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Knowledge-based Integrated Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition Project-II (KISAN II)

(Nepal): KISAN IIis a flagship activity under the Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) that provides technical assistance to increases resilience, inclusiveness, and sustainable income growth of small-holder farmers in 21 hill and Terai districts of Nepal's Western, Midwestern, and Far-Western regions; and four earthquake affected districts. The implementing partner, Winrock International, is well positioned to achieve GFSS goals given its extensive experience implementing GFSS activities in Asia using a market systems approach to increase the ability of vulnerable farm households to respond to market opportunities, a core strategy adopted under KISAN II. KISAN II develop local market systems for rice, maize, lentils, high-value vegetables, and goats through technical assistance to farmers to access productivity-enhancing and improved post-harvest practices and technologies; and by strengthening extension services through introduction of new technologies and business models to improve storage, mechanization, input supply, and finance. KISAN II will administer a $1.5 million grants program to foster partnerships with 125 private firms and cooperatives in order to provide market-based solutions to improve agricultural productivity and market access for 130,000 farming households. KISAN II will work with the Ministry of Agriculture and relevant departments to provide an evidence base that will inform policy formulation to create a favorable business enabling environment. These interventions will contribute to the GFSS overall goal of sustainably reducing hunger, malnutrition and poverty through nutrition-sensitive approaches, which directly contributes to Embassy Kathmandu's Integrated Country Strategy (ICS) Objective 2.1: Nepal advances inclusive and sustainable economic growth to reduce extreme poverty and increase rules-based trade, competitiveness, and cross-border cooperation, and becomes a reliable economic partner for increased American prosperity.

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