The programme builds on the success of the Hills Leasehold Forestry and Forage Development Project (HLFFDP) in helping set up leasehold forestry groups that will eventually become village finance associations.
The programme covers the middle hills area where a large percentage of the population is poor. It targets poor families in the 22 districts not covered by the ongoing Western Uplands Poverty Alleviation Project, with particular attention to those living in areas adjacent to degraded forest who cannot secure enough food for their families year round. 44,300 households are benefitting from the programme.
Objectives:
The overall goal is to reduce poverty in the area by allocating leasehold forestry plots to poor families to enable them to increase incomes from forest products and livestock. Specifically the programme objectives are:
- improve household forage and tree crop production
- improve household production of livestock, especially goats
- provide access to microfinance institutions
- support the government’s capacity to implement leasehold forestry in a gender-sensitive way
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Contact Address:
Mr Govinda Prasad Kafley
Programme Coordinator
Leasehold Forestry and Livestock Programme
Department of Forests
Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation
Babar Mahal
Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: +977 14227574,
+977 4220303,
+977 4221231,
+977 4221744
+977 14487680
Fax: +977 14227374
[email protected]