| PROJECT LOCATION | Surkhet Jumla Corridor and Dolkha Ramechhap Corridor |
| PROFESSIONAL STAFF | 2 |
| OTHER STAFF | 0 |
| NAME OF CLIENT/DONOR | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) |
| NO. OF PROFESSIONAL MAN MONTHS | 30 |
| NO. OF OTHER MAN MONTHS | 0 |
| START DATE (Month/Year) | 1st May 2011 |
| COMPLETION DATE (Month/Year) | 31st May 2012 |
| APPROX. VALUE OF SERVICES | NRs.2,232,150 |
| NAME OF ASSOCIATION FIRM, IF ANY: | |
| NO. OF MAN-MONTHS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF PROVIDED BY ASSOCIATED FIRM: | Not Applicable |
NAME OF SENIOR STAFF
| Mr. Bharat P. Upadhyay, Executive Director is responsible for the implementation, supervision and monitoring of the proejct activities. |
NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
| A key component of the project is to conduct participatory action research to validate and pilot test potential coping and adaptation mechanisms subsequent to assessments of the impacts of climate and socioeconomic changes and identification of adaptation/coping mechanisms of the mountain poor. The findings of the assessments suggest the need for pilot testing of stress tolerant crop varieties in order to provide upland farmers wider and more secure options for their crops. Participatory action research on stress tolerant crop varieties aims to initiate the process of participatory selection and assessment of different stress tolerant crop varieties to identify crop varieties that are sufficiently resilient to stress. The pilot testing will help upland farmers in selecting stress tolerant varieties, thereby providing them an option to respond to vulnerabilities arising out of weather variability |
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES PROVIDED
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Center for Environmental and Agricultural Policy Research, Extension and Development (CEAPRED)
