For Environment, Democracy and Livelihoods
A district-level workshop on Under-Utilised Land(UUL) was held in Lamjung and Kavre on 19th and 27th April, 2016,respectively. The objective of the workshop was to share the research findings of UUL case studies and receive feedbacks from local stakeholders. Local Development Officer, delegates from DADO, DFO DLSO, CDO, FECOFUN, local political parties, media houses and farmer groups were present in the workshop. The workshop was completed in two sessions. Session 1: briefing workshop objective and presenting research finding and session 2: Group discussion. In the first session, Krishna P. Paudel briefly highlighted the national agricultural context and explained the objective of the workshop. Then after, Yuba Raj Subedi presented the key research finding of the case studies. On the second session, Naya S. Poudel facilitated the open group discussion and responded the participant’s inquires. Overall program was facilitated by Madan Bashyal. The participant actively took part in group discussion; the workshop was very dynamic and productive. Furthermore, ForestAction facilitated a national level workshop on UUL held in Kathmandu on 28th – 29th April.