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Municipal agricultural land profile

Sisne
From the soil up.

A planning profile for collaboration with Sisne, Rukum East district. No signed partnership or participating farm area is represented.

Published geographic context
18,534Population, 2021 Census
Rukum EastDistrict
LumbiniProvince
People planting rice in terraced fields in Nepal
Farming in Nepal · people planting rice in terraced fields.

The municipal record, researched.

Published background

Mountain rural municipality beneath Mount Sisne

Mountain rural municipality beneath Mount SisneRemote highland pasturesLocated in Eastern Rukum district, Lumbini Province

Agriculture

Mountain and high-hill subsistence farming: maize, millet, barley, buckwheat, potato and pulses. Limited irrigation. Livestock (sheep, goat, cattle) and seasonal transhumance. Yarsagumba and wild medicinal plants are important cash sources. For Sisne, ward-level disaggregated crop statistics are not publicly available; inferred from district profile.

Carbon & forestry context

Forest cover ~39.4% (lower due to high altitude). Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve protects alpine/sub-alpine ecosystems. Community forests at lower elevations. High per-hectare carbon value in intact temperate forests but limited area; REDD+ not documented. Municipality-level forest-cover maps are not available in this dossier; figures are district averages.

Key opportunities

  • Agriculture intensification and market linkage
  • Livestock and poultry commercialization
  • Community forestry/NTFP enterprise
  • High-altitude mountaineering and Dhaulagiri circuit trekking
  • Dhorpatan trophy hunting and eco-tourism

Natural calamities on record

  • Monsoon landslides and road blockages; 2015 earthquake damage to remote wards. Snowstorms and cold waves in high valleys. Forest and grassland fires. Limited health access during epidemics. Climate-change impacts on snow/rainfall reported.

The municipal project record.

Awaiting project data

Planning will be developed with the municipality and participating farmers. These are the records needed for a useful, evidence-led partnership.

To be assessed

Municipal partnership

Focal person, local priorities, consultation record, collaboration agreement and responsibilities.

To be assessed

Farms & participating people

Ward and parcel boundaries, participating households, tenure, consent and farmer organisations.

To be assessed

Current land management

Crop rotations, irrigation, fertiliser and residue practices, livestock integration and historical land use.

To be assessed

Soil & measurement

Soil sampling design, laboratory results, bulk density, baseline carbon and repeat-monitoring schedule.

To be assessed

Practice & delivery plan

Locally suitable improvements, extension support, implementation cost and practice-adoption monitoring.

To be assessed

Benefits & safeguards

Benefit-sharing, grievance channels, food-production considerations and transparent reporting.

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Sisne

Rukum East district · Lumbini

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