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18 Nov Organic Agriculture in Nepal

Agriculture is one of the biggest sources of income in Nepal. However, due to climate change and the use of chemical pesticides some lands have been abandoned. The villages of Yarsa and Saramthali are villages in the buffer area of the Langtang Park. This area...

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19 Feb Water for food

Guaranteeing agricultural productivity for self-sustainability and trade to 360 farmers in Kavrepalanchok, Sindhuli and Sindhupalchok Districts; creating water collection systems and highly efficient irrigation systems....

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06 Jun Nepal. Restart from Sustainable Agriculture

80% of the population lives off agriculture, and the organic products niche market is growing in Nepal. This opportunity needs to be taken advantage of today, to help producers get free of the impoverishment cycle that currently finds them obliged to use hybrid seeds and...

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18 Jan Myanmar, a sustainable management of natural resources

[gallery ids="3437,3438,3439,3440"] Since 2010, after fifty years of military dictatorship and a rigid economic and political isolation, Myanmar has started a process of democratization and political and economic reforms, accompanied by a policy of international openness. This project aims to improve food-security and promote rural development and...

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18 Jan Vets on the field in Qinghai

The population of the Qinghai plateau reveals high poverty rates and people are strongly affected by this impoverishment. Big changes such as a steady increase of the population in contrast with the cattle available, depletion of meadows (reduced water availability, erosion, desertification, etc.), snowfalls and frosts,...

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04 Jan The fruits of the garden

From being the largest rice exporter, Nepal suffers today a chronic food shortage: 80% of Nepalese people live on subsistence farming in very small properties, often located on steep terrain and with difficult access to water. In suburban areas home farming is traditionally practiced since...

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