En mars dernier, alors que le Népal imposait des mesures de confinement pour lutter contre la COVID-19, Sarbaraj Bhandari a pris conscience des difficultés qui l’attendaient. Éleveur de chèvres, il était en train de moderniser et d’exploiter son entreprise grâce aux services de vulgarisation et à l’appui technique offerts aux agriculteurs participant au Programme de développement du secteur agricole (PDSA).

L'histoire de Ranjana Chaudhary ressemble à celle de plusieurs milliers, voire millions, d'autres jeunes Népalais.

Tout le monde s'accorde à reconnaître que les microentreprises et les PME jouent un rôle central dans l'économie des pays en développement. Pourtant, ce qui est quelque peu paradoxal, peu de services sont proposés à ces entreprises.

In the Middle Hills district of Nepal, an IFAD-funded project has helped reverse environmental degradation and bring people out of poverty. As a result of the project’s impressive impact, the government adopted a leasehold forest policy in 2002 and integrated the approach in its poverty strategy.

Rural development projects financed and supported by IFAD have contributed to increased agricultural productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers in Nepal, according to a new report presented today.

The Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD and the Government of Nepal are holding a one-day workshop to share the findings of an independent evaluation of IFAD’s operations in Nepal over the last seven years (2013-2019).

IFAD and Nepal have signed a financing agreement to significantly improve incomes and food and nutrition security for 35,000 rural farming households in 10 districts in State 6.

Recognizing the multiplying effects of investing in rural women, the Swedish Government – through its development agency Sida – announced a US$5 million commitment to the Joint Programme on Accelerating Progress towards the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women (JP RWEE).