Himalica

Exposure visit for Bhutanese stakeholders to Myanmar to Learn about Climate-resilient Value Chain Development

The Himalica pilot project in Shan State, Myanmar, is focused on the development of climate resilient value chains for bamboo handicrafts, ginger, and vegetables from home gardens. Its thrust is to encourage small-holder farmers to shift from traditional subsistence agriculture to commercial agriculture by seizing new and emerging opportunities,

Exposure visit for Bhutanese stakeholders to Myanmar to Learn about Climate-resilient Value Chain Development

The Himalica pilot project in Shan State, Myanmar, is focused on the development of climate resilient value chains for bamboo handicrafts, ginger, and vegetables from home gardens. Its thrust is to encourage small-holder farmers to shift from traditional subsistence agriculture to commercial agriculture by seizing new and emerging opportunities,

Regional Conference on Mountain Agriculture, with focus on Ecosystem Services, Agri-Extension, and Market Linkages

In order to share the wealth of knowledge generated from its activities, Himalica in collaboration with the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) and the Department of Agriculture (DoA), Nepal are jointly organising a regional conference on mountain agriculture focusing on ecosystem services,

Dissemination of Agri-Extension Action Research and Exposure to Climate-Resilient Agricultural Practices

This workshop will create opportunities for science-society interaction (interaction between farmers and scientists) in relation to action research findings and expose selected leader farmers on innovative agriculture technologies and climate smart practices.

Science-Policy Roundtable on Climate Change Adaptation

Mountains in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) are ‘water towers’, which provide water and services such as food, biodiversity, and energy to 1.3 billion people downstream. However, climate change is these mountains. Scientists project a likely increase in temperature by about 1–2°C by 2050, and more so at higher altitudes.

Entrepreneurship Development

The training is aimed at young women and men with an entrepreneurial bent who are interested in setting up enterprises not just confined to vegetable value chains but also in exploring other possibilities for enterprise development in Barshong.

Review, Reflection, and Consolidation workshop on the NAP process in Nepal

Nepal is formulating the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) in the spirit of the Cancun Framework and the Paris Agreement.

Workshop on Community-led Micro-planning for Gups, and Gewog Administrative Officers of Tsirang District in Bhutan

The workshop aims to reveal lessons from past Himalica pilot interventions in Bhutan and to share those experiences with the administrative officers of Tsirang district.

Regional workshop for HIMALICA pilot partners - Progress review and planning for 2017

The aim of the workshop is to build better understanding of on-going interventions related to climate change adaptation and livelihoods in Himalica pilot sites.

Field Monitoring Visit to Himalica Pilot Sites in Taplejung, Nepal

The key pilot interventions are to develop packages of practices and to demonstrate climate resilient technologies and practices focusing on climate change adaptation and livelihood improvement.

Training on Climate Change Adaptation for Myanmar Journalists

The Rural Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalayas (Himalica) Initiative is financed by the European Union and aims to support poor and vulnerable mountain communities in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region in mitigating and adapting to climate change.

Peer Learning and Experience Sharing Workshop On Inclusive and Climate Smart Value Chain Development

Poverty reduction of mountain people to increased resilience and unlocking new livelihood opportunities, through the promotion of more equitable approaches is one of the key thrust areas of the Himalica and Adapt Himal programmes...

Nansen Initiative South Asia Civil Society Meeting: Climate Change, Disasters and Human Mobility in South Asia

The Nansen Initiative is a state-led, bottom-up consultative process intended to build consensus on the development of a protection agenda that addresses the needs of people displaced across international borders in the context of drought, flooding and other natural hazards, including those linked to the effects of climate change.

A Regional Orientation Training on Ecosystem Services Assessment (ESA)

The regional orientation training on Ecosystem Services Assessment (ESA) aimed at enhancing capacity of the researcher (partners) on: concept, principles, tools and application of ecosystem based management, approaches and assessment of ecosystem services.

Workshop on the action research design to build the adaptive capacity of the migrant sending households in the flood affected rural communities