GTZ Project Document No. 51 Report on Nahi Baseline Survey

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Nahi Baseline Survey April- May 2001Table 2.17 Frequency of visits by the extension personalsLivestock Agriculture ForestryUNT LNT Total UNT LNT Total UNT LNT TotalExtensions visit to the farm 34 28 62 40 34 74 23 24 47Frequency of visitSometimes/when in need 4 2 6 8 9 17 5 3 81-3 times in a year 19 7 26 23 14 37 16 13 291-2 times a month 5 9 14 8 12 20 2 7 9Above 4 times 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2Source: RRA Survey May 2001In general many farmers have mentioned having received visits from all three RNRextension personals with varying frequencies. About 62 (65%) respondents havementioned having received visit from the livestock extension person, 75 (79%) fromAgriculture and 47 (50%) from the forestry respectively.2.9.2 Health ServicesAt present the geog do not have any health service centre in the valley. Therefore, almostall health activities and services are covered from Wangdue. For basic health problemsand medicines farmers approach village health workers and sometimes BHU in Gaselofor emergencies. Some of the basic health facilities and treatment mostly availed orapproached by the farmers are presented in the Table 2.18.Tables 2.18 Health information in the valleyUpper Nahi Total Lower Nahi Total TotalAvailable facilitiesBHU clinic (Gaselo) 8 14 22 (23%)Village health worker 20 19 39 (41%)Local treatmentsRimdo 39 30 69 (72%)Hospital approached 33 42 75 (78%)Source of medicinesNeighbours 1 1 2Village health worker 7 13 20Hospital (bajo) 24 28 52Thimphu 18 5 23Source: RRA Survey May 2001The majority of the farmers (78%) reported for having approached the hospitals either inThimphu or Wangdue for treatment. The treatment through religious pujas is alsopursued respectively by about 72% of the respondents. In most cases for treatment andmedication, the BHU in Gaselo and hospitals in Wangdi are approached by farmersespecially from the lower valley. In absence of health facilities in the geog, the monthly29
Nahi Baseline Survey April- May 2001clinic visits from Wangdue hospital is found to be very helpful and useful for minortreatment and references.Table 2.19 The frequency of Health extension visistsUpper Nahi Lower Nahi TotalFarmers’ Visit Health extension 30 25 55Frequency of visitsSometimes/rarely/when in need 11 14 2<strong>51</strong>-3 times/yr 9 3 121-3 times a month 6 1 7Above 4 times/yr 2 1 3Reasons for contactVaccination/immunisation 6 10 16Treatment/medicines 19 12 31Health extension's visit 13 14 27Frequency of visitsOnce a month 9 10 191-3 times a year 4 1 5Sometimes/on request 3 3 6Quality of extensionReliable (Y/N) 36 35 71Unreliable 0 1 1Fairy reliable 0 1 1<strong>No</strong>t much readily available 0 3 3Source: RRA Survey May 2001The visits to BHUs and hospitals are common among farmers. Besides the traditionalpractices of performing local religious rites and remedies many respondents also at thesame time visited hospitals and BHUs for treatment and medication every year (Table2.19).The farmers also mentioned for having received visits from health personals fortreatment. Many farmers appear to be happy with the visits and the services they havereceived from the hospitals and BHUs. The health services are said to be reliable andsatisfactory by about 71 interviewees from the total survey respondents.2.10 Farmers Feedback and suggestionsOn an average about 75% of the total respondents seems to be satisfied with the presentservices availed by the farmers from the different sources (Annexure 2.2). Very fewexpressed their dissatisfaction with the some services especially for not availing on timewhen required.30
Page 2 and 3: Nahi Baseline Survey April- May 200
Page 50 and 51: Nahi Approach Road of Hope RRA Surv
Page 72: Nahi Approach Road of Hope RRA Surv

GTZ Project Document No. 51 Report on Nahi Baseline Survey

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?