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In response to the tragic earthquake in Nepal, this website has been created as a place to allow aid agencies to download helpful reports and educational picture-based lessons to assist affected farmers. We have recommended 10 inexpensive products to help farmers recover in the short term, each accompanied by a graphical lesson. Some of the products were chosen because they can help with earthquake relief efforts and can then be re-purposed to improve farm productivity. The 10 graphical lesson sets (shown below) are open access and are meant to be distributed alongside the 10 products as instructional materials, especially to empower illiterate women farmers. Combined, the products, seeds and graphics form a regional emergency Sustainable Agriculture Kit (eSAK), a menu from which an individual household may only need or want one item.
Since most villages typically have some level of literacy, illustrations with step-by-step text captions in English or Nepali script have been included following a farmer focus group.
These resources are being created by the SAKNepal project at the University of Guelph in Canada, in partnership with a Nepalese agricultural research NGO, LI-BIRD, who are actively providing relief to farmers. The graphic lessons were created by Lisa Smith. Nepali translations were done by Kamal Khadka with support from Dr. Tejendra Chapagain. Please contact Prof. Manish Raizada to provide feedback (raizada@uoguelph.ca).
This website will be updated in real time as resources are generated or modified after feedback from Nepalese farmer focus groups.
Downloadable Resources
In response to the tragic earthquake in Nepal, this website has been created as a place to allow aid agencies to download helpful reports and educational picture-based lessons to assist affected farmers. We have recommended 10 inexpensive products to help farmers recover in the short term, each accompanied by a graphical lesson. Some of the products were chosen because they can help with earthquake relief efforts and can then be re-purposed to improve farm productivity. The 10 graphical lesson sets (shown below) are open access and are meant to be distributed alongside the 10 products as instructional materials, especially to empower illiterate women farmers. Combined, the products, seeds and graphics form a regional emergency Sustainable Agriculture Kit (eSAK), a menu from which an individual household may only need or want one item.
Since most villages typically have some level of literacy, illustrations with step-by-step text captions in English or Nepali script have been included following a farmer focus group.
These resources are being created by the SAKNepal project at the University of Guelph in Canada, in partnership with a Nepalese agricultural research NGO, LI-BIRD, who are actively providing relief to farmers. The graphic lessons were created by Lisa Smith. Nepali translations were done by Kamal Khadka with support from Dr. Tejendra Chapagain. Please contact Prof. Manish Raizada to provide feedback (raizada@uoguelph.ca).
This website will be updated in real time as resources are generated or modified after feedback from Nepalese farmer focus groups.
Downloadable Resources
1. Report: Top 10 Inexpensive Interventions to Help Farmers in Nepal After the 2015 Earthquake: A SAKNepal Report for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (last update published June, 2015): Read or download a PDF file below. The appendix contains useful graphical lessons for farmers.
| nepal_earthquake_plan_to_help_farmers_june23_2015_11am_english_captions_small.pdf |
2. Picture lesson for farmers:
A $1 grain storage bag (re-usable) to protect seeds from the Monsoon rains, insects
and mould (English and Nepali versions)
| 2._esak_grainpro_english_captions_v2.pdf |
| 2._esak_grainpro_english_captions_letters.pdf_kk_16_june.pdf |
3.
Picture Booklet of Creative Ideas for Farmers on How to use Tarpaulin
and Inexpensive Agricultural Plastic to Build Shelters and Harvest Rainwater but
then Re-Purpose the Material to Improve Farm Productivity (no-text version)
| esak_shelter_farm_water_booklet_may7_2015_small.pdf |
3a. Picture lesson for farmers:
How to build a temporary shelter cube using tarpaulin or agricultural grade plastic film (English and Nepali versions)
| 3a._esak_boxtent_english_captions.pdf |
| 3a._esak_boxtent_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
3b. Picture lesson for farmers:
How to build an A-frame shelter using tarpaulin or agricultural grade plastic film (English and Nepali versions)
| 3b._esak_aframetent_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
| 3b._esak_aframetent_english_captions.pdf |
3c. Picture lesson for farmers: eSAK idea: How to build a shelter rapidly involving no wood by using the terrace wall and tarpaulin or agricultural grade plastic film (English and Nepali versions)
| 3c._esak_terracetent_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
| 3c._esak_terracetent_english_captions.pdf |
3d. Picture lesson for farmers: How to use tarpaulin or agricultural grade plastic film to build an extension for cooking and to protect cooking wood from rainfall (English and Nepali versions).
| 3d._esak_cookingflap_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
| 3d._esak_cookingflap_english_captions.pdf |
3e. Picture lesson for farmers: eSAK idea: How to build inexpensive water harvesting using the side of a tent along with tarpaulin or agricultural grade plastic film and duct tape (English and Nepali versions)
| 3e._esak_rainwaterharvestflap_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
| 3e._esak_rainwaterharvestflap_english_captions.pdf |
3f. Picture lesson for farmers: How to build a temporary shelter for livestock using tarpaulin or agricultural grade plastic film (English and Nepali versions)
| 3f._esak_livestockshelter_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
| 3f._esak_livestockshelter_english_captions.pdf |
3g. Picture lesson for farmers: Importance of preventing seeds from getting wet due to a collapsed roof by covering it with plastic film or storing in a low oxygen storage bag (English and Nepali versions)
| 3g._esak_indoorgrain_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
| 3g._esak_indoorgrain_english_captions.pdf |
3h. Picture lesson for farmers: eSAK Idea: How to repurpose a temporary tent shelter into a greenhouse (clear plastic) for the
winter months or to protect vegetables from insects, or into a shade house
(opaque plastic) for low-light seedlings prior to transplantation (English and Nepali versions)
| 3h._esak_terracerepurpose_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
| 3h._esak_terracerepurpose_english_captions.pdf |
3i. Picture lesson for farmers: eSAK idea: How to re-purpose an old shelter tent into a weed suppressing groundcover for
vegetable crops to reduce female drudgery associated with removing weeds. Clear or opaque plastic can be used (English and Nepali versions).
| 3i._esak_aframerepurpose_to_groundcover_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
| 3i._esak_aframerepurpose_to_groundcover_english_captions.pdf |
4. Picture lesson for farmers: eSAK Idea: The use of a jab planter to reduce labour when sowing seeds, in order to compensate for injury to humans or livestock (English and Nepali versions).
| 4._esak_jabplanter_english_captions_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
| 4._esak_jabplanter_english_captions_english_captions.pdf |
5. Picture lesson for farmers: How to save on application of nitrogen fertilizer when scarce by microdosing (placing a bottlecap quantity of fertilizer at the base of each plant) rather than broadcasting of fertilizer (English and Nepali versions).
| 5._esak_bottlecapmicrodosing_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
| 5._esak_bottlecapmicrodosing_english_captions.pdf |
6. Picture lesson for farmers: How to save on application of nitrogen fertilizer when scarce by splitting the application (English and Nepali versions)
| 6._esak_splitapp_nepali_captions.pdf |
| 6._esak_splitapp_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
7. Picture lesson for farmers: First aid kit, step by step cleaning then application of antibiotics followed by bandaging to prevent infection (English and Nepali versions).
| 7._esak_firstaid_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
| 7._esak_firstaid_english_captions.pdf |
8. Picture lesson for farmers: eSAK Idea: The use of waterproof gloves to clean debris followed by re-purposing them as gardening gloves to reduce female hardship (English and Nepali versions).
| 8._esak_gloves_nepali_captions.pdf |
| 8._esak_gloves_v3_english_captions.pdf |
9. Picture lesson for farmers: eSAK idea: The use of early maturing crop varieties that can produce some food early to prevent hunger in the short term. In this image, early maturing cowpea is shown, which can produce food as green pods within 35-45 days after sowing (English and Nepali versions).
| 9._esak_cowpea_early_maturing_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
| 9._esak_cowpea_early_maturing_english_captions.pdf |
10. Picture lesson for farmers: eSAK idea: The use of a multi-purpose, foldable military shovel to help clear debris, which can be re-purposed for agricultural needs (English and Nepali versions).
| 10._esak_militaryshovel_english_captions_letters_kk_16_june.pdf |
| 10._esak_militaryshovel_english_captions.pdf |
