Televised policy debate on the dairy sector in Chitwan
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Practical Action Nepal
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30/01/2015 , 13/06/2011
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en
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Food , Agriculture
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IA25000305NEP - DAULAT
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Dairy for Uplifting Livelihood and Assisting Transformation of small holder dairy farmers in Nepal (DAULAT) Some of problems in the dairy sector in Nepal don’t lie at the farmer level, but surrounding big policy issues such as the problem of price fixing and taxation on imports of animals. Here Practical Action brought together leading national movers and shakers to discuss and begin to resolve these issues. The debate was nationally televised. The overall objective of the project is to reduce poverty of smallholder farmers in Nepal and its specific objective is to increase sustainable income of 10,000 smallholder dairy farmers within two years. The project prioritises developing appropriate access to services and inputs for women smallholder dairy farmers to decrease their drudgery which provides more time for other income generating activities, increases opportunities to engage effectively with market actors and provide increased incomes that can be used for household benefit. Further, a wide variety of opportunities for livelihoods have emerged from the dairy sector supporting small and micro enterprises in rural areas which will provide employment opportunities to the poor.
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