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By Shawon Hannan

The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Nepal signed a US$120 million eight-year agreement that became effective last month to help over a quarter million people living on small-scale farms transition towards commercial and agroecological farming. The Resilient High-Value Agricultural Programme (R-HVAP) will introduce new methods to increase food production for 60,000 small-scale farming families in 80 palikas (municipalities) across Lumbini, Karnali, and Sudurpashchim provinces.

Photo courtesy of ashok acharya.