{"id":133557,"date":"2022-09-27T13:24:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T10:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/?post_type=artikkelit&p=133557"},"modified":"2022-09-27T13:42:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T10:42:44","slug":"in-nepals-far-west-pig-and-vegetable-farming-is-the-main-source-of-livelihood-for-former-bonded-labourers","status":"publish","type":"artikkelit","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/articles\/in-nepals-far-west-pig-and-vegetable-farming-is-the-main-source-of-livelihood-for-former-bonded-labourers\/","title":{"rendered":"In Nepal\u2019s Far West, pig and vegetable farming is the main source of livelihood for former bonded labourers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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In Nepal\u2019s Far West, pig and vegetable farming is the main source of livelihood for former bonded labourers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Former bonded labourers in Nepal\u2019s Far Western Region earn a modest living by raising pigs and growing vegetables. FCA offers support to local people to help them earn a living, but in the most impoverished villages severe drought and all-engulfing fires make life extremely challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IN A NORMAL<\/strong> summer, the Mohana River floods across the flat terrain all the way to the village of Bipatpur. Taking vegetables across the river to India would require a boat and a skipper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Nepal\u2019s Far West, the annual monsoon season usually starts in early June, but this year the rains were weeks late. For local women, crossing the border from Nepal to India seems fairly easy; all they have to do is lift up their saris, roll up their trouser legs and wade across the river. It has been scorching hot for nearly two weeks now, with temperature rising above 40 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ground is parched, and plants and people are desperate for water. Some of the wells in the village have dried up and there is no point in looking for new ones because finding groundwater is too uncertain and the costs of digging too high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has been an exceptional year in more ways than one. This spring, following a disaster in April that destroyed the harvest and stores, the women of Bipatpur had nothing to sell to the Indian vegetable markets across the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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During a normal summer the water in the Mohana river is much higher by June. The women of Bipatpur village cross the river to sell their vegetables on the Indian side. Photo: Uma Bista<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

“Only people were saved”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Burning crop residue on the fields to release nutrients is an annual tradition in Bipatpur. This year, an unpredictable and exceptionally strong wind caused the fire to spread quickly and uncontrollably. Houses, food containers, and livestock shelters burned down one after another. The fire destroyed or damaged the homes of 71 families and killed domestic animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Villagers cleared away the charred tree trunks, but the sad and disheartened feelings remain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnly people were saved,\u201d the women say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fire also engulfed a large chunk of the village cooperative\u2019s savings, which were kept in a box. Belmati Devi Chaudhary<\/strong>, 42, looks at the charred remains of her house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverything is gone. All we have is emergency aid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Belmati Devi Chaudhary and her son Sanjay Chaudhary outside of their temporary house at Bipadpur in Kailari Rural Municipality-7, Kailali district. They lost all their pigs on fire in April. FCA Nepal provided support to the Chaudhary family to rebuild their house. Photo: Uma Bista<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A sow the family had bought with financial support from Finn Church Aid died in the fire. Without a mother to care for them, five piglets died, too. This was a huge loss for the Chaudhary family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The money Belmati Devi Chaudhary had earned from pig farming helped her to pay for her children\u2019s schooling. Standing next to his mother, the family\u2019s eldest son Sanjay Chaudhary<\/strong>, 23, looks helpless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI may have to go to Kathmandu to find work. It\u2019s difficult to get a paid job here,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many years, scores of young Nepalese men have left for the capital city or for India in search of odd jobs, but Belmati doesn\u2019t want her son to follow in their footsteps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like many others in Bipatpur and in the surrounding Kailali District, the Chaudhary family are former bonded labourers. Although Nepal\u2019s 200-year-old Haliya and Kamayia bonded labour systems were abolished in the early 2000s, many former bonded labourers and their descendants are still very vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Houses, food containers, and livestock shelters burned down one after another in April in the village of Bipatpur, Far West region of Nepal. The fire destroyed or damaged the homes of 71 families and killed domestic animals. Photo: Uma Bista<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jumani Chaudhary<\/strong>, 50, is one of 29 women in a group supported by FCA. These women run a pig farm in the municipality of Gauriganga. They have learned how to make porridge for pigs from corn and wheat milling byproducts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy feeding pigs porridge, we save on feeding costs, and the pigs are healthier and grow faster,\u201d Jumani Chaudhary says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The women plan to start selling their pig feed to other pig farmers. To safeguard feed production, they would like to set up their own mill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Gaumati Sunuwar, 56, has received support from FCA on pig farming in Amargadhi, Dadeldhura district. Photo: Uma Bista<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

In a pig pen, three different-coloured pigs oink and jostle for food. Sows are less than a year old when they produce their first litter. Typically they can produce two litters a year, around ten piglets each time. With the right care and nutrition, pigs grow quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA full-grown boar is worth up to 30,000 rupees,\u201d says Bishni Chaudhary<\/strong>, 43.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sanu Chaudhary<\/strong>, 27, who lives next door and is also a member of the women\u2019s group, says she recently sold seven pigs for 50,000 rupees. Converted to euros, the sums seem somewhat modest: a thousand rupees equals roughly seven euros. But in the Far Western Region of Nepal, this money goes a long way. You can buy a school uniform for your child, meals for the entire school year, a water bottle and school supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPig farming is easier and requires less work than buffalo farming. Buffaloes only produce milk part of the year, when they nurse their calves,\u201d Jumani Chaudhary explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When buffaloes don\u2019t produce milk, they produce nothing, but cost ten times the price of a pig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Before, we had to beg for food”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The road further west to the Dadeldhura district twists and turns along the lush green hills. Compared to the flat terrains of Kailali, Dadeldhura is topographically much more uneven. The winding road barely fits our car, giving the scenic drive an extra twist. Finally, we arrive in the village of Ganyapdhura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can see hints of green on the terraced farms even though the rains are late. The Dalit community living here grows cauliflower, potatoes and zucchini. Growing vegetables is more than a livelihood; it has given the community a sense of value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBefore, we had to beg for food, but now we grow vegetables for sale,\u201d says Gita Devi Sarki<\/strong>, 38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, Finn Church Aid helped the community further improve its farming efficiency by supporting the Sarki family and 24 other local farmers in the introduction of tunnel farming. The plastic cover of the tunnel protects the vegetables from the elements and retains moisture. The community also received a walk-behind tractor, which makes plowing much easier. Gita Devi Sarki is the only woman who knows how to operate the machine \u2013 and even she needs her husband\u2019s help to start it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Gita Devi Sarki plows a field using a hand tractor to plant vegetables at Kholibasti, Ganyapdhura Rural municipality in Dadeldhura. The couple is now working together and hoping to expand their vegetable farming with the support they receive from FCA. Photo: Uma Bista<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBefore, our farm was just big enough to produce corn and wheat for our own family. Now we can save 410 rupees each month by selling some of the vegetables we grow,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most importantly, having a more secure livelihood meant that Gita\u2019s husband Padam Bahadur Sarki<\/strong>, 42, was able to return home from India, where he worked for twenty years. The couple have been together for 22 years and have four children. Almost all this time, Gita Devi Sarki was in charge of the family\u2019s day-to-day life, alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI returned to Nepal due to the COVID-19 lockdowns,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good thing you came back,\u201d Gita Devi Sarki says, with a grin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, it\u2019s been OK,\u201d her husband replies, causing the group of women sitting around him to burst into laughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having her husband back has reduced Gita Devi Sarki\u2019s workload in the farms. The family plans to expand their business to raising goats and small-scale fish farming in a small pond in the valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Bahadur Damai, 52, (centre) with his family at Ganyapdhura Rural Municipality in Dadeldhura district received support from FCA for chicken farming. In the spring of 2022, Bahadur Damai was elected as a ward member in the local government. Photo: Uma Bista<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

From bonded labourer to a member of a local government<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A pretty little house has a downstairs door open, and a wide-eyed cow peeks through the door. Bahadur Damai<\/strong>, 52, beckons to visitors to join him in the shade under a canopy. Back in the early 2000s, before the abolition of the Haliya system, he was a bonded labourer, mending other people\u2019s clothing. Today, he smiles happily as he talks to us about his chickens and a small tailor\u2019s shop he has opened in a nearby village centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Money has given his family a more stable livelihood, allowing him to buy things like a television. He has also been able to pay for the weddings of his two adult daughters, something that clearly makes him very proud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of his greatest achievements, however, was being elected a member of the local government in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s all thanks to FCA that I am where I am now. I received support for vegetable and chicken farming, and I\u2019ve been able to build relationships that won me votes in the election.\u201d
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\u201cA new chicken coop would be nice,” he says. Suddenly he becomes serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know, my wife and I only have one significant difference: she has aged faster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The look on his face says this is not a joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWomen age faster here because their lives are so much harder that men\u2019s. It is a local tradition that women eat after everyone else, whatever is left. Pregnancies, childbirths, hard physical labour\u2026As an elected member of the local government, I intend to raise awareness of the problems women have in our communities, such as the disproportionate burden of domestic work and domestic violence,\u201d Bahadur Damai says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that\u2019s not the only thing he wants to draw attention to. In this district, former bonded labourers are still not eligible for the Nepali government rehabilitation programme, which promises them land ownership, education for children, and employment opportunities for young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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In Bipatpur, the village women have gathered together under a canopy. In fact, this used to be a house, one of the women points out. The charred roof beams have been removed and replaced with new ones. At noon, the sun is beating down, and the temperature in the shade is approaching forty degrees. It turns out that the name of the village, Bipatpur, means disaster in the local language. This village has certainly had its fair share of disasters, from floods to fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People from Bipatpur gathered to receive cash support from FCA Nepal in order to rebuild houses which were destroyed by the fire in April at Kailari Rural Municipality. The village was also provided support during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Uma Bista<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But perhaps today things will take a turn for the better. Representatives of the local government and the bank will be visiting the village. With support from FCA, every family that lost their house in the spring fire will receive a humanitarian cash transfer. For those whose homes were damaged to some degree, 13,500 rupees, or about 106 euros, will be offered for reconstruction, and those who suffered the greatest losses will receive 34,500 rupees, or 270 euros. Pregnant women, nursing mothers, families and the elderly will receive an additional 500 rupees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time, cash transfers will be paid to women\u2019s own bank accounts. This ensures that their money is safe, and that even if another disaster strikes the village, not all of their possessions will be gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Text: Elisa Rimaila
Photos: Uma Bista
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Finn Church Aid has had a country office in Nepal since 2013. Our work focuses on providing income opportunities for former bonded labourers, on ensuring the realisation of their rights, and on improving women\u2019s livelihoods. After the earthquake in 2015, we built safe school facilities for 44,000 children, trained teachers and supported mental recovery. In 2021, we took action to alleviate the food insecurity affecting nearly 18,000 people as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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