Nepal has initiated preparation of its National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) to identify urgent and immediate adaptation needs. The agriculture and food security issues of Nepal are deemed vulnerable to the impact of climate change. This report is an attempt to ensure a role for agrobiodiversity in Nepal’s NAPA. The analysis reviewed the context of climate change and agrobiodiversity in Nepal. It identified knowledge gaps, existing community based adaptation strategies, stakeholders’ perspectives, recommending short and long term adaptation options to enhance and strengthen adaptive capacity of the poor, marginalized, and vulnerable communities of Nepal from the potential impact of climate change.

Commissioned by the Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research and FAO this study was carried out by Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) with the intention of providing support for the current work undertaken by the Agriculture and Food Security thematic working group of the Nepalese Government.