Six farmer’s varieties of neglected and underutilized crop species officially registered in Nepal
By: Niranjan Pudasaini, LI-BIRD, Pokhara The National Seed Board (NSB) approved the registration of six unique landraces on 24th March 2021 under the Schedule D provision of Seed Regulation 2013. Registration of landraces will come into force soon with the formal...
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Six farmer’s varieties of neglected and underutilized crop species officially registered in Nepal
By: Niranjan Pudasaini, LI-BIRD, Pokhara The National Seed Board (NSB) approved the registration of six unique landraces on 24th March 2021 under the Schedule D provision of Seed Regulation 2013. Registration of landraces will come into force soon with the formal...
Concepts & Tools
The project is utilizing and innovating on a variety of participatory tools and approaches for sustainable management of agrobiodiversity in the mountain environments
Mandate Crops
The Local Crop Project focuses its research and promotion work on neglected and underutilized species specifically adapted to high mountain cold environments
Project Sites
The project works in Humla, Jumla, Lamjung and Dolakha, four districts representing the different rainfed regimes of the mountain areas of Nepal spanning from the east to the western Himalayas
Six farmer’s varieties of neglected and underutilized crop species officially registered in Nepal
By: Niranjan Pudasaini, LI-BIRD, Pokhara The National Seed Board (NSB) approved the registration of six unique landraces on 24th March 2021 under the Schedule D provision of Seed Regulation 2013. Registration of landraces will come into force soon with the formal...
A TRAINING WORKSHOP ON FARMER’S VARIETY REGISTRATION PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT
By: Pradip Thapa BACKGROUND Varietal registration is the fundamental step to enable legal pathways for commercialization of a particular crop variety. Seed Regulation (2013) of Nepal has a dedicated provision (Annex 2-Schedule D) to register local crop landrace,...
Six farmer’s varieties of neglected and underutilized crop species officially registered in Nepal
By: Niranjan Pudasaini, LI-BIRD, Pokhara The National Seed Board (NSB) approved the registration of six unique landraces on 24th March 2021 under the Schedule D provision of Seed Regulation 2013. Registration of landraces will come into force soon with the formal...
A TRAINING WORKSHOP ON FARMER’S VARIETY REGISTRATION PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT
By: Pradip Thapa BACKGROUND Varietal registration is the fundamental step to enable legal pathways for commercialization of a particular crop variety. Seed Regulation (2013) of Nepal has a dedicated provision (Annex 2-Schedule D) to register local crop landrace,...
Mainstreaming Good Practices of Agrobiodiversity Management for Food and Nutrition Security in Nepal Himalayas
By: Devendra Gauchan The alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT jointly with the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) and Local Initiatives for Biodiversity Research and Development (LI-BIRD) organized a national level sharing workshop on February 24,...
Mandate Crops
The Local Crop Project focuses its research and promotion work on neglected and underutilized species specifically adapted to high mountain cold environments
Concepts & Tools
The project is utilizing and innovating on a variety of participatory tools and approaches for sustainable management of agrobiodiversity in the mountain environments
Project Sites
The project works in Humla, Jumla, Lamjung and Dolakha, four districts representing the different rainfed regimes of the mountain areas of Nepal spanning from the east to the western Himalayas