August 3, Lalitpur
UN-HABITAT in collaboration with Lalitpur Metropolitan City, and with funding support from Fukuoka Habitat Institute is “Promotion of Urban Agriculture through Rooftop Farming” in ward no 15 of Lalitpur. With technical support from HASERA Agriculture Research & Training Center & Story Cycle, the initiative aims to promote urban agriculture for ensuring access to healthy food and improving food security for vulnerable households in urban areas, integrated with raising awareness on regreening our cities, rainwater harvesting, and organic waste management at community level.
In a three-day training organized at Namuna Machindra Secondary School, Deputy Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City Ms. Manjari Shakya Bajracharya unveiled the mobile application “Karesa” designed and built to provide technical support to individuals interested in urban agriculture. She also highlighted the importance of rooftop farming in household waste management, pollution control, and urban beautification.
Ms. Pragya Pradhan, Habitat Program
Manager of UN HABITAT Nepal emphasized that the project objective to reduce the
unforeseen food crisis during disaster, to empower and strengthen household level sustainable
waste management and to link urban farming and products from urban agriculture
with market with technology. She highlighted the importance of awareness about
the environmental issues at the school level, engaging with children and youth
to preserve urban environment with the urban agriculture demo garden
established at Namuna Machindra School’s rooftop to play a crucial role, in
leadership of School’s principal Mr. Radhakrishna Mahat. The school has also
established Eco Club for the management of the rooftop garden.