National Agricultural Research and Development Fund (NARDF)
Kathmandu, Nepal
An Overview Of Our Solution
Water is our most precious resources and there is no substitute for water. In the semi-arid region, it's importance is more understood in the context of depleting aquifer and biodiversity. The grassland diversity driven by the water is the risk when the agricultural land came into existence and human left nothing untouched. The native grasses are being invaded by imported notorious weedy perennials in the High Plains. In such case, we can only preserve the native vegetation by maintaining niche complementarity between species through avoiding monoculture and using drought tolerant legumes. Because legumes offer grasses to come together providing nitrogen to the companion grass species. Research should focus on optimizing water use to balance tradeoff between livestock production and biodiversity conservation.
Who is this solution impacting?
Additional Information
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General Information
Organization type
Government
Population impacted
500
Challenge
Size of agricultural area
300
Production quantity
18000
People employed
4
Solution
Describe your solution
How have you promoted changes in human activities (or changed your own agricultural practice) to ensure sustainable harvests/food security while also conserving, strengthening and/or restoring biodiversity on your agricultural lands and/or the surrounding environment? (1500 characters max.)
Implementation
Describe your implementation
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- Specific activities and/or specifically what your solution does to address the identified problems above in the Context Analysis section
- How you ensured your solution was adopted and promoted change in human activities
- Enabling conditions
- Key success factors
- Any obstacles and how you overcame them
External connections
List some of the key partners or stakeholders engaged in your solution development and implementation. Explain how your efforts connect with other sectors, such as fisheries and forestry, and other practices, such as policy and finance. (300 words max.)
Results
What is the environmental or ecological challenge you are targeting with your solution?
Please include facts/figures where possible. (750 characters max.)
Describe the context in which you are operating
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How did you impact natural resource use and greenhouse gas emissions?
How did you improve biodiversity and/or positively impact the local environment? Please be specific and include methodology where relevant (1000 characters max.)
Social/Community
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Water
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Food Security/Nutrition
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Economic/Sustainable Development
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Climate
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Sustainability
Describe the economic sustainability of your solution. Does it rely on grant funding, government subsidies or market-based revenue? (750 characters max.)
Return on investment
How much did it cost to implement these activities? How do your results above compare to this investment? (750 characters max.)
Replication and Scale
How could we successfully replicate this solution elsewhere?
Has it been done before and at what scale? Please include funding required, key stakeholders/partners, additional needs (training, materials, etc.) (1000 characters max.)