[Announcement] Short course on Integrated Home Garden

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Mahesh Shrestha

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May 13, 2016, 6:45:57 AM5/13/16

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Dear all,

Namaste

Here is an announcement of a

short-course on

'
Home Garden approach to improving family nutrition and household resilience
'

which

is going to

be held on:

4-7 July, 2016 | Pokhara, Nepal
Course fee: NPR 30,000 per person
Deadline for application: 13 June 2016

Overview

The Nepali Government’s recent Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Plan 2013-17 states that agricultural development is considered to be an influential means to address nutrition and LI BIRD’s extensive research has found that within agriculture, homestead biodiversity management is a prominent factor to improve both family nutrition and household income. Agriculture Development Strategy 2015 considers food and nutrition security as a key development focus and defines home garden as one of means to address the issue. Thus it is a need to integrate home garden in ongoing agriculture and livelihood programmes by all government and non-government development organizations.

The overall aim of this course is to build participants knowledge and experience on integrated home garden management. The course will elaborate on the connection between nutrition and agriculture and will provide tools for increasing the resilience of smallholder farming families through improved nutrition and income. It will also identify techniques to increase food diversity in smallholder farms through systematic planning and design. Based on the principle of low external input agriculture, the course will highlight organic agriculture and the vertical and horizontal space utilization for optimum output. Besides there will be through exercise on how the concept could be integrated into an ongoing livelihood programme.

The course will be facilitated by LI-BIRD which holds more than 12 years research and field experience. It will also invite the participants to share their own experiences to reflect on the current national and global Home Garden practices. The course will be a participatory and hands-on professional training which will offer a stimulating learning experience.

We expect participants from: Government, I/NGO, civil societies, academic institutes. This course is for mid-level managers who has some knowledge/experience on climate change and agriculture development.

Application:
To apply for the short-course, please visit our website
Link: http://libird.org/app/announcement/view.aspx?record_id=36

Or, apply online via
:

https://docs.google.com/a/libird.org/forms/d/1KM8BFKuco3NFeIJKztf-DDwyL3BMdpTVTk6WW5qajC0/viewform

Interested participants are strongly advised to confirm attendance beforehand. While we anticipate your response at your earliest convenience, please do not hesitate to contact us for further information.

Contact:

Roshan Pudasaini, Course Cooridinator

Email: rpuda...@libird.org | Mobile: 9851001544

Sincerely,
Mahesh Shrestha
Theme Leader, Knowledge Management and Capacity Building (KMC)

Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD)
P.O. Box 324, Gairapatan, Pokhara, Nepal
Tel: +977 61 535357/526834 • Mobile: +977 9856044190
Fax: +977 61 539956
E-mail (Alt.): bhaju...@gmail.com • Skype: bhajumahesh1
Website: www.libird.org