The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Agriculture and Forestry...
Kathmandu-The Government of Nepal, UNDP and the Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday launched a new project to integrate climate change adaptation in the agriculture sector.
According to a 2015 study, the impact of climate change on Nepal’s agriculture is likely to reduce GDP by about 0.8 per cent per year...
Write-shop for Consolidation of Results and Report Design
23 September 2016
23 September 2016
Lalitpur- Government of Nepal, Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, with the technical assistance of FAO and ICIMOD, organized a 4-day write-shop on Nepal FRL Assessment: Development of Forest Reference Level for Nepal from 20-23 September, 2016 in Godavary, Lalitpur Nepal. A total number of 20 participants representing National and...
Country level advocacy meeting on Codex & INFOSAN
22 September 2016
22 September 2016
Kathmandu- Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC), Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD), has organized a country level advocacy meeting on Codex & INFOSAN (International Network of Food Safety Authorities) Networking at Hotel YaK & Yeti in Kathmandu on 22 September 2016 with technical & financial support from the...
Ginger Competitiveness: a boost in the livelihood of the farmers
20 September 2016
20 September 2016
Ginger crop generates important cash income to ginger-farmers in the target districts. However, many farmers were unaware of good practices to have better harvest and post-harvest management of the produce ensuring optimum price available to them. The farmers planted locally available cultivars, which are low yielding and susceptible to rhizome...
Conflict affected rural women heading toward self-reliance
19 September 2016
19 September 2016
After a decade-long armed conflict, Nepal is moving forward with the peace process. From October 2012 to March 2015, in a Joint UN Programme with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UN Women, FAO has been supporting the peace process in Nepal through the Gender Responsive Recovery for Sustainable Peace...