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Inter Press Service: Learning a lesson from crop failures attributed to climate change, Nepal’s women farmers are discarding imported hybrid seeds and husbanding hardier local varieties in cooperative seed banks.
"I had a crop failure two years ago," says Shobha Devkota, 32, from Jibjibe village in Rasuwa, a hilly district in central Nepal which is part of the Langtang National Park, a protected area encompassing two more districts, Nuwakot and Sindhupalchowk.
"The maize was attacked by pests, the paddy had no......
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Nepali Women Sow a Secure Future
Posted by Inter Press Service: Sudeshna Sarkar on September 7th, 2011
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