The alliance, which begins from Bardia district with possible expansion to other districts, entails joint activities to reduce the vulnerability and increase resilience of the disadvantaged people and increase agricultural productivity.[break]
“A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with both the institutions agreeing to work together to facilitate access to common land resources for land-poor and landless in addition to disseminating appropriate technologies for the promotion of commercial farming of vegetables,” states a press statement issued by PAF Nepal.
Both the institutions have also agreed to establish synergies to support poor farmers on market linkages for agricultural products, provide access to irrigation and drinking water and facilitate local level planning.
As part of the understanding, both the institutions will work immediately to develop and train local resource persons needed to facilitate riverbed farming in Bardia district. The agreement has also been reached to forge collaboration to extend the program to other PAF program districts in terms of riverbed farming.
"This a very important beginning as it will avoid duplication of program and resources at the local level and is aimed at alleviating poverty and reaching out to the vulnerable and isolated communities effectively," the statement quoted Raj Babu Shrestha, executive director of PAF Nepal.
The agreement is in line with the Helvetas´ special focus on improving living conditions of the economically poor and socially discriminated men and women in Nepal," Shiva P. Aryal, country program director of Helvetas Nepal, said after signing the MoU.
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