Community Shallow Tube-well Irrigation Project (CSTIP)

Donor: International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)

Components
A) Social mobilization,
B) Installation of Shallow Tubewells
C) Distribution of Pumps

Project area: Sunsari, Saptari, Siraha, Sarlahi and Rautahat districts of Eastern and Central Development regions of Nepal.

Target Group: Small and marginal farmers with per capita annual income less than NRs 3,680 and with 1.3 hectare of rainfed land with more than 5 members in the household.

Activities of the Project

Social mobilization

• Water Users' group and Shallow Tubewell group formation,
• WUGs registration,
• Local contribution collection,
• Trainings and strengthening,

Shallow Tubewell Installation

• Demand collection
• Submitted to the PMU for approval
• Drilling.

Distribution of Pumps

• Field channel construction
• Providing a pump set to successfully installed STW

Progress and Achievement till 2006