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Promoting Himalayan Products: Experiences of The Mountain Institute
in Nepal
• Workshop on Promoting Mountain Products, New Delhi, India
• Karma Bhutia • The Mountain Institute
• December 18, 2015
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The Mountain Institute an international non-governmental organization committed to
conserving mountain environments, empowering mountain communities, and sustaining mountain cultures around the
world
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Working in oldest, longest and highest mountain ranges in the world!
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Rasuwa & Dhading
Solukhumbu
Humla
Ilam, Panchthar
TMI Working Area in Nepal Himalaya
Sankhuwasaba
Current Projects! Past Projects!
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Promoting Himalayan Products 1. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs)
• Objectives • To conserve wild MAPs populations • To increase incomes and improve livelihoods • To build local capacity for conservation
• Activities • Training on cultivation and conservation of MAPs - more than
9,000 farmers trained and an equal number replicating the learning's
• Cultivating 10-13 different species in over 2,000 hectares land • Establishing community nurseries • Community-based monitoring of flora and fauna • Supporting linkages with traders and markets • Formation of MAPs Cooperatives and capacity building of
members
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Income from MAPs 2006-2013!2006-2011! 2012! 2013!
Income in USD
$ 990,000 $ 780,000 $ 770,000
Districts (3) Ilam, Panchthar,
Taplejung
(6) Ilam, Panchthar,
Taplejung, Sankhuwasabha,
Rasuwa and Dhading
(6) Ilam, Panchthar,
Taplejung, Sankhuwasabha
, Rasuwa and Dhading
Income Range
• $ 300 and above per annum in most districts • $ 35,000 per annum in a few cases
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Promoting Himalayan Products….. 2. Allo (Himalayan Nettle) Objectives • To encourage sustainable production, promotion of natural fibers in
the Himalayan regions • To empower indigenous groups, marginalized communities so that
economic and social benefits flow to the producers • A particular focus on rural women-led nettle fiber producer groups
Activities • Training in sustainable harvesting and cultivation of Allo • Formation of women friendly Allo producer groups • Training on weaving, knitting and fine production • Strengthen the capacity of Allo groups, including provision of weaving
machines
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Income from Allo - Production & Sales - 33 women Allo weaving groups with over 1,800 women members associated - Collectively earned $19,500 in 2014
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Promoting Himalayan Products….
3. Alpine and Pasture Management Objectives • To conserve alpine and pasture land through
strengthening local herders cooperative and groups Activities • Alpine reforestation in the denuded areas above
4000m and nursery establishment • Preservation of juniper from overharvesting • Establishment of kerosene depots • Introducing improved livestock breeds • Formation and capacity building of Pasture User
Groups and Dairy Cooperatives
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Income from Dairy Products
• By 2009 more than 1,000 herders were associated with local Cooperatives
• Produced dry cheese and butter and sales of over $60,000 in 2012/2013
• 11 Pasture Users Groups formed • Reduction in unproductive livestock • Over 770,981 seedlings in 496.65 ha of barren
land planted in pasture and forests
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Challenges
Difficult to travel in project area of Nepal Himalaya
Policy Level • Appropriate policies to support
cultivation of MAPs • Supportive policies for promotion
of high value, low volume mountain products
• Facilitating cross border trade
Infrastructure and Services • Infrastructure development –
access to roads, transportation, markets, storage facilities
• Access to finance and need for increased capacity for financial transactions
• Insurance for products, • For MAPs - Leveraging MAPs
branding, certification • Attracting investors
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Challenges…. Research and Knowledge
• Research on impact of climate change on mountain products
• Knowledge about resilience and adaptive capacity of products
• Diseases and pest management (e.g. in MAPs, livestock) and access to appropriate treatment
• Protecting and sustaining eco-friendly farming systems
• Building on and strengthening traditional knowledge and practices
New Diseases
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Future Focus 1. Scaling up the promotion of MAPs cultivation
• Cultivation and sustainable harvesting trainings • Marketing support: Cooperatives strengthening; access to
finance 2. Value Addition
• Sub-sector market analysis and networking with private sector • Value-addition (business development, business planning,
improved storage, processing, certification, branding, etc.) 3. Conservation of wild stock of over-harvested MAPs
• Community based monitoring 4. Improved livestock and rangeland management, & promotion of dairy products 5. Support in research and development for improved
processing techniques, fiber extraction tools and equipment for Allo processing
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More than 9000 farmers trained
Transplanting Weeding and Harvesting
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Start up Seeds
Transporting Chiraito seeds Receiving seeds in
Sankhuwasabha
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More than 18,000 farmers cultivating
Ok Aalu (Lilium nepalense) Cultivation
Himalayan Yew (Taxus wallichiana) Cultivation
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MAPs Cooperatives Formed
MAPs Co-op in Ilam District Community Based Depot
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Transporting and Marketing
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‘Origin Certificates’ provided by the District Forest Offices
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Allo (Himalayan nettle)
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Dairy Products
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