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Rural Nepal Farming Systems: farm yard manure, bullock plough, mini tiller


Photo 1: A couple in Surkhet seeding maize by using bullock driven plough. It is one of the traditional practices followed by smallholder farmers in mid-hills of Nepal (photo credit: Sagar Kafle). This photo was captured during visit to Surkhet in 2016.
Traditional tillage practice by using bullock-driven plough





Photo 2: Farm yard manure heaps on the tilled crop fields in Surkhet. This is a common practice farmers have been adopting since long years back to nurture the soils. However, exposing farm yard manure for longer time reduces the efficacy of manure because of nutrient loss (photo credit: Sagar Kafle). This photo was taken during field visit to Surkhet in 2024 under the Mixed Farming Systems Initiative of CGIAR. 
In traditional agriculture, smallholder farmers apply farm yard manure to the crop field by making heaps and spread after some time.



Photo 3: A farmer in rural village in mountain region of Nepal ploughing the crop field by using mini tiller (photo source: Nepal Agricultural Machinery Entrepreneurs Association). This photo was posted in Facebook by NAMEA president.
A farmer using mini tiller for tillage purpose in his crop field at high elevation sites near to the mountain



 

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