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STORY: NEPAL / CLIMATE CHANGE
TRT: 03:15
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NEPALESE / NATS
DATELINE: RECENT, ARGHAKHANCHI DISTRICT, NEPAL
1. Various shots, hills and clouds
2. Close up, tree leaves
3. Close up, Laxmi Sunar
4. SOUNDBITE (Nepalese) Laxmi Sunar, Farmer:
“The last five years, climate change has affected us. Rain is uncertain and crops are damaged by fog and hail storms. Hey yields from our crops are a lot less and we don’t have enough food.”
5. Various shots, Laxmi picking green beans
6. Tilt down, Laxmi giving water to her goats
7. Various shots, Laxmi washing clothes
8. Various shots, Laxmi cutting fodder
9. Med shot, Laxmi walking with fodder on her head
10. SOUNDBITE (Nepalese) Laxmi Sunar, Farmer:
“We’ve had to ration our food. Now we only eat half of what we used to eat. Somehow, we need to keep ourselves alive.”
11. Various shots, Laxmi sifting rice
12. SOUNDBITE (Nepalese) Laxmi Sunar, Farmer:
“The coordinator came to our village to tell us about climate change adaption farming program. He said it would help us out.”
13. Med shot, Laxmi holding her daughter
14. SOUNDBITE (Nepalese) Laxmi Sunar, Farmer:
“Gradually we are learning new ways to adapt to climate change. Now we know a lot more about this.”
15. Various shots, FAO Coordinator Madhav Parajuli and women attending farmer’s field school 24. 16. Various shots, women in maize field checking different varieties
17. Various shots, Laxmi and other women farmers checking water
18. Various shots, farmer’s field school
19. SOUNDBITE (Nepalese) Laxmi Sunar, Farmer:
“So that we can earn more money, we need to use new methods instead of our old ones. If we grow our own vegetables, we don’t have to buy them. This savings can then be used to pay for our daughter’s education.”
20. Various shots, Laxmi cooking
21. Various shots, Laxmi dancing
Nepal is one of the countries hardest hit by climate change. Farmers are the worst affected. Poverty and impacts of climate change are pushing people to migrate.
Intense monsoon rains bring on flooding, erosion and landslides. Droughts are more frequent and cause widespread damage to crops.
SOUNDBITE (Nepalese) Laxmi Sunar, Farmer:
“The last five years, climate change has affected us. Rain is uncertain and crops are damaged by fog and hail storms. Hey yields from our crops are a lot less and we don’t have enough food.”
More than 50 percent of households in Arghakhanchi District have a family member that migrated for work, the majority are men, while women remain on the frontline of climate change.
SOUNDBITE (Nepalese) Laxmi Sunar, Farmer:
“We’ve had to ration our food. Now we only eat half of what we used to eat. Somehow, we need to keep ourselves alive.”
To assist farmers in Arghakhanchi, FAO supports 30 farmer field schools, benefitting over 800 women.
SOUNDBITE (Nepalese) Laxmi Sunar, Farmer:
“The coordinator came to our village to tell us about climate change adaption farming program. He said it would help us out.”
The women meet regularly to learn new farming practices to combat climate change. They are comparing five different maize varieties to determine which perform best.
On one plot, they grow crop the traditional way, on the other one they use new farming methods.
SOUNDBITE (Nepalese) Laxmi Sunar, Farmer:
“Gradually we are learning new ways to adapt to climate change. Now we know a lot more about this.”
Farmers now conduct seed-germination tests. They assess the soil moisture and acidity. More nutritious grasses are being introduced for fodder. Farmers are learning about parasites that affect their livestock and how to treat them.
SOUNDBITE (Nepalese) Laxmi Sunar, Farmer:
“So that we can earn more money, we need to use new methods instead of our old ones. If we grow our own vegetables, we don’t have to buy them. This savings can then be used to pay for our daughter’s education.”
In Southern Nepal, FAO supports some 3,000 farmers through 120 farmer field schools, so that families can be reunited and farmers can continue to live on and off their land.
