Workshop on the Water-Livelihoods-Gender Nexus to Advance Koshi Basin Management, 24–25 March 2016, Kathmandu, Nepal

Water is vital to human survival, livelihoods, the economy, and sustainable development. Poor access to water constrains livelihood activities especially agriculture, and shrinks economic opportunity. Empirical evidence demonstrates that there is an overall decline in water availability for domestic and agriculture uses in different parts of the Koshi Basin. Residents in this area now experience acute water scarcity for domestic and productive uses.