Flood Adaptive Vegetable Nursery Technology

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Author(s)
Khadka, R.
Publication language
English
Pages
5pp
Date published
01 Jan 2016
Type
Tools, guidelines and methodologies
Keywords
Disasters, Floods & landslides, Food and nutrition, Livelihoods
Countries
Nepal
Organisations
Practical Action

Flash flood triggered by incessant rainfall or river overflow damages nursery seedlings every year in flood plains of Nepal. A farmer may lose big in buying seeds and preparing the nursery again and could plant in the wrong season. These affect food security, income and nutrition since vegetables are important components for our diets.

This technical brief describes on flood adaptive measure for vegetable nursery technology.