Most farming in the uplands of Nepals midhills is rainfed with many fields remaining fallow during the dry season due to lack of irrigation water. The People and Resource Dynamics Project (PARDYP) water demand and supply survey identified scarcity of irrigation water as a major issue in Nepals midhills. To assess the potential of drip irrigation to address this problem, the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 2000/2001, in collaboration with PARDYP, tested a low cost irrigation drip set and a more costly set in the Jhikhu Khola watershed; and PARDYP and Tribhuvan Universitys Institute of Engineering (Nepal) tested the low cost set with farmers at another site at Kubinde village, Kavre.
WOCAT database reference: QA NEP6
Location: Jhikhu Khola watershed, Kabhrepalanchok district, Nepal
Approach area: 111 km2
Land use: Annual cropping
Climate: Humid subtropical
Related technology: Low cost drip irrigation, QT NEP6
Target Users: Land users, Extension workers
Compiled by: Madhav Dhakal, ICIMOD
Date: August 2006, updated September 2006