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Jaleshwori Community Farm
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NRVT is currently buying farming land in Jaleshwori to establish a community farm. The land will be owned by NRVT Nepal and the farm will be run for the benefit of the whole community.
Altered climatic conditions mean that traditional crops and farming practices are inadequate and often no longer provide sufficient nourishment to keep the mountain people strong and healthy. However, subsistence farmers are understandably reluctant to use their valuable terraces to trial new crops. They eke a living from a very small amount of land and if the harvest fails there is literally less to eat. The community farm will be a centre for trying out new crops and ~ using the skills and training available at the AgroForestry Resource Centre at Deusa ~ for demonstrating new techniques and good farming practice. Once the land has been purchased, a local couple will be employed to tend it for a small wage and a portion of land to farm themselves. Surplus produce can be sold locally and profits go towards running the farm with the intention that it will eventually become self-funding. |
For more detailed information about the Community Farm or if you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please download the full Jaleshwori Farm Proposal here.
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Donate trees to Jaleshwori families and offset your Carbon Footprint through NRVT
In addition to trialling new vegetables, NRVT are buying fruit and nut trees to explore which varieties will grow locally. These can be bought from the excellent nurseries in the Kathmandu valley. Fruit and nut trees will supplement nutrition and may become valuable cash crops. Furthermore, trees stabilize the land helping to prevent landslides which can destroy fragile roads and terraces. They also sequestrate carbon. Become part of the solution - donate a tree to a Jaleswori family and offset your Carbon Footprint here.
In addition to trialling new vegetables, NRVT are buying fruit and nut trees to explore which varieties will grow locally. These can be bought from the excellent nurseries in the Kathmandu valley. Fruit and nut trees will supplement nutrition and may become valuable cash crops. Furthermore, trees stabilize the land helping to prevent landslides which can destroy fragile roads and terraces. They also sequestrate carbon. Become part of the solution - donate a tree to a Jaleswori family and offset your Carbon Footprint here.
NRVT Nepal trustee Ful Kumar Tamang (in blue) overseeing the drip irrigation project.
According to Wikipedia, Carbon Sequestration is...
"... the process involved in carbon capture and the long-term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon to mitigate or defer global warming."
Trees, including fruit and nut trees, act as natural carbon sinks to return atmospheric carbon to the soil. This is another important benefit of planting an orchard on the NRVT community farm.
"... the process involved in carbon capture and the long-term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon to mitigate or defer global warming."
Trees, including fruit and nut trees, act as natural carbon sinks to return atmospheric carbon to the soil. This is another important benefit of planting an orchard on the NRVT community farm.
NRVT intends to continue providing water management systems, training and solar panels for schools alongside the Farm project.
NRVT trustees Chris & Alison enjoy the sunrise at Rhupangmare - with Tony Harris. This is an Everest viewing point but unfortunately the sky wasn't clear enough to see that far.
