by admin | 5 Jun 2018 | Uncategorized
By Niranjan Pudasaini and Rita Gurung Community Seed Banks (CSBs) are emerging as a collective farmers’ institutions for local seed security, conservation of agrobiodiversity and supporting farmers’ livelihood. In order to understand the current status,...
by admin | 17 Apr 2018 | Uncategorized
Promoting traditional foods and recipes along with product diversification and well stated nutritional value information could be the right approach to enhance conservation and use of underutilized traditional crops and ensuring food and nutritional security of the...
by admin | 13 Mar 2018 | Uncategorized
By: Subash Gautam, Saroj Pant and Julia Herrle When you are surrounded on all sides by delicious recipes and facing bountiful choices of food items, you know that you are at a food fair. A food fair is a rural multicultural community celebration lasting a day or a few...
by admin | 28 Feb 2018 | Uncategorized
Nepal has stepped into federalism with significant transformation in socio-political system. Recently completed local, provincial and federal elections have followed the federal structure of government with significant power and authority delegation to the local...
by Rita Gurung | 14 Jul 2017 | Uncategorized
On 11th June 2017, LI-BIRD, in coordination with Seed Quality Control Centre (SQCC), organized a field visit programme for the team of Variety Release and Registration Committee (VRRC). The programme was organized to share the finding of the research on Amaranth...
by admin | 7 Jul 2017 | Uncategorized
Bean is one of the important pulse crops with good economic value and high export potential in Western Nepal especially in Jumla and Humla. Beans are usually used as dal, soup and for porridge. The cultivation practices of landraces mixture have been passed down since...
