An organized cooperative can enable women to access government services and support. The women farmers from the indigenous groups and “so-called”, lower caste, in Kailali District in Nepal have been discriminated against for a long time. They were unable to access support because they live on government lands with no land certificates. They set up the Kalika Land Rights Agriculture Cooperative Ltd. which allowed them to access government subsidies and services and provide economic services to their members, and more important partner with local government to implement projects such as the construction of local roads, irrigation canals, drinking water tube wells, and communal buildings.

Most members are landless and women. Currently, there are 49 members (46 females, 3 males) composed of Dalit (19), indigenous people (14), and the so-called higher caste (16).  The cooperative prioritizes community members, both women, and men, that are resource-poor and are willing to participate in the programs such as savings and credit programs, agriculture production, and entrepreneurship development. Their men would go to India for work and would return home when it is a good season for farming. The women who are left behind engage in farming all throughout the year.