Complementarities of Irrigation and Extension Services Impact Evaluation 2016-2019 [Nepal]

Agriculture is the primary sector of employment in Nepal. 26.98% percent of Nepal’s GDP comes from agriculture, which employs 81% of the active labor force. (FAO, 2020) However, Nepal’s agricultural sector is characterized by subsistence farming, low crop yields and low cropping intensity arising from lack of properly managed irrigation facilities and farmer’s poor knowledge of improved cultivation practices. (World Bank, 2011). To address these issues the government of Nepal has been implementing the Modernization of Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Scheme Project since 2012, with financing and technical assistance from the World Bank.  The baseline survey took place in December 2016, and the endline survey took place in December 2019.

The topics covered in Nepal's Complementarities of Irrigation and Extension Services Impact Evaluation 2016 include the following:

- Water user's groups and income
- Weekly expenditure (food)
- Agriculture
- Season details
- Crop details
- Use of agricultural tools
- Financial literacy
- Agriculture extension services
- Cauliflower cultivation
- Cabbage cultivation
- Bean seeds production method
- Banana cultivation
- Sugarcane cultivation
- Onion cultivation
- Cucurbits offseason cultivation
- Chilies cultivation
- Tomato cultivation
- Okra (lady's finger) cultivation
- Paddy seed selection and treatment
- Paddy bed preparation
- Lentil cultivation method
- Wheat cultivation
- Potato diseases and prevention
- Mushroom production
- Network module
- Shock module
- Livestock and mushroom