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]]>The initiative, a joint implementation of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Government of Nepal, aims to come up with innovative solutions to ensure fair market opportunities for the country’s farming community and their agricultural produce.
CMDP is expected to form a strong base for an effective market chain for Nepal’s agricultural produce including thus enhancing farmer income and their living.
“The active engagement and financing from the Ministry of Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation shows strong commitment, leadership and ownership of the program. This partnership will directly benefit thousands of Nepali farmers over the next five years, through crucial support in modernizing their production and market chain,” says Renaud Meyer, Country Director, UNDP Nepal.
The program will focus on six districts near Kathmandu area owing to the prevalence of poor infrastructure, improper storage and transport facilities, inadequate market access and regulatory concerns issues.
This situation prevails despite a good number of farmers’ cooperative groups in the area.
Besides supporting market infrastructure, the program also aims at quality and quantity enhancement, while also ensuring consistency in supply of the agricultural produce.
As part of skill development, the initiative also focuses on training farmers on better techniques, building their marketing and institutional capacities.
Overall, the initiative is expected to benefit around 14,000 farmers and their families, thus also supplementing to the South Asian country’s implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 and 2 on fighting poverty and achieving food security.
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]]>An international workshop on ‘Right to Food’, being participated by human rights activists from more than 50 countries, is currently underway in Kathmandu.
The five-day workshop that began on October 31, 2017 is being organized by a member-based human rights organization called Food-first Information and Action Network Nepal (FIAN Nepal).
With this, FIAN International has brought in the human rights activists belonging to its associated countries.
“The workshop discussed on food deprivation among people in national and international communities and ways to resolve the issue,” informed Ashok Singh, Director of FIAN Nepal, speaking in this regard.
On the occasion, the FIAN International council meeting was also held in Kathmandu.
The organization is actively into promoting and advocating for the realization of human rights related to in Nepal.
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Mohana Ansari, FIAN Nepal Chairperson Mr. Ammar Bahadur Air and General Secretary of FIAN Nepal Satya Twayna were among other key personalities who attended the event.
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]]>In the light of the flood situation in Nepal, the Office of UN Resident Coordinator Nepal has released a report titled ‘Flooding Response Plan (August 2017-February 2018)’, wherein, it sought global attention for supporting flood victims.
Under the plan, the Office aims at offering humanitarian assistance to around 1.7 million victims hit by the recent floods across 35 districts of the country.
As part of relief measures, the Office informed that the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) is seeking USD 41.4 million to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to support the flood victims over the coming six months, under various sectors including Health, Nutrition, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Food Security, Protection, Shelter, Livelihood, Education and Early Recovery.
The Office, in its Initial Rapid Assessment (IRA) conducted across 28 districts, concluded that 1.7 million population was affected by the flooding in Nepal, with almost 65,000 houses destroyed, 460,000 people displaced, an estimated 19,000 people currently residing in informal displacements sites including schools and some 40 communities remaining inaccessible.
The recent floods have badly hit the country’s critical infrastructure, said the report, informing that around 80 schools across 28 districts (710 damaged) and 10 health posts (64 partially damaged) were destroyed. Around 64,000 hectares of standing crops have also been destroyed in the 10 worst-affected districts of the country.
According to the report, this situation will affect communities’ livelihood and compromise food security, as food stocks have also been destroyed.
In terms of public health, the report informed that nutrition needs have increased since the onset of flooding with the average rate of global acute malnutrition (GAM) now beyond critical levels.
This situation will likely deteriorate further amongst children under five and pregnant and breastfeeding women without emergency measures, it added.
According to the report, the governmental efforts including deployment of 27,000 security personnel and civil servants for measures and providing more than USD 11.3 million fund assistance could not completely suffice the humanitarian needs caused by the crisis.
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