Achievement and Publications

INPIM Nepal has recently prepared a publication entitled "Small Scale Irrigation in Nepal". It is based on the presentations of the Eighth INPIM Nepal Talk Program and includes papers from Dr. Prachanda Pradhan, Mr. Susan Sakya and Mr. Shital Babi Regmee. Hard copies of the publication will soon be circulated to all its members. ...

INPIM Nepal has been co-organizing the National Irrigation Seminar since its initiation in 2007. In 2013 also it co-organized the seminar along with the Department of Irrigation and IWMI Nepal....

INPIM-Nepal successfully completed a research project entitled Demonstrating Enhanced Productivity in Irrigated Agricultural System through Multifunctional Water Users’ Association in January 2011. The study was supported under Regional Technical Assistance for Knowledge and Innovation Support (RETA 6498) of Asian Development Bank (ADB). It aimed at establishing the value of multifunctional water users’ associations (WUAs) and evaluating the potential for and merit of promoting multifunction...

INPIM Nepal has published and circulated two publications during June/July 2011. The first publication documents exemplary efforts of WUAs in Nepal and factors contributing to participatory irrigation management. It is in Nepali language and is considered to be useful for NFIWUAN and all the WUAs under its umbrella. The second publication entitled "Building Social Capital and Livelihood through Multifunctional WUAs in Nepalese Irrigation Systems" is, however, in English and is targeted more towa...

Four important research works have been completed by INPIM Nepal and reports were finalized and published. The first is a final report of the Farmer Managed Irrigation System Study prepared for the Social Safety Nets Project (SSNP). The study covered 15 different FMISs from different agro-ecological zones and was used to provide guidelines to the new national Agricultural Development Strategy. The second report is the Final Report of the of the South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI) Research Project...

INPIM-Nepal has been organizing Talk Programs covering different aspects of irrigation and water resources once in every four months. So far twelve Talk programs have been organized. The different topics covered by the talk programs were as follows: 12.Clean Technologies for Irrigation Water Lifting in Nepal: Options and Experiences 11.Transforming Surface Irrigation to Pressurized Systems for Higher Efficiency and Benefits 10.Recent Innovations on Flow Measurements 9. Dynamics of Irrigation...