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Padam Bhandari
•36 years of professional experiences with expertise in governance and decentralization project management, capacity strengthening, value chain development, participatory district development planning, •Implemented targeted programme to bring the excluded communities in the mainstream of development, by involving the poor and disadvantaged groups themselves in the driving seat of development efforts. Help people to improve living conditions, livelihoods and empowerment among the rural poor, with particular attention to groups that have traditionally been excluded by reasons of gender, ethnicity, caste and location.•Extensive involvement as a leader and second in command with intergovernmental organization, International Non-Governmental Organizations, national Non-Governmental Organizations, private organizations (New ERA Ltd.), government, teaching and training institutions.•Hands-on-expert, technical advisor, and facilitator to the Government of Nepal, Ministry of Agricultural Development, and Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development for implementation of over 10 large scale integrated development projects like Karnali Local Development Program, Localization of Millennium Development Goals Project, and District Poverty Monitoring and Analysis System.•Developed programmes with specific target of reducing poverty in its areas of operations within a given timeframe.•Promoted community based demand driven approach using rigorous social mobilization techniques in order to reduce poverty by bringing poor at the centre of development and by treating poor as subjects instead of objects.•Ensured holistic development intervention and partnership building that guarantees discernible impact on the livelihood of the poor.•Enabled rural people to obtain quality basic services in cost-effective and sustainable manner with their direct involvement in identification planning, designing, executing and operating
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regions of Nepal. The stem bark of Allo contains fibers with unique strength, smoothness, and
silk-like luster. The fiber is used to make clothing since times immemorial. The fiber, thread,
and woven clothes are commercially traded in a few districts of Nepal. Residents of hilly areas
and ethnic groups have for centuries extracted and spun the fiber to weave durable jackets,
porter headbands or straps, fishing nets, ropes, bags, mats, coarse clothing material, and
blankets. Therefore, this study was conducted in Solukhombu district using focus group
discussion, key informant interview with Allo collectors, and the rapid market survey was
conducted with Allo processing enterprises as well as traders at regional to national market
hubs in 2018. We found that the exploitation rate of Allo in the study area has been affecting
the availability and sustainability of raw material in the natural habitat. This study suggested
the need for sustainable management through domestication and proper harvesting
technique.
©2019 Agriculture and Environmental Science Academy
regions of Nepal. The stem bark of Allo contains fibers with unique strength, smoothness, and
silk-like luster. The fiber is used to make clothing since times immemorial. The fiber, thread,
and woven clothes are commercially traded in a few districts of Nepal. Residents of hilly areas
and ethnic groups have for centuries extracted and spun the fiber to weave durable jackets,
porter headbands or straps, fishing nets, ropes, bags, mats, coarse clothing material, and
blankets. Therefore, this study was conducted in Solukhombu district using focus group
discussion, key informant interview with Allo collectors, and the rapid market survey was
conducted with Allo processing enterprises as well as traders at regional to national market
hubs in 2018. We found that the exploitation rate of Allo in the study area has been affecting
the availability and sustainability of raw material in the natural habitat. This study suggested
the need for sustainable management through domestication and proper harvesting
technique.
©2019 Agriculture and Environmental Science Academy