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Nepal: Changing Climate, Changing life - Laxmi's Story 
This is the story of Laxmi Sunar, farmer in Arghakhanchi District, Nepal. 
Duration 8m5s 
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Video Type Video News Release (VNR)
Date 10/08/2017 
File size 1.78 GB 
Unique ID UF2T38 
All editorial uses permitted 
Production details and shotlist
UNFAO Source FAO Video
Shotlist 1. Wide shot of low hills and clouds in Arghakhanchi district


2. CU Laxmi Sunar – Farmer


3. Laxmi Sunar - Farmer (Nepalese):  My husband has a big family. / To support everyone, he had to go abroad to find work. / He thought going overseas to earn money would make me happy.


4. Wide shot of low hills and clouds in Arghakhanchi district


5. Laxmi Sunar - Farmer  (Nepalese):  In hopes to make our lives better, he took a loan in order to go overseas.  / It’s been four years and our lives have not improved. 


6. Detail of tree leaves


7. Laxmi Sunar - Farmer  (Nepalese):  The last five years climate change has affected us. / Rain is uncertain and crops are damaged by fog and hail storms. / They yields from our crops are a lot less and we don’t have enough food.


8. Laxmi picking green beans / Various


9. Laxmi giving water to her goats


10. Laxmi washing clothes


11. Laxmi Sunar - Farmer  (Nepalese):  My daily life is very hard, but I need to do all this to survive.


12. Laxmi washing clothes and cutting fodder


13. Laxmi walking with fodder on her head


14. Laxmi washing her face


15. Laxmi’s daughter dancing in front of other women


16. Laxmi Sunar - Farmer  (Nepalese):  I love my daughter very much.  / She was born after her father left, so I’ve been taking care of her alone.  / Somehow I’m managing to feed her. / I even give her my share of the food.


17. Laxmi’s daughter dancing in front of other women singing and clapping hands


18. Laxmi dressing her daughter


19. Laxmi CU


20. Laxmi Sunar - Farmer  (Nepalese):  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.


21. Laxmi sifting rice / various


22. Laxmi Sunar - Farmer  (Nepalese):  The Coordinator (FAO) came to our village to tell us about climate change adaption farming program. / He said it would help us out.  / Gradually we are learning new ways to adapt to climate change.  Now we know a lot more about this.


23. FAO Coordinator Madhav Parajuli and women attending farmer’s field school / various


24. Women in maize field checking different varieties / various


25. Laxmi Sunar - Farmer  (Nepalese): I’m gaining confidence from being in this programme. /  I hope this project continues to help all of us. / I have told my family and neighbours we need to put more effort into using these techniques / so 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.


26. Laxmi and other women farmers checking water


27. Farmer’s field school / various


28. Laxmi Sunar - Farmer  (Nepalese):  REPEATED SOT AS IN .25, STARTING FROM: so 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.


29. Laxmi cooking / various


30. Laxmi CU


31. Laxmi dancing and singing VO: My husband you went away to support your family. / And now it’s difficult for you to return home. / Our child cries asking for you.  ON SCREEN: You not being here really upsets her. / VO: Life is also not easy for you at home, my love. / Climate change has made our life difficult, what do we do? / 


32. Laxmi with her daughter


33. Laxmi singing VO: Our child cries asking for you.  / Our child cries asking for you.  Your absence at home upsets her much.


34. Laxmi Sunar - Farmer  (Nepalese):I will continue to learn from this programme. / Despite my situation I hope to give my child a bright future.


35. Laxmi giving her daughter a bath / various 
Script 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. More thatn 50% 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. To assist farmers in Arghakhanchi, FAO supports 30 farmer field schools, benefitting over 800 women. 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. 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. 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. 
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