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Nepal Seed And Fertilizer Project (NSAF)

(Nepal): The Feed the Future Nepal Seed and Fertilizer (NSAF) activity builds competitive agricultural input systems in Nepal by introducing innovative technologies and strengthening the capacity of the public, private, and community sectors to develop, multiply, and promote improved market-oriented seed and soil fertility management technologies. NSAF enables Nepali companies to develop and advance their seed breeding technology, adopt improved seed multiplication practices, provide recommendations on custom fertilizer blends and judicious fertilizer use to farmers, and expand production and marketing to improve the availability of commercial seed and fertilizer. With FY 2019 funds, NSAF will continue to increase the availability of appropriate and affordable seeds, with a focus on hybrid seeds, and enable farmers to apply integrated soil fertility management technologies to improve the productivity and profitability of rice, maize, lentils, and vegetables. .A member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), CIMMYT has highly specialized technical expertise and the unique capacity to access genetic material for the development of improved seeds in Nepal. As an independent and globally renowned research organization, CIMMYT has the ability to work effectively with the Government of Nepal to achieve policy reform in the politically sensitive seed and fertilizer sectors. .NSAF contributes to Embassy Kathmandu's Integrated Country Strategy Goal Two: Increase America's prosperity by developing Nepal as a reliable economic partner, and Mission 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..

Source-reported status: completed. Timeline labels use reported dates and do not verify current activity.