A refugee family was provided with farming land on a lease, good quality seeds and fertilizers and trainings to undertake potato farming as a viable livelihood option.

Fact sheet

A Systemic Approach to Refugee and Host Communities Livelihoods in Nepal

The second phase of this project sought to improve and scale up market-based livelihood interventions for Bhutanese refugees along with host communities and explore new high-potential sectors of intervention in Koshi Province and provide technical support to UNHCR Nepal and partners in the implementation of sustainable livelihood interventions for urban mandate refugees in Kathmandu.

A refugee family was provided with farming land on a lease, good quality seeds and fertilizers and trainings to undertake potato farming as a viable livelihood option © Kathaharu Productions.
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A Bhutanese refugee family farms potatoes in their kitchen garden using high-quality seeds and fertilizers at the Beldangi Refugee Settlement in Damak, Koshi Province.

9 January 2025

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