Sustainability of agriculture disserves special attention because food is the basis of all human activities. Similarly, organic matter management is essential to maintain the long-term potential of agriculture through producing the healthy food by keeping the environment productive, and produce adequate qualities of food for the present generation while keeping potentiality to produce the same for the generations to come. Traditionally, there was massive numbers of livestock in rural village and management of organic matter was not felt important but now number of cattle reduced significantly due to the lacking of agricultural labors. Thus, management of organic matter Farm Yard Manure (FYM) and agricultural residual to make compost is crucial today. In this connection, This project is now implementing in Shankarpokhari VDC of Parbat and targeted beneficiaries is women. It is supported by UNDP GEF SGP which will continue till June of 2015.

The overall objective of the project is to enhance the production and productivity of agricultural land in sustainable manner to improve the livelihood of grass root people and the specific objectives are:

1.      Increasing the quality and quantity of FYM/compost by utilizing the agricultural residual and locally available vegetation;

2.      Acquainting the local people about the importance of leguminous crops, and fodder plants those are rich in nutrients for both cattle and soil; and

3.      Socio-economic empowerment of the women and lagging class people by farm base income generation measures.