Voices from the Field
Buzzing with Potential: Ruma Farmers Adopt Beekeeping for Pollination and Honey
19 Apr 2018Between 29 October and 3 November 2017, ICIMOD and the Bandarban Hill District Council (BHDC) organized a beekeeping training in the Bandarban district of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh as part of the Himalica initiative to promote beekeeping as an income diversification option to enhance the resilience of hill people. The workshop participants came from Bethel para and Mulani para.
READ MOREIntegrated Farming System key to Sound Economy and Protected Natural Ecosystems
12 Jan 2018
The story of Prithivi Maden’s life rings true to this statement. Aged 49 and hailing from Phungling Municipality, Ward 1, Taplejung, Nepal, Maden was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He is a simple man who lives with his wife and son in Taplejung. He is satisfied with what he is doing and more importantly, what he has achieved. This was not always so.
READ MOREBuilding social capital through the migrant returnee network
18 Dec 2017
Migration is an important livelihood strategy for people in Nepal. In four Himalica pilot sites in Udayapur (Bagaha, Murkuchi and Saune) more than one-third of the households have at least one member (usually male) working abroad or back as a returnee. The most popular destinations for migrants are India, Gulf countries, and Malaysia.
READ MOREWomen benefit most from rainwater harvesting systems at community level in Himalica pilot villages in Myanmar
11 May 2017
Pilot project activities focusing on rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems implemented by the Support to Rural Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalaya (Himalica) initiative at community level in Myanmar have proven most beneficial to women.
READ MORECommercial vegetable farming- A new livelihood option for farmers in Udayapur, Nepal
20 Apr 2017Bishnu Prasad Ghimire, a vegetable farmer from Triyuga, a municipality in Nepal’s Udayapur district, recalls how up until a few years ago, his community relied on neighbouring districts or Indian states for vegetables. Udayapur has seen a transformative change in recent years, with plots of land that were left fallow for years being converted to vegetable patches.
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