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Mountain livelihoods and economy

3 Dec 2019 Livelihoods
Increasing incomes of the rural poor though bay leaf value chain development

Story of Madan Singh, Chamoli District, India Madan Singh is a farmer living with his wife and two sons in Nizmullah, a village in Chamoli District in the northcentral part of Uttarakhand State in India. He also owns a small grocery store and a nursery – the only one in his village other than the […]

2 Dec 2019 HI-LIFE
Promoting climate-smart livelihoods in the Far-Eastern Himalayan Landscape

On 9 November 2019, representatives from ICIMOD’s Far-Eastern Himalayan Landscape Initiative (HI-LIFE), UNDP, and the Global Environmental Institute (GEI) delivered 115 customized semi-gasification energy-saving stoves across four villages in Fugong County, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Northwest Yunnan, China. The stoves were distributed as part of a larger GEF-SGP funded project entitled “Promoting Climate-smart Livelihood […]

Preserving Traditions and Strengthening Livelihoods through Transboundary Yak Conservation

Nepal, India, and Bhutan – which share the transboundary Kangchenjunga landscape in the eastern Himalaya – have been connected through the culture of yak herding and the yak economy for centuries. However, herding communities in the region also face isolation, low productivity due to inbreeding, and market challenges leading to a decrease in yak herding […]

ICIMOD raises Mountain Agenda at the Global Solutions Summit

On the first day of the summit, ICIMOD hosted a panel session focused on challenges and solutions in the context of a changing Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), a mountainous region that spans eight countries, from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east, and serves 1.9 billion people downstream in 10 river basins. ICIMOD’s […]