The ICIMOD Knowledge Park at Godavari was set up in March 1993, following the generous provision of 30 hectares of land by the Government of Nepal. It is located in the Godavari-Phulchoki landscape, south-east of Kathmandu Valley (Latitude: 27° 35’ 19” – 27° 35’ 41” N; Longitude: 85° 23’ 16” – 85° 23’ 44” E; Altitude: 1540–1800 masl).
The Park has been designed and structured to showcase and demonstrate simple and easily replicable farm technologies, techniques, and innovations that can improve the ecological and economic conditions of mountain communities in a sustainable way. It serves as a place to test, select, and demonstrate these solutions for adoption and replication and/or upscaling by visitors and partners. It also serves as a place for training and as a repository of faunal and floral resources.