This article largely relates to innovative approaches and technologies deriving from two projects:
- the SDC-IDRC funded People and Resource Dynamics Project (PARDYP), implemented by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and partners in five watersheds in the Himalayan Hindu Kush;
- the work of the SDC-funded Sustainable Soil Management Programme (SSMP, implemented by Helvetas- Intercooperation), which focuses on improving soil fertility and farm management for promotion of food security and better livelihoods in the mid-hills of Nepal.
