultry farming system.

  • More than 60 young people in the project district initiated income generating activities utilizing their knowledge gathered in different trainings.

  • Altogether 100 people gained high-skilled knowledge regarding different aspects of enterprise development.

  • Different 3 farmers groups were registered to DLSO and 1 farmer group was registered to DADO of Parsa district.

  • Including all participants of different training program, Dolahari Agriculture cooperatives was formed and registered under Cooperative Division Office, Makawanpur.

  • Collaborators: District Development Office (DDC), FAO/ILO/Jobs for Peace Project Office, District Agriculture Development Office (DADO), District Livestock Service Office (DLSO), Arunodaya Youth Club (AYC), in Birgunj, Parsa and Cooperative Division Office, Makawanpur.

Service Provided: 
  • Off season vegetable production training to the marginalized youths of project VDCs.

  • Commercial goat production and management training support to establish goat enterprise in the locality.

  • Commercial pig production and management training and support the participants for establishing pig farming enterprise in the locality.

  • Commercial local poultry production and management training and entrepreneurship support to the participants.

  • Formation of farmers groups and registration to DADO and DLSO.

  • Formation of farmers' cooperatives and registration to Cooperative Division Office, Parsa.

  • Input support for initiating agro-based enterprise to the local youths of project VDCs. The support included seed minikits of different vegetables, goat kids, piglets and local poultry hen.

  • Enterprise development training to the participants of above mentioned agriculture related trainings.

  • Book keeping and account management to the members of groups and cooperatives formed in the locality, Reporting and documentation including monthly, quarterly, and project completion reports.