Bridging the Gap in Nawalparasi

While we prepare to launch our next major climate adaptation initiative, our partners at HICODEF have been working tirelessly to keep momentum going in the hills of Boudikali and Hupsekot. Over the past few months, they’ve focused on strengthening local farming groups, reinforcing good agricultural practice and ensuring continuity for successful adaptation projects.

In group meetings across eight communities, farmers have been revisiting lessons on coffee cultivation, in time for harvest, along with tunnel farming and vegetable intercropping. These sessions have helped maintain enthusiasm and build confidence, with farmers now sharing techniques on seedling care, weed control and post-harvest processing. Out in the fields, over 10,000 coffee saplings are thriving in community nurseries, water tanks are in daily use, and silpaulin tunnels are producing healthy crops - clear signs that climate-smart farming is becoming embedded.

There’s also been real progress in turning coffee into a sustainable livelihood. 62 farmers produced and sold over 900kg of parchment coffee this quarter - an impressive 63% increase on last year. New equipment like a shared pulping machine, combined with growing market interest, is helping build a more stable and profitable value chain. Local traders are now coming directly to villages to buy directly from the farms and some farmers are even transporting their harvest to town markets to fetch better prices.

Thanks to your continued support, communities in Nawalparasi are not only holding on to previous gains - they’re building on them. With your help, we’re making sure that adaptation is more than a short-term solution; it’s becoming a way of life