Nepal - Livestock Sector Innovation Project : indigenous peoples plan

The objectives of Livestock Sector Innovation Project are to increase productivity, enhance value addition, and improve resilience of smallholder farms and agro-processing enterprises in selected livestock value chains in Nepal. Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (i) likely pollution of water resources and aquatic life from pesticide usage; (ii) poisoning from improper use of pesticides by farmers and farm assistants; (iii) impact from improper disposal of pesticide containers; (iv) large scale production losses from fruit fly and armyworm outbreaks; (v) production losses from threats from other crop pests and diseases; and (vi) general health and safety of farmers and environmental hazards.