The third phase of the Farming, Health and Environment Nepal Project (FHEN) has been working in the Chitwan area since July 2021 following the successful completion of the first and second phase of the project. FHEN is designed to improve the health of the farmers and consumers by promoting healthy and sustainable food production in Nepal. The project intends to reach all the municipalities of Chitwan District with more focus towards unreached areas and also shifting the responsibility more to the local government and co-operative farmers’ association. Field level interventions will be targeted to the communities of 7 municipalities of Chitwan District and advocacy work would be emphasized to the district, province and federal levels of Nepal.

Objective 1: Enable the local government and farmers’ cooperatives to enhance IPM compliance among farmers, spray workers, and retailers in Chitwan District, Nepal.

Objective 2: Establish consumer forums that advocate for pesticide free foods through lobbying among politicians and fellow citizens.

Objective 3: Define an operational strategy to prevent pesticide poisoning which has a multi-sector approach and can be adopted at the federal, provincial and municipal level.

Objective 1: Enable the local government and farmers’ cooperatives to enhance IPM compliance among farmers, spray workers, and retailers in Chitwan District, Nepal.

1. Training, equipment support and seed distribution to farmers
2. Training and follow-up to commercial farmers
3. Webinars among farming sector stakeholders
4. Training, equipment support and follow-up to pesticide spray workers
5. Training and follow-up to pesticide retailers
6. ToT training to cooperative farmers

Objective 2: Establish consumer forums that advocate for pesticide free foods through lobbying among politicians and fellow citizens.

1. Dialogue between politicians and consumers on the issue of chemical pesticide
2. Mass media awareness programs
3. No-pesticide week celebration
4. Training to school teachers
5. School health programs
6. Training and follow-up frontline health service providers
7. Training and follow-up to FCHVs
8. Workshop with district, municipal and market stakeholder
9. Coordination and interaction meeting with IPM/organic farmers
10. Follow up and review of pesticide laboratory in Chitwan
11. Webinars among agriculture, health, education, environment, consumers association and market stakeholders

Objective 3: Define an operational strategy to prevent pesticide poisoning which has a multi-sector approach and can be adopted at the federal, provincial and municipal level.

1. Researches
2. Seminars and webinars among national, regional and international policy makers, media person and politicians
3. Panel discussion among various stakeholders
4. TV and media advocacy

Covers all metropolitan, municipality and rural municipality of Chitwan.

July 2021- December 2024

Currently running