1 Raising crop productivity through Integrated Management and Varietal Promotion of cereals for enhancing food security in Dailekh district of Nepal P. Sapkota 1 , K. Pariyar 1 , S. Panta 1 , J.N. Chaudhary 2 , P. Budha 3 & K. Subedi 3 Author’s Email ID: sapkotapradip139@gmail.com 1 Technical officer, HRS, Dailekh 2 Senior Scientist, HRS, Dailekh 3 Technical Assistant, HRS, Dailekh ABSTRACT: On-farm validation trials of ICM (Integrated Crop Management), IDM (Integrated Disease Management) and PVS (Participatory Varietal Selection) along with farmer’s practice/varieties on rice, wheat and maize were conducted in 10 different VDCs of Dailekh district during 2014/15 to 016/17 with a view to enhance the food security. Results of ICM trials conducted in rice for three years showed that rice variety khumal-10 transplanted at spacing of 20 cm x 15 cm produced the highest grain yield (5.1 tha -1 ) which was 32.12 % higher than local variety cultivated with local practice (3.86 tha -1 ). There was a significant difference among the different spacing and varieties in ICM trial of rice. Similarly IDM for control of Neck blast in rice, grain yield varied significantly among different combination of treatments. Seed of Farmer’s variety treated with carbendazim produced highest grain yield of 5.28 t/ha which was 41.8 % greater than farmer’s variety cultivated with farmer’s practice. Sowing of hot water treated local seed produced maximum grain yield (2.6 tha -1 ) indicating significant differences among the combination of treatments in IDM of loose smut in wheat. In PVS of rice, the result of grain yield varied significantly among tested seven pipeline varieties of rice with highest grain yield (5.03 tha -1 ) produced by NR 10469-4-2-2. Similarly, PVS trial conducted in maize elucidates significant variation among varieties and management practices. Pipeline variety of maize ZM 401 cultivated with improved management practices yielded maximum grain yield (5.43 tha -1 ) while local variety managed with farmers’ practice noticed the lowest grain yield (3.57 tha -1 ). Key Words: Cereals, ICM, IDM, PVS and Yield. Introduction: Food insecurity is one of the long term problems in mid and far western hills of Nepal. In spite of NARC and other institutions have recommended several promising varieties and cultivation practices for different crop commodities but the adoption of these technologies particularly in remote hill districts are far from satisfactory, due to the difficult terrain, transportation problem, poor communication and poor access to seeds and technical knowledge among farmers. Nearly 300000 people from 9 hills and mountain districts of the mid and far west region of the country