Projects
Funding Agency: Thousand Current
Time Period: 1th January 2022 to 31th December 2024
The main objective of the project is to bolster Policy Advocacy on the Agroecology and Sustainable Food System of Nepal. The project team provides secretariat services to the Alliance of Agriculture for Food-AAF. AAF is a collective campaign involving Producer Farmers, I/NGOs and Civil Society Groups working on the issue of food, land,
agriculture and climate change. The campaign aims to amplify the voices of smallholders, women and landless farmers and is committed to promoting sustainable agriculture through an integrated system of social development.
The major activities are broadly categorized under themes: Policy Research, Lobbying and Campaigning, Networking and Mobilization, Training and Capacity Building; and Documentation and Publication. The team mobilizes AAF in bringing issues of agroecology and sustainable food systems into debate through policy advocacy, lobbying and capacity building, supported by evidence generated by the team through research on related issues.
Funding Agency: ForestAction Nepal
Time Period: 2017 to 2025
Aimed at understanding forest resources, governance and community needs, agriculture contributing to sustainable development in Nepal. Its approach to conducting surveys, coupled with rigorous analysis, ensures robust evaluation of projects and programs, enabling evidence based decision making and encouraging sustainable development outcomes.
Funding Agency: ForestAction Nepal
Time Period: 2018 to 2025
ERI has been providing production management support for the publication of the Journal of Forest and Livelihood (JFL). JFL, initiated in 2001, is a peer-reviewed journal, targeted for professionals, policymakers and academicians in the field of forestry and natural resource management. The Journal of Forest and Livelihood aims to inform environmental policy process by facilitating dialogue among politicians, professionals, activists, researchers and policymakers. JFL is an open access journal published biannually.
Promoting Intersectional Development Research
Funding Agency: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Time Period: 01st January, 2023 to 29th February, 2024
The main objective of the project is to understand, inform and promote intersectional approaches to development research across different program initiatives of the IDRC.
Production Management Support: Hamro Ban Sampada
Funding Agency: ForestAction Nepal
Time Period: 2016 to 2025
ERI has been providing production management support for the publication of Hamro Ban Sampada. Hamro Ban Sampada is a research-based journal targeted for professionals, policymakers and academicians in the field of natural resource management, climate change, food security and livelihood.
Political Economy Analysis Strategy document for USAID Biodiversity (Jal Jangal)
Funding Agency: USAID/NEPAL
Time Period: 20th July 20, 2023 to 1th January, 2024
The main objective of the study is to conduct a Political Economy Analysis (PEA) in order to support the project design and planning of its strategies, institutional arrangement, and activities that are better informed by the contextual structures, deep-rooted rules and norms, and recent phenomena that directly or indirectly influence its implementation and outcomes. Focusing on understanding economic, political and cultural factors, identifying supportive and constraining elements, and shaping activities to capitalize on facilitative factors while mitigating constraining factors and adapting to ongoing changes.
Funding Agency: Paris School of Economics
Time Period: 1 May 2022 to 31 March 2023
The main objective of the assignment is to entry house hold survey data entry of local governance of forest resources: Development, Environment and Political economy in Nepal.
Karnali Agriculture Support Program (KASP)
Funding Agency: Fastenopfer
Time Period: Jan 2017 to 2022
The main objective of the program is to promote sustainable agriculture through raising concerns of food and agriculture, building capacities of development frontiers and supporting on farm demonstration of arid and organic technologies of the region. This project focuses to scale up innovations and integrations on the issues of sustainable food and agriculture system of the region in collaboration with, KAFCG, local partners and other relevant stakeholders. The cornerstone of the project will be to support and strengthen the capacity of frontiers, coordinate at the local, provincial and federal level, capacity building for policy advocacy, and demonstration of agriculture technologies and raise collective concerns of food and agriculture of the Karnali region. Along with this, the project will provide technical backstopping to agriculture schools operating in the Karnali region, revising curriculum and courses appropriate for arid and semi-arid regions of Karnali.
Funding Agency: WWF
Time Period: October 2021 to February 2022
The main objective of the assignment is to prepare a mitigation plant for identified safeguard risks related to involuntary settlement/access restriction, indigenous people and community health and security.
Funding Agency: WWF
Time Period: April 2020 to June 2020
The main objective of the assignment is to prepare a mitigation plant for identified safeguard risks related to involuntary settlement/access restriction, indigenous people and community health and security.
Funding Agency: CIFOR
Time Period: 2019-December 2019
The study aims to identify, describe and evaluate Joint-Venture (JV) arrangements between Community Forest User Groups and private enterprises in Nepal. Based on 4-6 cases, the study aims to produce a report and an occasional paper to analyze the effects of resource governance models. In particular, the study explores the terms and condition of the partnership, types and patterns of goods and services, decision-making practices, distribution of revenue among members and partners, conflicts and resolution and external supports. This study aims to analyze the stakeholders to understand their strength and weakness in the above-mentioned parameters.
Funding Agency: FASTENOPFER
Time Period: Jan 2017 to December 2019
Funding Agency: CIFOR
Time Period: July to December 2018
Funding Agency: RECOFTC
Time Period: September to November 2018
The overall objective of the project is to revise the draft training manual on REDD+ for forestry professionals and finalize it.
REDD + Himalayas
Funding Agency: GIZ
Time Period: September to November 2018
This project aims at comparing and contrasting the National REDD+ strategies and Forest Reference Levels of the Hindukush Himalayan region. As an outcome, two separate reports and two journal papers will be produced. The journal papers will be published in the special issue of Journal of Forest and Livelihood in Hindukush Himalayan region. In addition, the project aims at informing the policy actors through wider circulation of the journal.
Funding Agency: UNDP
Time Period: January to March 2018
The objective of the project was to document the lessons learnt/identified from the implementation of MEDEP including the institutionalization of MED policy during the MEDEP period in order to guide Government of Nepal and other agencies interested to implement similar programs.
Funding Agency: World Bank
Time Period: June to October 2017
Funding Agency: IMC Worldwide
Time Period: 2016
Funding Agency: USAID/WWF/Hariyo Ban Programme/FECOFUN
Time Period: January to June 2016
Funding Agency: UNDP
Time Period: January to March 2018
The objective of the project was to document the lessons learnt/identified from the implementation of MEDEP including the institutionalization of MED policy during the MEDEP period in order to guide Government of Nepal and other agencies interested to implement similar programs.
Funding Agency: UNDP
Time Period: 2015 to 2016
Funding Agency: FEDWASUN
Time Period: 2014 to 2015
The objective of the project was to analyze the budget allocation, policy and provision of Government of Nepal in WASH sector and to track the WASH sector budget of last three Fiscal Years.
Funding Agency: Multi-Donor Fund
Time Period: 2014 to 2015
Funding Agency: Multi-Donor Fund
Time Period: 2014 to 2015
Funding Agency: Multi-Donor Fund
Time Period: 2014 to 2015
Funding Agency: Multi-Donor Fund – MSFP
Time Period: 2014/2015
Funding Agency: World Bank
Time Period: 2015
Funding Agency: UNDP/RERL/AEPC
Time Period: 2014
Funding Agency: MSFP
Time Period: 2014
Funding Agency: PACT World/BUC
Time Period: 2014
Funding Agency: AEPC
Time Period: 2014
Funding Agency: UNDP/RERL/AEPC
Time Period: 2014
Funding Agency: Multi-Donor Fund – MSFP
Time Period: 2014/2015
Funding Agency: Multi Stakeholder Forestry Programme (MSFP)
Time Period: 2014
Funding Agency: AEPC
Time Period: 2014
Funding Agency: Multi Stakeholder Forestry Programme (MSFP)
Time Period: 2014
The objective of the study were: I) To contribute to the data base management of Nepal’s community forestry, and establishment of community based resource centre in association with FECOFUN by updating and upgrading the existing database; II) To design, test and operationalize CF DMIS software with wide range of information about CF and enhance the capacity of various stakeholders to update and generate required information, and III) To devise a dynamic system that makes CFUG database available at different levels.
Funding Agency: Multi Stakeholder Forestry Programme (MSFP)
Time Period: 2014
The objective of the task was to provide a comprehensive assessment of the forestry sector in the district including demand and supply of forestry products and to develop integrated and readily implementable District Forest Sector Plan following inclusive consultative processes in leadership of District Forest Sector Coordination Committee (DFSCC).
Funding Agency: DWSS/UNHABITAT
Time Period: 2013 to 2014
Funding Agency: MOE/AEPC
Time Period: 2013
The main objective of the assignment was to undertake a fiduciary risk assessment at AEPC and prepare mitigation plan to strengthen systems and capacity for implementing climate change program.
Funding Agency: AEPC
Time Period: 2013
Funding Agency: ICIMOD
Time Period: 2013
The objective of the project was to build capacities of the Leasehold Forest User Groups (LFUGs), project team and District Forest Office staffs in Carbon Assessment in selected sub-watersheds of Tanahun and Lamjung districts.
Funding Agency: MSFP
Time Period: 2013
Funding Agency: ICIMOD
Time Period: 2013
Funding Agency: CNAS
Time Period: 2013
Funding Agency: AEPC
Time Period: 2012
Funding Agency: DNPWC
Time Period: 2012
Funding Agency: DNPWC
Time Period: 2012
Funding Agency: MEDEP
Time Period: 2011 to 2012
The objective of the study was to conduct detail feasibility study for the establishment of Pine Wood-based Enterprise for multi-purpose pine treatment plant in the area of Sindhupalchok and Kavrepalanchok.
Funding Agency: AEPC
Time Period: 2011
Funding Agency: USAID/WWF
Time Period: 2011
Funding Agency: LFP
Time Period: 2011
Funding Agency: MoFSC
Time Period: 2011
Funding Agency: ICIMOD
Time Period: 2011
Funding Agency: RECOFTC
Time Period: 2011
Funding Agency:MoFSC
Time Period: 2011
Funding Agency: The Livelihoods and Forestry Programme
Time Period: 2010
The objective of the study was to build up and analyze a dataset which could include actual/estimated nationwide data on forestry employment and which could be disaggregated along various lines.
Funding Agency: SNV
Time Period: 2010
Funding Agency: SDC
Time Period: 2010
Funding Agency: WTLCP
Time Period: 2010
Funding Agency: SDC
Time Period: 2009
Funding Agency: Action Aid
Time Period: 2008
Funding Agency: CIFOR
Time Period: 2008
Funding Agency: LFP
Time Period: 2008
Funding Agency: LFP
Time Period: 2008
Funding Agency: LFP
Time Period: 2008
Funding Agency: NR International – UK
Time Period: 2007
Funding Agency: CIFOR-RRI
Time Period: 2007
Funding Agency: IDRC
Time Period: 2006 to 2007
Funding Agency: Action Aid
Time Period: 2006 to 2007
Funding Agency: LI-BIRD
Time Period: 2006
Funding Agency: IIRR
Time Period: 2006
Funding Agency: RECOFTC
Time Period: 2006
Funding Agency: IIRR
Time Period: 2006
Funding Agency: Action Aid
Time Period: 2003
Funding Agency: NRSP
Time Period: 2003
Funding Agency: LFP
Time Period: 2002 to 2003
Funding Agency: LFP
Time Period: 2002