Nepal Agricultural Research Council FACT SHEET REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION Tarahara, Sunsari  Established in 2016 B.S. as BiratKrishi Farm with the objective of crop research. Later, in 2048 B.S, established as Regional Agricultural Research Station under Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC). The station conducts various agricultural researches on crop, horticulture, fisheries, buffalo, piggery, forage, poultry, and source seed and breed production program.  The station has 104 ha area. It covers six neighboring districts: Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Saptari, Siraha and Udaypur as command areas.  There are about 74 staffs including 9 scientists, 25 technical officers, 3 administrative officers and remaining assistants and technicians. SCOPE Training/Workshop/Meeting Adaptive research on crop, horticulture, buffalo, piggery, forage, fisheries and poultry including source  Seed production training to CBSP groups seed and breed production program.  SMS Training (crop, horticulture, fisheries and livestock) OBJECTIVES  Farmers training (crop, horticulture, fisheries and livestock) Collaborative Research Projects:  Development of cost effective and climate adaptive agricultural production technology and its transfer  Social safety Nets project- Additional Financing: Seed Sub-compponent (SSNP-AF/SS2) –  Varietal development and improvement of major crops World bank (2010-2013)  Development and promotion of stress tolerant technology  Submergence and Drought tolerant rice - IRRI  Need based and demand driven technology development  Fisheries - FAO/TCP/ FFDN  Improved and quality seed production  Climate change adaptation - CCAFS  Capacity building  Irrigated agriculture – ICWMP FACILITIES  Livestock - ZCP  Plant protection and mushroom spawn production lab REGULAR ACTIVITIES  Soil testing laboratory  Crop and Horticulture research  Hatchery for fish seed production  Fisheries research and fish seed production  Incubator for poultry chick production  Livestock and forage research  Research farm for experiment and seed production  Outreach research  Seed storage godown, garage  Development and transfer of improved agricultural technology as  Library, computer, internet per requirement OUTPUTS  SProduction and distribution of crop, vegetable and fodder crop  Newly released flash floods tolerant rice varieties Swarna Sub-1 and source seed, buffalo calf, poultry chicks, piglets, fish fry and fruit Samba Mahasuri Sub-1 promoted saplings  Newly released drought tolerant (aerobic) rice varieties: Tarahara-1 and  Advising stakeholders for insect, pest and disease management. Hardinath-2 promoted  Culture of vermicompost providing to stakeholders  Newly released aromatic rice Lalka Basmati (by local selection) promoted  Spawn (mushroom seed) production or distribution  Chaite-2 and Hardinath-1 promoted  Conservation of agriculture biodiversity and its source  High yielding wheat foliar blight resistant variety: Gautam and wheat rust  Enhancing capacity of agriculture extension workers and farmers resistant varieties: Vijay, Aditya and NL 971 promoted SERVICES  Promising genotypes of rice and wheat verified and promoted at Outreach  Technical service (crop, horticulture, fisheries and livestock) and information to farmers. Research site  Production and supply of source seed for seed production of rice, maize, wheat, Dhaincha,  Resource conservation technology (RCT) in rice and wheat verified in and forage grass to farmers' group, GOs and NGOs. farmers field  Production technology and supply of saplings of mango, litchi, Guava, Coconut, Aricanut,  Improved production technology verified and transferred to farming Sapota, Marich communities at Outreach Research site  Source seed production and distribution of Brinjal, Cowpea, Bean, Okra and Tomato  Technology for stem borer, mango hopper and mealy bug management in  Plant disease diagnosis and recommendation Mango developed.  Participation and service delivery in plant clinic organized by District Agriculture  Community seed bank for agri-biodiversity conservation at Simariya, Development Office. Sunsari established  Participation and service delivery in exhibition programs.  Late blight resistance genotypes in potato (PR 85861.8 ) identified  Production technology of various breeds of fish and fingerlings  Wilt resistant Brinjal (Bari 8) identified  Production of Giriraja, Turkey and pig  Fruit drop problem in Coconut controlled by balanced fertilizer and  Improved rearing technology of buffalo and its calf production micronutrients  Piglets production of Pakhribas black pig.  Guava varieties for high density planting: Bari 4 and Bari 5 identified and  Well managed training and seminar hallWell managed guest house and canteen promoted. PARTNERS  Rice blast control by seed treatment with Tricyclazole 75% IRRI,FAO, TCP, FFDN, CCAFS, ICWMP, ZCP,NSC,  Research and production of vermicompost GSC, DoA,DoLS, WB/SSNP-AF, NGOs, CBOs and  Development of production technology for various species of fish. farmers  All male Tilapia production technology developed  Technology development for integrated fish and prawn (warm water fish) culture.  Technology development for year round production of green forage grass  Production and distribution of crop, vegetable and fodder crop source seed, buffalo calf, poultry chicks, piglets, fish fry and fruit saplings  Each year 80- 100 ton Foundation and Breeder seed of rice, wheat, maize, lentil and dhaincha produced and distributed Contact:  4000 saplings of mango, litchi, guava and papaya produced and distributed Regional Agricultural Research Station  150 kg seeds of different vegetable produced Tarahara, Sunsari, Nepal  1000 bottles of mushroom spawn produced and supplied Tel: 025- 476462  20000 chicks of Giriraja and 500 piglets produced and distributed Email: [email protected]  1,200,000 hatchling, 200,000 fry and 3,000,000 fingerlings produced and distributed