Growing vegetables in the off-season through agro ecological methods, the women’s group in Humla district has not only improved access to vegetables, but also established...
Hydram – A low carbon technology
While the country is blessed with numerous rivers and streams fed by snow melting in high Himalayas, however, water is not available to the communities for drinking, farming and...
Food security in flood prone areas – SRI shows the way
More number of paddy farmers in flood prone areas in Kailali district are adopting SRI method. With SRI, farmers are able to raise rice plants which have withstood storm, wind...
Promoting youth as agri-preneurs
Through an innovative pilot programme on training rural youth in sustainable agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture Development in Nepal succeeded in addressing two major...
Farmer Field Schools – Learning on the farm
Farmers in Takuche village in Nepal learnt eco-friendly ways of managing pests in apple orchards through Farmer Field School. The year long school also enriched them with the...
Conservation by communities: The CBM approach
To help farmers conserve and use genetic resources on their farms, LIBIRD is working with farmers in Nepal through the community based biodiversity management approach. Today,...
Nutrition from innovation
From a situation of widespread undernutrition, consuming fresh vegetables all year round has now become a reality for many Nepali households thanks to their expanding home...
Getting the most nutritional value out of the farm
Farmers in Nepal are getting the most out of their farms, both in nutrition as well as in economic terms, by integrating a variety of crops on the farm. Laxmi Acharya’s farm is...
From rarity to ubiquity: Entrepreneurship revives rare rice variety
As families in urban and peri-urban regions in Pokhara leave farming, they also lose access to traditional varieties of rice from their own farms. In this context, establishing...