Spicy Chili Brings Home Sweet Success
Bishnu Karki of Ribdikot, Palpa has no time to waste, he has tons of Akbare (a local Nepali Chilly variety) to harvest. With high market demand, Akbare brings in greater profits in a short span of time. Bishnu planted more than 3,000 saplings in 38,332 sq. ft. of land and hopes to make an income […]
Electric Chaff Cutters: A Game Changer in Decreasing Workload and Increasing Efficiency
By Regeena Regmi The daily routine of animal feed preparation engages the smallholder farmer for a significant amount of time. Mostly women are assigned to this role and catering to the livestock. An electric chaff cutter can be of significant help to increase farmers income by improving milk production, reducing labor intensive manual work, and […]
Ginger: A Medicine to One’s Health and Pocket
By Regeena Regmi Nepal is among the top five Ginger exporting countries in the world with production of approx. 279K Metric Tonnes per year. This status is achieved despite many constraints including rhizome rot disease, traditional drying techniques (over fire), lack of facilities to wash/process and further add value (diversification) to the product. This limits […]
Dairy Enterprise For Living Income : A Smallholders Story
By Regeena Regmi Those were the days when the farmers of Hariyali Self Help Group were steeped in losses. With just 9 members and a meagre production of 70 liters of milk per day, their dairy enterprise was struggling to survive. When Heifer supported Chakrawati SEWC became operational in the area, they immediately decided to […]
Fields of Change: The Rise of Upahar Women’s Cooperative
–By Regeena Regmi Upahar Social Entrepreneurs Women’s Cooperative in Salyan district was established in 2011 with support from Heifer International. Upahar literally means ‘gifts’ and the cooperative has proved itself as a much-needed gift to the farmers of Tunibot as the farmers have found a market, and better prices for their products.The cooperative started with […]
Generation Moo: Kamalamai’s Path to Prosperity
– By Balgopal Sigdel and Regeena Regmi The excitement in Kamalamai, Sindhuli is reaching new heights as the countdown to the arrival of 59 long-awaited calves continues. In a remarkable achievement, the heifers have not only adapted to their new home but have become the harbinger of change for the local farming community. A year […]
Technical Coordination Committee Visits Model Dairy Village
By Rupesh Kafle The Technical Coordination Committee kickoff meeting was organized followed by a field visit to the Model Dairy Village (MDV) in Kamalamai, Sindhuli. Formed under the chairmanship of Director General of Department of Livestock Services (DLS) with the members of central level offices from DLS, National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC) and National Dairy […]
Virtual Collection Center Application: A Cooperative Marketing Platform for Goats
-By Gopal Bhusal Goat farming is one of the important sources of cash generation for smallholder farmers and plays a crucial role in the economy of Nepal. However, the farmers face various challenges in marketing of the live goats. The cooperatives supported by Heifer have been practicing collective marketing approach of live goats but still […]
Girl Child Education Program in Nepal Empowers 210 More Young Girls to Stay in School
-By Shahira Thapa This year, through the Girl Child Education (GCE) program, we impacted the lives of 210 young girls across Nepal with scholarships that emphasize empowerment through education and school retention. Since its inception in 2000, Heifer Nepal’s GCE program, initially funded by voluntary donations from Nepal staff, has benefited 2,851 girls. These scholarships […]
Mechanization in Milky Way Project: Embracing Electric Milking Machines
– By Balgopal Sigdel While astronomers in NASA are using high-tech telescopes to explore the vastness of the Milky Way, a different kind of technological revolution is taking place in Kamalamai Municipality, Nepal. Here, smallholder farmers involved in the Milky Way Project are embracing a different technological marvel—electric milking machines. The single-bucket, single-cluster electric milking […]
