Socio - Economic Impact of President Chureterai Madesh Conservation Programme of Nepal (A Study in Rupandehi District)
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Central Department of Economics
Abstract
Chure is socio-economically very significant and environmentally vulnerable, fragile and
sensitive area of Nepal. It covers 12.78 percent of the total landscape of the country.
Recognizing this, the government has formulated a high level of board “Pesident ChureTerai
Madesh
Conservation
Board”
to
oversee
the
conservation
activities
in
this
region.
Based
on
this,
the
study
attempts
to
examine
the
socio-economic
impact
and
identify
the
problems
and
prospects
of the programme. Using qualitative and quantitative analysis
methods, the study is based on both secondary and primary data. The description of the
primary data were collected during the 100 HHs survey in the Devadaha Municipality of
Rupandehi District.
The study has pointed out that the programme has basically positive impact towards socioeconomic
aspects. But some extent, the programme has also found negative aspects.
During the period the productive land has decreased from 57.39 percent to 50.91 percent,
due to enlargement of settlement area. The availability of alternative irrigation sources is
increase in sufficient level form 35 percent to 50 percent, through the recharge pond and
dam programme after initiated the programme. Therefore the agricultural production has
increased consequently, food sufficiency increased from 42 HHs to 59 HHs above 6
months. Similarly, the sufficiency of the water availability has also increased from 29
percent to 68 percent, where tap is used by 80 HHs. Which is due to the initiative taken by
local people, local government and in some level by the programme. Due to the stoppage
in the grazing area from the programme, some short of livestock keeping is decreased.
Whereas fodder grasses (60.49 percent to 69.62 percent) and timber (55 percent to 66
percent) availability has increased. It is, due to the scientific management by community
forest and the prgramme has made those products sufficient. The river products availability
has insufficient which has decreased from 59 percent to 39 percent. The reason behind this
it is greater implementation of regulation by PCTMCP. It can be concluded that after the
implementation of the programme, there is slightly reduction in flood, landslide, illegal
trafficking of forest and river products and forest fire. Therefore, the environment
programme has achievd the greater progress.
However, the programme has many problems, challenges and some prospects as well. So,
the study concludes that as the programme being of long term nature, it takes more time to
see the impact on socio-economic and environmental protection and conservation
practices. The result has not been seen is greater mass at present. It could be hoped to
obtain greater benefit in long run, if there is multistakeholder, multidisciplinary as well as
multidimensional efforts took place in time.