Support women farming sustainably in rural Nepal

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Summary

Develop women’s cooperative groups to promote sustainable farming. The women will also learn business skills and ways connect to markets to sell their produce and improve their income. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Subsistence farming is common in Nepal, but land is steep and prone to landslides and erosion. Men often migrate to the city in search of work, leaving the burden of agriculture work and family on women. Farmers grow the same crops each year, reducing soil nutrients and there is limited vegetable and fruit cultivation. Agriculture is overly dependent on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Women use forests to collect firewood and fodder, and do not cultivate trees to replace what they use.

Activities

Create women’s groups. Offer training on seed saving, compost making, organic farming along with market & money management. Trained farmers will then practice sustainable agriculture on their own farm and act as facilitators for other farmers.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $3,531
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $12,679
Total Funding Goal: $16,210

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

All community members implement sustainable agriculture program. Increase awareness on sustainable agriculture and improvement in food security. Farmers group formalize into cooperatives.

Project Message

I learned a lot from composting training. Items that we would consider as waste and throw away have a lot of value. Say, urine of animals, fodder waste, cow dung etc. Waste can be converted to gold!
- Lalu Maya Lama of Kurilo group, Member of savings and credit group

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Yael Falicov,
Director of Programs
IDEX
827 Valencia Street, Suite 101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
415-824-8384
Email:

Project Sponsor

International Development Exchange (IDEX)

Organization

ASHA Nepal
P.O. Box: GPO 8973
N.P.C. 116
Kathmandu, 
Nepal
977-1-4222769

Learn more about ASHA Nepal and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Nepal and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Nepal, read the Human Development Report on Nepal or the Wikipedia entry for Nepal.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on September 04, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 13, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

September 2008 Update

By Katherine Zavala - Coordinator of Programs, September 04, 2008 06:41 PM

Women from the ASHA-supported Kurilo Group inspired the formation of a new group!

Members of the Kurilo group traveled to the Padeni community in the Nuwakot district of Nepal to share their learning from ASHA trainings on group management, and, as a result, the women in Padeni decided to form their own group. With ASHA’s assistance, the Padeni Tamang Women’s Group is now up and running with 21 members, bringing the total number of ASHA-supported women to 91 in four groups.

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