Shree Kumar Maharjan, Ph.D. International Cooperation Studies

Shree Kumar Maharjan, LI-BIRD, Nepal Western Terai Landscape Complex Project (WTLCP) is landscape level conservation project implemented in Far-Western Region of the Nepal as a new paradigm in conservation arena. It is joint program agreed between the Government of Nepal and the UNDP. The overall goal of the project is to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of globally and locally significant biodiversity in Western Terai regions of the country, with the aim of establishing effective management systems and building capacity of the farmers, stakeholders and local professionals for the conservation and sustainable use in that region of Nepal. Local Initiatives for Biodiversity Research and Development (LI-BIRD), an NGO, is one of partners for this project focused its activities in the conservation and sustainable use of agro-biodiversity in this region. LI-BIRD is implementing WTLCP project in 6 VDCs out of 51 VDCs and one municipality for agrobiodiversity component within Bardiy...

Participatory tools to analyze Eeuwig Moes Network for the conservation and use of indigenous and forgotten vegetables: A case study from the Netherlands (Working Paper) Shree Kumar Maharjan1, Nattaya Montri 2, Alfred Oduor Odindo3, Bayush Tsegaye4, Shyamala Subbareddy5, Huni Tambudzayi6, Ibidunni Sakirat7 1Nepal, 2Thailand, 3Kenya, 4Ethiopia, 5India, 6Zimbabwe, 7Nigeria Background Neglected and forgotten vegetables are those vegetables that are not in use these days due to various reasons. But recently, there are growing interests among conservationists and businessman for the conservation, use and promotion of such traditional and forgotten vegetables in The Netherlands and also all around the world. One of these indigenous vegetables in the Netherlands is Eeuwig Moes, cruciferous vegetable (Brassica oleracea var ramose) (fig.1). In the old days, it was used to be grown in early winters as a source of vitamin C, in home gardens. Traditional vegetables including Eeuwig Moes were vulne...