HIGHLIGHTS
FAO continues to support Government-led efforts to address and coordinate the response to food security and livelihood needs in the six most severely-affected districts: Dolakha, Dhading, Gorkha, Nuwakot, Rasuwa, and Sindhupalchowk.
Since April 2015, FAO has reached close to 1.5 million people with agricultural inputs.
Led by the Ministry of Agricultural Development, FAO continues to support the Food Security Cluster as its co-lead by providing human resources as well as advisory support to Cluster partners on the quality of agricultural inputs distributed to affected communities.
FAO is continuing its longer-term recovery and resilience work, which is critical to help vulnerable farmers rebuild their livelihoods, by investing in the following activities:
- Prevent post-harvest losses by providing grain and seed storage metal bins.
- Ensure spring vegetable and maize crop planting through seed distribution.
- Support production of staples and high value crops by repairing small-scale irrigation schemes through community work.
- Improve nutrition and promote income generation by distributing materials and provide training for the construction of protective plastic tunnels for winter vegetable production.
- Keep animals healthy and productive by providing mineral mixture, training to produce mineral blocks and material to rehabilitate animal shelters.
- Prevent post-harvest losses by providing grain and seed storage metal bins.
The four-month long border crisis and the resulting import challenges delayed operations. However, FAO was able to effectively identify alternative local procurement options to meet the needs of its beneficiaries.
FAO’s emergency response programme will be successfully handed over to the local government by May 2016, while support from FAO will continue as needed.