not sure if we should keep, subcategory of income generation is also farming…
… agriculture can only be sustainable, if it uses its own seeds. We are delighted that the women are actively processing their own organic seeds and exchanging them amongst themselves.
Special varieties are also preserved on the model farms.
Many thanks to Schöck Family Foundation for supporting the model farms.
.. and with confidence, the women in the village sell their organic vegetables, including through brokers. The women in the village also manage the organic cultivation themselves.
Many thanks to Fair Styria for supporting the marketing and to the Schöck Family Foundation for supporting the model farms.
..to support the goals in the field of organic vegetable and rice cultivation was the aim of a workshop in Kolkata.
After the team from Nepal visited several local projects, representatives from seven organisations exchanged ideas and discussed the challenges they face.
Many thanks to the Schoeck Family Foundation for funding the workshop.
.. in Kunikhop (Jaidu, Jyanging, Surke) have learned a great deal over the past five years. They now all have greenhouses, can grow their own seedlings or buy them from the model farm, the variety of vegetables has increased significantly, and they can even generate income from selling vegetables.
Not only have the women in the cooperative learned a great deal from the training sessions, they have also exchanged new ideas with each other on a regular basis.
But it’s not just the women in the cooperative who have learned a lot in the training sessions; they have also exchanged new ideas among themselves time and again.
Many thanks to the Schoeck Family Foundation for its ongoing support of this initiative.
… the women sell their vegetables through the cooperative to so-called ‘vegetable brokers’. This generates income for the women and for the cooperative.
This sale is still supported at the beginning, especially in order to negotiate everything with the brokers and stabilise the structures.
Many thanks to Fair Styria for their support.
… is very important for higher production, which can then be sold, especially in the dry periods. Many particularly hard-working women in the four villages have received one, have been trained and can now get started.
Many thanks to the Schöck Family Foundation for their support.
… was the food festival in Kathmandu. The women from the cooperative in Solukhumbu were very unsure whether people would even be interested in their food. But the first day was already well attended with around 80 guests, and by the end of the day all the prepared dishes had been eaten. The enthusiasm was so great and was also shared on social media that over 100 guests were served the next day.
The women and the team were over the moon. They now have confidence in the quality of their work and are already planning the next events.
Many thanks to Fair Styria for supporting our marketing activities.
… for the first food festival in Kathmandu was great fun for everyone and the cooperation between the women from all the villages worked well. The aim was to publicise traditional dishes with local products from Solukhumbu in Kathmandu.
Representatives from organisations that want to promote organic farming or have access to the relevant market segment were also invited.
Many thanks to Fair Styria for supporting the cooperative’s marketing activities.
… is in great demand, especially at small markets. This is also a test run to see which products are accepted and how.
The aim is to find ‘fans’ for the organic products, who can also be supplied directly by the co-operative in future.
In future, products will also be sold via the website www.solusisters.org.
Many thanks to Fair Styria for supporting this important project.
Enthusiastic …
… we are all delighted with the success of the first tree nursery. As there had never been a tree nursery of this kind before, it was an experiment and also a risk. But the grafted trees are developing well and soon fruit will also be available on the family farms. This will enrich the children’s diet in particular.
In the future, these fruit trees can also be sold and thus generate income for the women of the co-operative.
We are delighted and would like to thank Schoeck Family Foundation for supporting this project.
