Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Programs

In a continuing endeavor to meet departmental objectives in line with the policies and strategies, the department has incorporated the following SCWM programs and activities:

1. Land Use Development Planning

Land use plans are the basis for rational utilization and management of watershed resources. These plans are prepared by following the departmental guidelines. The main activities carried out under this program are:

a) Sub-watershed prioritization

b) Watershed management planning

c) Sub-watershed management planning, and

d) Technical service for land use development

Raduwa Khola sub-watershed, Dadeldhura - An example of SCWM Working Unit

2. Community Integrated Watershed Management Program

This program includes the following:

2.1 Land Productivity Conservation

Productivity conservation programs are those which help to develop and improve productivity of the land through appropriate land use management on the basis of land capabilities. On-farm conservation, terrace improvement, degraded land rehabilitation, sloping agricultural land technology (SALT), agroforestry, fruit tree planting, fodder / grass plantation and grazing management are part of the land productivity conservation program.

Grass plantation on terrace riser, Kumpur, Dhading

Pine plantation

Degraded land rehabilitation, Pereni, Dang

Borropit conservation, Sarbang, Kulekhani

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2.2 Development Infrastructure Protection and Development

Development infrastructure protection programs are those which help to protect and stabilize the basic development infrastructures such as reservoirs, irrigation, roads and others with the aim of improving the economic life of the development infrastructure. Road slope stabilization, irrigation channel improvement, trail improvement, stream bank protection, shelterbelt, greenbelt and buffer strips come under this program.