Mixed farming systems initiative enhances productivity and resilience in Nepal’s hill agriculture

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dc.creatorInternational Water Management Institute
dc.date2025-01-30
dc.date2025-01-31T04:29:17Z
dc.date2025-01-31T04:29:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:36:42Z
dc.descriptionIn Nepal’s middle hills, small landholdings and challenges like limited irrigation, transportation, and market access have long hindered commercial farming and mono-cropping. However, mixed farming remains a resilient and sustainable solution for these communities. Through the CGIAR Initiative on Mixed Farming Systems (MFS), IWMI, in collaboration with International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and research and implementation partners, has been working to intensify sustainable agriculture in pilot areas. As a result, farmers are now diversifying risks, optimizing labour, and increasing productivity—all while preserving the environment. The initiative has also introduced socio-technical innovations tailored for women and elderly farmers, strengthened entrepreneurship skills among female and smallholder farmers, and fostered stronger networks among diverse farming groups. These interventions have made farming in Nepal’s hills more sustainable, efficient, and inclusive, and with promising results, have demonstrated potential to scale.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/172609
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/160753
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Water Management Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceInternational Water Management Institute. 2025. Mixed farming systems initiative enhances productivity and resilience in Nepal’s hill agriculture. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
dc.subjectfarming systems
dc.subjectmixed farming
dc.subjectcommercial farming
dc.subjectmaize
dc.subjectwheat
dc.subjectsustainable agriculture
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectland ownership
dc.subjectmarket access
dc.titleMixed farming systems initiative enhances productivity and resilience in Nepal’s hill agriculture
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