Home Gardens in Nepal

homestead garden. Depending upon family requirements, climatic conditions and geographical features, plant species and types; an ...

Home gardens as a source of income Along with nutrition supply and food security, home garden is a source of income. The surplus ...

requirements and the productivity of every component increases through nutrient cycle among them as shown in Figure1. Litter, fo ...

Farmers’ knowledge and awareness : Traditional knowledge and practices, formal and non- formal education, extension delivery sy ...

Agriculture Perspective Plan (APP) launched as part of the Tenth and Eleventh Plans 'Agriculture Decade'. The overall goal of th ...

are made. Economic and nutritional values of these vegetables are identified with their botanical description. The Tenth Plan ha ...

three factors namely socio-economic factors, ecological factors and available knowledge and practice of the farmers need to be c ...

Homestead Food Production Program in Central and Far-western Nepal Increases Food and Nutrition Security: An Overview of Program ...

Empower women through an active participation at all levels of homestead food production and other income generating activities ...

Table 1. Status of the village model nursery (VMN) Main indicators 1st round (n=78) 2nd round (n=78) Median size (sq. m.) of nur ...

Table 3. Percent of VMNPF earning money from garden-nursery and poultry activities, by district (data from second round of monit ...

Table 5 presents further information about the homestead gardens. For more than 95% of households in both rounds, their own gard ...

Table 7. Change in status of poultry production in the household Description 1st round (n=300) 2nd round (n=299) % hh having chi ...

Figure 2 shows the proportion of household members that consumed eggs in the last week and table 8 shows the number of eggs, and ...

REFERENCES HKI, 2001. Home gardening in hilly and terai areas in Nepal: Impact on Food Production and Consumption. Nutrition Bul ...

Home Gardens: An Opportunity to Minimize Pressure on Slash and Burn System and Option for Improving Dietary Diversity of Chepang ...

cultivation in Taplejung, Sankhuwasaba, Makawanpur, Chitwan, Dhading, Gorkha, Tanahun and Nawalparasi districts. This practice i ...

Santi Griha has implemented projects aimed at improving the livelihoods of Chepang households in Gorkha and Tanahun research sit ...

concept in these areas is regarded as one of the major causes for the shift in farmers’ cultivation system. The burning is an is ...

Gorkha) indicated that the species diversity was quite lower in slash and burn areas (Figure 3). The traditional practices of sh ...