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For carbon offset and to be adapted in the urban, the urban plantation is necessary and the plantation at Kathmandu as a piloting has recently been launched by jointly Division Forest Office and Adaptations for Smallholders in Hilly Areas (ASHA) Project Support Uni, Hattisar Kathmandu. The lesson of tall plant plantation has been a successful model for urban adaptation and mitigation.
Honorable Forest and Environment Minister Mr. Shakti Bahadur Basnet launched the urban pedestrian train plantation for greenery activities.
The practices of land management has been implemented in Rolpa district; after management, the land erosion has been controlled and supported to sustainable production of agriculture product to support livelihood generation. It is considered the practice is climate resilient.
Six flexi bio gas was installed in Nepal on 19th Dec. 2016 and being in operation from Feb 2018. All are in operation and producing the gas regularly. Gas producing from one bio gas is being enough for one day (cooking in morning and evening and tea of day) of 5-6 family members. It has reduced the fire wood consumption and smoke hand. Farmers are happy and encouraged easy to handle and operate. It is piloted now and date are being recorded. Preliminary records show the positive impact in the community.
The Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network (PIFON) has released a new video that captures the lessons learned from farmer-orientated value chain training in Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu. This video was produced under the jointly funded project by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on 'Leveraging the development of local food crops and fisheries value chains for improved nutrition and sustainable food systems in the Pacific Islands' which is being implemented in collaboration with the Pacific Islands Private Sector Organization (PIPSO).
Since 2014, PIFON has been working with nine of its farmer organisation members across the Pacific region to reach farmers and other stakeholders with their new value chain teaching approaches. This video captures the feedback from farmers, farmer organisations, traders and the public sector about how the training has impacted them, and also, what can be done to improve on the approach taken.
Independent Television in Bangladesh organized a talk show on Labour Contracting Society (LCS), an initiative to help destitute women in rural Bangladesh under CCRIP project. The programme called Asher Bangladesh (Hope of Bangladesh) was held on 1st July 2017.