An agreement to this effect was signed between Secretary of Ministry of Finance Rameshwor Khanal and Swiss Ambassador to Nepal Thomas Gass at a function organized at the Ministry of Finance on Monday.
Issuing a press release, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation said today that within the four years of the project period (2011-2014) it is expected to improve food security and income of at least 50,000 poor and disadvantage household in the mid hills. "This is to be achieved through the adoption of improved sustainable soil management practices and new production and market opportunity by the farmers," the release read.
Soils under Threat