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Ram Kumari Tharu, 33, heads out to a local collection center with her morning cucumber harvest. After extensive training on improved agriculture practices, her annual income has tripled in just two years. She farms and grows enough to not only feed her f
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Ram Kumari Tharu displays her harvest and smiles after collecting her money from a local trader. From her fresh cucumber harvest, she earns about Rs. 15,000 every season.
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Ram Kumari Thari (far right), single mother of two children, breaks into laughter after trying to fully articulate the transformations she and her family has experienced after moving out of a near extreme poverty state. She previously worked as a daily-wa
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All children deserve the healthiest possible start in life. These new mothers are among the 112 thousand women trained to take care and ensure optimal health and nutritional behavior of their young babies and themselves.
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The Suaahara project teaches mothers how often to feed their infants in a day and the importance of responsive feeding. Since 2011, the project has worked in 20 districts to improve maternal and child nutrition through homestead agriculture, improved chil
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The USAID-funded Suaahara not only engages young mothers, but also fathers and other men of the family to ensure all-round support to improving the health and wellbeing of mothers and babies.
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A woman picks water spinach, popularly known as Kangkong from her kitchen garden. Kankong leaves are naturally rich in dietary fiber, protein, calcium, iron and vitamins which are highly nutritious for pregnant women and growing children.
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The Suaahara promotes hygienic practices such as improved quality of water and food hygiene, hand washing, use of latrines, and safe disposal of child feces to prevent health problems.
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Helen sweet potatoes and kankong leafy vegetables are often featured in homestead food production trainings, chosen namely for their nutritious content, wide availability throughout Nepal, good taste, and ease of preparation. (Pictured fully prepared for
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Freshly plucked green chilli ready for the market.
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This chilli farmer in Bardiya district, used to earn less than $0.25 per day as a laborer. With USAID’s support, he now owns a farm and produces two harvests a year, earning $2,350 annually.
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In communities where climate change threatens water availability, the USAID-funded Initiative for Climate Change Adaption (ICCA) project is installing solar-powered water systems that can be used within households and on farms. The beneficiaries seen her
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This solar-powered Multiple Use Water System (MUWS) was developed by the USAID-funded ICCA project with support from a number of other organizations. The installation of each solar MUWS costs about $15,000. The beneficiaries, who now have access to a regu
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Above the solar MUWS spring source, the project developed a recharge pond that collects rainwater. This recharge pond maintains the flow of water in the Solar MUWS spring and provides water for direct irrigation, thereby helping the community to cope with
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Pavitra Aryal, a member of the EcoTea Cooperative, plucks the first flush of organic tea in her farm in Illam in eastern Nepal. To help Nepal meet the growing demand for organic tea in the U.S. and European markets, USAID’s project supported farmers to co
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Radhika B.K. sells ginger to Annapura Organic through her women’s cooperative. She is one of 9,000 ginger famers who benefitted from USAID’s Nepal Economic Agriculture and Trade (NEAT) project. Annapurna Organic established Nepal’s first large-scale ginge