1 Farmer promoters nomination and training, and field day visit report.
Acknowledgement
The concept of farmer field promoter was new to me when I first attended Writeshop training on
30th September to 3rd October 2014 at Dewathang.The facilitator of the training Dr. Julian Gonsalves
explained us about farmer promoters, their roles and responsibilities in society. He told us farmer
promoter plays an important role in agriculture farming. The other interesting topic during the
training was bio intensive gardening, where farmers are encouraged to grow green manure trees in
their fields in order to fix nitrogen to the soil.
I would like to sincerely thank Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative Executive Director Tshewang Dendup for
inviting me over a meeting. Although I work in forestry extension services, the training inputs on
nutrient management, pest management, post harvest and practicing bio intensive gardening were
interesting lessons I learnt.
I accompanied a group of farmer to Orong geog and visited the lead farmers. I was inspired and
motivated by the vegetable production by M.C Guring. He told us that “Interest and hardwork” are
important in farming. I also learned grafting from Memey Jamtsho. He taught us grafting for orange,
apple, pear or peach and few more. It was the most memorable and valuable journey to me.
I would like to thank Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative team Mr.Norbu Samphel, Sherab, Miss Pia
Lindstorm for invaluable support at field works and the guidance in writing this report.
Thank to Dr. Julian Gonsalves for facilitating the write shop.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Part A: Over all work plan………………………………………………………………………………………………… .4
Part B: Procedure for selection of farmer promoters………………………………………………………. .4
Farmer promoters’ selection criterion shared by farmers………………………………………………… .5
Farmer Promoters of Dewathang geog, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag…………………………… .6
Appointed farmer promoters, Dewathang…………………………………………………………………....... .7
Farmer Promoters’ roles and responsibilities…………………………………………………………………… .8
Promoters’ opportunities………………………………………………………………………………………………… .8
Promoters Tenure……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. .9
Promoter – promoter competition………………………………………………………………………………….. . 9
Promoters Incentives………………………………………………………………………………………………………. .9
Checking how well the farmers’ promoters are doing their job……………………………………….. . 9
Part C: Bridge, Coordination and monitoring……………………………………………………………….. .10
Knowing the farmers and field situation………………………………………………………………………….. .10
Analysis and prioritisation……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. .10-12
The Communication cycle……………………………………………………………………………………………….. .12
Forward Information interpretation flow………………………………………………………………………… .12
Reversed information interpretation flow………………………………………………………………………. .13
Monitoring format for seeds supplied for promotion ……………………………………………………………….. .13
Farming timetable management for germination and management……………………………….. .13-14
Part D: Farmers promoters were trained by EAs and SJI on following topics………………… .14
Farming problems listing out for study and analysis………………………………………………………… .14
Farming problems identification and damage prioritisation matrix…………………………………. .14-15
Addressing the farming problems……………………………………………………………………………………. .15
Compost making or basic livestock husbandry management…………………………………………… .16-17
Agro-silvo pastoral system advantages……………………………………………………………………………. .18
Soil Management…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. .18-20
Integrated nutrient management……………………………………………………………………………………. .20-22
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Integrated pest management………………………………………………………………………………………….. .22 .
Pest awareness beforehand is a must for farmers…………………………………………………………… .22 .
Pest behaviour study and record keeping for management…………………………………………….. .23
Part E: Farmers’ Field Day Study…………………………………………………………………………………. .23-24
Discussions and advices received…………………………………………………………………………………….. .24-25
Part F: Farmer promoters’ words at the end of day study………………………………………… .26
Empty forms ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. .26-28
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Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative tentative plan for farmers’ promoter training, Dewathang
Part A: Overall Work Plan Date: 17/10/2014
Sl.no Activities Date Remarks
1 Field visits and identifying interested and potential farmers
16-17/10/2014 8 farmers identified
2 Meeting for promoters and geog Tshogpas, training them, drawing out interim guidelines
21-22/10/2014 Initiated by SJI, in collaboration with geog Agriculture Extension agent
3 Farmer field day visit to Morong and Lerong for study and exposure.
28/10/2014 Escort by SJI team and geog agriculture, Dewathang
Part B: Procedure for selection of farmers’ promoters
Sl.no Village Initial active farmers selection by field verification team
Nos. of farmers voting for the most active
1 Martang Sonam Lhendup ///// ///// selected
Tuku Lhamo ////
Tashi Yoezer ///// ///// selected
Gerwa Dawa Norbu
2 Dungkarcholing Peldon ///// ///// selected
Samzang /////
Khotsa /////
3 Domphu Jampay ///// ///// // selected
Chezom ///// /////
Rinchen Wangdi ///// //
4 Rikhey Ngawang ///// ///// ///selected
Tashi Wangmo ///// /////
5 Bangtsho Tshering Gyelpo ///// ///// // selected
Sherab ///// //
Kopor Kuenga ///// ///// selected
Karma /////
Lata Wangdi /////
6 Chenary Rinchen Lhamo ///// ///// / selected
Dechen Choden ///// //
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Farmer promoters’ selection criterion shared by farmers during meeting
Should practice farming consistently and need to have garden at his house
Have interest for learning
Willingness
Should be competitive
All rounder
Credible
Trustworthy
Can communicate and convince
Beneficial to community
Lives full time in the village or stays in the village
Does farming with interest
A person who often migrate should not be chosen
Should be receptive
Should be expert than other farmers in a village
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Farmer Promoters of Dewathang geog, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag
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Appointed farmer promoters, Dewathang
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Farmer Promoters’ roles and responsibilities
1. Encourage local seeds preservation,
2. Give awareness to farmers for seeds sowing time, collect money from farmers, if
they are interested to buy seeds and forward to agriculture extension agents,
3. Ask and know from agriculture extension agents or geog administration for budget
allocation for seeds supply from government offices for each year.
4. Define farmer promoter. Farmer promoters are usually individuals with little or no
formal education who, through a process of training, experimentation, learning and
practice, increase their knowledge and become capable of sharing it with others,
functioning as extension workers.
5. Formal education is not a necessary requirement for being a farmer promoter. More
important attributes are credibility, community acceptance, and a positive attitude
to take on the challenge of a farmer promoter.
6. The role of the promoter in rural communities is that of a change agent promoting
rural development process.
7. Should undertake theoretical and practical activities.
8. Facilitate courses at the community level
9. Respect the local culture
10. Work as equals, treating others with respect and tolerance.
11. Work with farmers’ groups or with individual farmers.
12. Participate in meetings and workshops
13. Provide training in demonstration plots.
Promoters’ opportunities
1. Exposure
2. Study tour
3. Knowledge and experience
4. Trainings or workshop
5. Helping farmers
6. Income generation
7. Meetings with institution leaders or high dignitaries
8. Facilitator of knowledge to farmers
9. Become experienced and work like professionals
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Promoters Tenure
Promoters are supposed to work for 3 years as promised. If he or she does good job, there is
a chance for second or third time too, depending upon the progress shown by promoters. It
is purely election system by village farmers.
Promoter – promoter competition
The Samdrup Jongkhar Initiatives and Dzongkhag Agriculture office would like to observe
the best promoter among the total eight. The criterion shall be his farm management,
vegetable garden management; quantity produced based, sell record quantity, creativity
based, and number of farmers he/she has supported or helped in the village. His/her
performance shall be evaluated closely and shall be rewarded
Promoters Incentives
Farmers and Agriculture Extension agents shall observe the performance and progress of
promoters for one year. If the farmers like the support and progress of promoter, they shall
organize group meetings on convenient time and start paying them if possible. But then, the
decision lies in the hands of gatherings.
Checking how well the farmers’ promoters are doing their job
Sl.no
Main activities or responsibilities
Indicator Who will monitor and how?
Responsibility
Comments
1 Practice or continuity of farming Interview or ask village farmers, visit promoters garden
Extension Agriculture agents, geog Tshogpas
Promoters,EAs,farmers
2 Share knowledge, or train farmers, transmitter role
Interview or ask village farmers, observe farmers garden
Extension Agriculture agents, geog Tshogpas
Promoters,EAs,farmers
3 Apply knowledge of composting, pest management, nutrient management, soil management, agrobiodiversity practices, trained topics
Visit promoters field or gardens, ask farmers
Extension Agriculture agents, geog Tshogpas
Promoters,EAs,farmers
4 Visit other farmers field, identify active farmers, advice
Ask farmers, visits to farmers field by EAs
Extension Agriculture agents, geog Tshogpas
Promoters,EAs,farmers
5 Local seeds preservation practice, seeds distribution/supply on timing
Ask farmers, visit to farmers field by EAs
Extension Agriculture agents, geog Tshogpas
Promoters,EAs,farmers
6 Incorporate EAs, Agency for planning,administration,relationship with EAs, or other offices
Keep record of EAs field visits or contact, keep register records
Extension Agriculture agents, geog Tshogpas
Promoters,EAs,farmers
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Part C: Bridge and Coordination
Knowing the farmers and field situation. This part have not been discussed with farmers, this is my self
assumption and trial. The list of daily activities depends on farmers. Let farmers list them out.
Listing out the farm activities and daily schedule. EAs have to be clever, do not ask which is more important
while comparing. Ask the real field situations, like where your time is mostly consumed? If asked, which is
more important, the answer would be completely opposite.
1. Vegetable garden visit
2. Fruits trees orchard visit,
3. Cow herding and fodder collection or preparation,
4. Attending meetings or training, woola
5. Compost preparation,
6. At home
7. Usual routine farming
8. Social gatherings, play, fun.
Analysis and prioritisation
Vegetable garden visit
3
Fruits trees orchard visit,
1
Cow herding and fodder collection
7
Attending meetings or training, woola
2
Compost preparation
1
At home,weaving,watching television 3
Maize or rice cultivation 5
Social gatherings, play, fun 5
Vegetable garden visit
X
Fruits trees orchard visit,
Vegetable garden visit
X
Cow herding and fodder management
Cow herding and fodder collection
Cow herding and fodder collection
X
Attending meetings or training, woola
Attending meetings or training,
Attending meetings or training, woola
Cow herding and fodder management
X
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woola
Compost preparation
Vegetable garden visit
Fruits trees orchard visit,
Cow herding and fodder management
Compost preparation
X
At home,weaving,watching televisions
Vegetable garden visit
At home,weaving,watching television
Cow herding and fodder management
At home,weaving,watching television
At home,weaving,watching television
X
Maize or rice cultivation
Maize or rice cultivation
Maize or rice cultivation
Cow herding and fodder management
Maize or rice cultivation
Maize or rice cultivation
Maize or rice cultivation
X
Social gatherings, play, fun
Social gatherings, play, fun
Social gatherings, play, fun
Cow herding and fodder management
Social gatherings, play, fun
Social gatherings, play, fun
Social gatherings, play, fun
Maize or rice cultivation
X
Graphical representation
Showing time consumption in daily activities
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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Finding these evaluation, we can develop strategies and formulate plan to help farmers.
These prioritisation and table will show the nature of farmers and nature of farming, they
practice. It will very from place to place and people to people. In vegetable growing areas,
like, Wangdue or Paro, the highest point will go to visit to vegetable garden and doing
gardening.
The Communication cycle
Information Information
Information Information
Forward Information interpretation flow of communication cycle
Information from DAO, Project Offices
Date Received by
EAs to promoter
Date Promoters to farmers
Date
E.g. Contact received from DAO for Potato supply
31/10/2014 Kiran Rai, officiating agriculture
Call to Karma Tenzin for informing farmers
3/11/2014
Potato arrived, informed to farmers
3/11/2014
DAO handed vegetable seeds
1/09/2014 Kiran Rai, officiating agriculture
Contacted Rikhey Tshogpa
10/09/2014
Informed farmers
12/10/2014
Geog Agriculture Extension
Agent
Farmer Promoter Farmers
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Reversed information interpretation flow of communication cycle
Know the farmers plan, interests, messages
Promoters action
Promoters to EAs
EAs action On which date?
EAs to Dzongkhag Agriculture Office
Comments
E.g. Pest infestation on cabbage or maize
Promoter visited farmer fields and record
Phone call to EAs on 3/11/2014
EAs visited farmer fields and find solution
5/11/2014
EAs contacted DAO on date 4/11/2014.Arrange pest repellents
successful
Farmers like to buy veg.seeds
Promoters collects money and passed to EAs
Passed money to EAs on 3/11/2014
EAs forwarded to DAO
5/11/2014
Applied for seeds demand
Arrived on time
Monitoring format for seeds supplied for promotion. To be filled by EAs
Farmers Village Nos.of packets/quantity supplied
Supplied date
Field visits monitoring comments by EAs
Monitored date?
Quantity produced
Comments
Karma Tenzin
Pazor 50 kg potatoes
3/11/14
Have planted, on date 5/01/2015
15 Dec 100 kg example
Farming timetable management for germination and management. To be filled up by
farmers.
When did you receive seeds?
Mother beds preparation
When did you sow?
Watering management?
How often are you checking germination?
Counting records of healthy/ dead seedlings?
Transplantation date
Potato supplied from Geog,
Prepared mother beds, used organic
10/11/2014 after seeds germination in mother beds,
250 seeds planted,200 nos.grew
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MAGIP support, on date 3/11/2014
compost checking regularly
Part D: Farmers promoters were trained by geog extension agent and SJI team on
following topics:
Farming problems listing out for study and analysis
Farming problems identification, analysis and finding resolution,
Compost making
Agro-silvo pastoral system advantages,
Soil management for farming
Integrated nutrient management.
Integrated pest management.
I. Farming problems listing out for study and analysis
1. Wild boar and elephant damage,
2. Late seeds arrival at farmers hand,
3. Pest infestation,
4. Summer rainfall,
5. Marketing of vegetables from far villages,
6. Monitoring by Agriculture Extension Agents,
Farming problems identification and damage prioritisation matrix
Wild boar, elephants 5
Seeds supply delay 3
Pest infestation 1
Summer rainfall 2
Not efficient marketing channel 2
Monitoring by EAs 2
Wild boar, elephants
x
Seeds supply delay
Wild boar, elephants
x
Pest outbreak
Wild boar, elephants
Seeds supply delay
x
Summer rainfall
Wild boar, elephants
Seeds supply delay
Pest outbreak
x
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Not efficient marketing channel
Wild boar, elephants
Seeds supply delay
Not efficient marketing channel
Summer rainfall
x
Monitoring by EAs
Wild boar, elephants
Monitoring by EAs
Summer rainfall
Monitoring by EAs
Not efficient marketing channel
x
Graphical representation of problems
Addressing the farming problems
Sl.no Problems list Resolution Comments 2 Wild boar and elephant
damage Instead of maize cultivation, opt for ginger, or vegetables which wild boars do not attack
Resolve from Dzongkhag Agriculture/Forest Office, GYT or DYT, Ministry or Headquarters
3 Not efficient marketing channel for vegetables
Linking or facilitating farmers to customers(Tshoki Gyatso Institue, Dungsum private school,Polytecnic,shopkeepers)
SJI and Agriculture extension agents decided to collect phone numbers of customers and give to farmer promoters
4 Monitoring by Agriculture Extension Agents
Farmer promoters should often share village farmer’s problems or keep close contact with EAs
Promoters should keep registers
5 Summer rainfall Use nets, if possible try to procure from Dzongkhag Agriculture sector or procure yourself
Search fund support from Projects, if possible
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II. Compost making or basic livestock husbandry management
Compost Making
1. Construct shed or house for storing cow dung or urine with CGI sheet, with stone
wall or bamboo balep
2. Collect the cow dung and pile up. Water should not be allowed to get mixed up
3. Transfer the cow dung to the compost house and pile up in one corner.
4. Moisture content should be just enough to wet the material, not dripping
5. After reasonable heap, mix with green biomass or leaves (ratio: 3:1, of cow dung and
green biomass). After three days the heap should be warm inside. If not, it’s too wet
or too dry. If too wet, add dry matter. Avoid direct sunlight and rain water
6. After compost become ready, shift the heap into middle and leave it for sometime,
finally shift into last corner. Compost becomes ready for use at around 1-2 months.
Pit compost preparation
To make pit compost you need to dig pit
-length 6Ft,
-breadth 3Ft and
-depth 2½ Ft
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Materials required to make pit compost
Cow urine and Dung
Green biomass
Dry biomass
Mix all these and cover up by soil
After 25 days turn up side down
After 2-3 month compost will be ready to use
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III. Agro-silvo pastoral system advantages
1. Farming system consists of the three main components, keeping livestock, growing
fodder trees/grass, and agriculture practice in a combinative pattern at a same time
in a same land.
2. Have multipurpose benefits.
3. Land use is intensified, meant for avoiding land fallow.
4. Good, selected fodder trees/fodder grasses are planted along the terraces or around
the fields.
5. Cattles or other domestic animals are kept at the fields/farms openly, or could be
inside sheds, around or within the farm.
6. Cow dung, compost or manure are utilised within the farms for growing crops or
vegetables.
IV. Soil Management
Defining soil erosion
Soil erosion is the process of detaching the soil particles by erosive agents such as water,
wind and ice from the land's surface of one place and it’s transportation to another place for
deposition.
SOIL EROSIONAL TYPES
TYPE CASUAL AGENT
Splash erosion – Water Sheet erosion – Water & wind Rill erosion - Water Gully erosion - Water. Severe one
Splash erosion
Rain Drops
Detaches
soil particles
from
aggregates
SPLASH EROSION
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Suggestion: Cover crops, mulching, agrobiodiversity practice. Practice bio-intensive gardens
SHEET EROSION
Uniform removal of thin layer of soil either by runoff or wind
Suggestion: Stone bunds or hedgerows plantation
GULLY EROSION
Removal of soil particles in gullies of several meters
Suggestion: Plantation of pioneer plant species like, Alnus nepalensis or selected plant
species, vegetatative/coppicing species, bamboo, etc. Natural check dams or bio-engineering
works.
Prevention Measures
1. Stone bunds. Raising stone bunds along the contour lines of sloped farm land helps prevent soil erosion, make use of local stones and eventually be formed into good terraces.
2. Hedgerow Plantation. Planting multipurpose trees and plant species along the contour slopes will reduce rain water erosion and eventually form terraces. The vegetation planted will provide fodder, timber and biomass as a source for green manure. Wind erosion can be controlled.
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3. Protecting forest and water sources. Do not cut down trees. Planting new trees and protecting them will ensure good vegetation coverage and increase water quality and quantity over longer periods of time.
V. Integrated nutrient management
1. When possible, test the soil. Based on nutrient analysis, recommendation can be
made.
2. Improve the soil organically by planting green manure trees, like nitrogen fixing
plants, like Cassia siamea, gliricidia sepium, Leucaena leucocephala, cereals along the
vegetable garden beds.
Cassia siamea
Leucaena leucocephala
Gliricidia sepium
3. Plant legume crops like Daincha to fix nitrogen and add organic matter to the soil.
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4. Planting cover crops protect the soil from sun and rain, retains moisture, and
prevents soil erosion and helps build up soil nutrients.
Dha
Daincha, found in: Pemathang, Phuntshothang, and, and Daifam
5. Use organically prepared compost for farming. Do not opt for inorganic fertilizers
from markets.
6. Intercrop or rotate with legume crops like beans. Legume root nodules help fix
atmospheric nitrogen into the soil.
7. Practice mulching, covering crops with grass and leaf litter, twigs, straw, manure and
food residues adds nutrients and organic matter, retains soil moisture, and
temperature, favours healthy soil organism, suppresses weeds and improve soil
structure.
8. Practice hedgerows plantation along bunds or terrace for controlling soil erosion.
9. Practice bio-intensive gardening with nitrogen fixing trees with such design
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VI. Integrated pest management
Pests Awareness beforehand is a must for a farmer
Before pest attacks, be
ready with defence
Be ready with
water sprinklers
and pipe water
Be ready with
nets, medium
or small sized
Plant marigold
flowers in vegetable
gardens
Introduce mixed
cropping or
agrobiodiversity
Use or practice organic pest
repellents
Introduce light systems in
garden. Insects will be
attracted by lights
Right pest identification by
Agriculture Extension
agents and their
suggestions
Draining water from a paddy fields every 4-5
days help kill insects. Do not keep stagnant
water in a field for longer time
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Pest behaviour study and record keeping for management
Part E: Farmers’ Field day Tour
It was planned on 28/10/2014 to Orong geog. The team from Samdrup Jongkhar Initiatives in collaboration with geog officiating Agriculture extension agent of Dewathang escorted the 16 farmers to two expert farmers of Orong geog, one at M.C Gurung field at Morong 28 km, and other at Lerong, at Memey Jamtsho place. Here are some pictures of the day visit to their fields.
Crops damaged
Pest timing, record starting date, daytime or night time
Pest identified At germination time or later stage?
Comments by EAs and SJI office
Example Winter Summer
Potato Red ants example
Watering before ants infestation
Spinach White patches Watering before pest
cabbage Yanang khompa(local name)
Watering the garden before pest attacks
Carrot Watering the garden before pest attacks
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Discussions and advices received
MC Gurung shared his views that “Personal Interest” is the first and the most
important thing in gardening.
Secondly, he stresses the point in keeping or following time table or routine. It is a
must for vegetable growers, he said.
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Third important thing is “Self seeds conservation at home”. This is because the
government seeds supply sometimes arrives late or untimely, he clarified.
Gardening management and methodology is very important.
Should not feel boring or lazy to work. We need dedication and commitment.
Ask help from geog Agriculture extension agents in terms of technical assistance or
anything possible. Relationship and communication with them is important.
Should not discontinue gardening. Once started, we should keep on working and
learning.
After seeds germinate from mother beds, we have to visit the farm regularly, do
monitor, count the seedlings, and keep record.
Plant marigold flowers and artemesia for using as pest repellents. Keep the marigold
soaked inside water overnight in a bucket, and mix with beaten artemesia and spray
with sprayers.
Pest infestation usually happens in between March-July. Usually butterfly.
He preserves seeds at his house, like, broccoli, cauliflower, coriander, cabbage,
beans, etc. After producing, he handovers to geog agriculture extension agent. He
earns money from seeds sale.
The Project Office at Wengkher have trained them, helped them a lot on technical
background.
The Agriculture Extension agent of Orong geog explained that group formation is a
must. She explained that the criteria for group formation or registration is to have
interested farmers, and need account opening of a group. By laws are needed while
group formation. By laws are composed by farmers themselves, in the presence of
geog agriculture extension agent as a facilitator.
The RAMCO Office of Mongar have been providing seeds support to the farmers of
Orong, with 25% seeds cost charge.
Memey Jamtsho taught the farmers on grafting techniques. He told that grafting
time starts with 1st month of Bhutanese calendar.
Explained the farmers on pit composting, letting us visit the sites.
Sometimes, one needs to be creative and try our own idea, Memey Jamtsho told.
The farmer groups of Orong supply vegetables to Orong Higher Secondary School,
boarding school on a tender basis. Each groups supply 1500 kilograms of vegetables
weekly. Farmers have hard time for rest, they pointed out.
Farmers are able to generate good income and live happier life.
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Part F: Farmer promoters’ words at the end of day study
1. They would also like to try vegetable farming in their garden or villages in a similar
ways.
2. They feel inspired and encouraged by the training and study tour.
3. They would like to form farmers’ vegetable groups here after.
4. They would like to buy seeds personally from Morong, MC Guring fields and do
gardening.
5. They would like to initiate marketing channels or farmers-customers linkages in
order to activate farmers gardening.
Agriculture Farming Field Diary
Farming timetable management for germination and management
When did you receive seeds?
Mother beds preparation
When did you sow?
Watering management?
How often are you checking germination?
Counting records of healthy/ dead seedlings?
Transplantation date
Forward Information interpretation flow of communication cycle (Both EAs and Promoters
need to maintain)
Information from DAO, Project Offices
Date of information received
Received by
EAs to Promoters
Date Promoters to Farmers
Date
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Reversed information interpretation flow of communication cycle (Both EAs and
Promoters need to maintain)
Know the farmers plan, interests, messages
Promoters action
Promoters to EAs
EAs action On which date?
EAS to Dzongkhag Agriculture office
Comments
Monitoring format for seeds supplied for promotion. (For free seeds supply only).To be filled by
EAs
Farmers Village Nos.of packets/quantity supplied
Distributed date
Field visits monitoring comments by EAs
Monitored date?
Quantity produced
Comments
Pest behaviour study and record keeping for management
Crops damaged
Pest timing, record starting date, daytime or night time
Pest identified
At germination time or later stage?
Comments by EAs
Summer Winter
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Checking how well the farmers’ promoters are doing their job. Evaluation to be done by
EAs
Sl.no
Main activities or responsibilities
Indicator Who will monitor and how?
Responsibility
Comments
1 2 3 4 5 6
Reference: Dr.Gonslave power point presentation on farmer field promoters and bio
intensive gardening.
Report prepared by:
(Kiran Rai)
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