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Introduction

On the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the 2015 earthquakes, SAPPROS Nepal organized a follow-up seminar on the concept of Make Nepal Green. The seminar was supported by the Grassroots Foundation, the Right Livelihood Foundation, Sana Kisan Bikas Bank Ltd. (SKBBL), Nepal Agriculture Co-operative Central Federation Ltd. (NACCFL), CBM, CAFOD&Trocaire, and UNDP. Make Nepal Green is an amalgamation of organic agriculture, renewable energy, information communication technology, and eco-tourism. This amalgamation targets the development of Nepal by implementing the components in the manner prescribed by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to meet the SDGs.

The seminar was attended by and participated in by representatives of government and international organization stakeholders, beneficiaries of projects, and representatives of private sector organizations. The seminar itself was a showcasing of the results of the Make Nepal Green projects, which have been implemented by SAPPROS-Nepal, since the earthquakes, and a sharing of theoretical and practical knowledge on the components of the concept, by experienced specialists.

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Inauguration Session

Proceedings of Day 1 (25 April 2018)

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After the welcoming of guests to seminar, by the Master of Ceremony, the first day of the seminar commenced with the inauguration session. The inauguration session commenced with a statement by Mr. Shrikrishna Upadhyay. Mr. Upadhyay shared a video of a livelihood program being implemented by SAPPROS-Nepal in Sidhupalchowk district. Using the project in the video as the base, Mr. Upadhyay mentioned other similar projects being implemented by SAPPROS-Nepal in other parts of the country. Highlighting the lack of progress made in inclusive development, using other methodologies and ideas, Mr. Upadhyay declared that the success of the Make Nepal Green projects shows that it is the only way forward for inclusive development, which does not harm the environment.

Following on the heels of Mr. Upadhyay, Ms. Valerie Julliand, the Resident Coordinator for UNDP, Nepal, agreed with Mr. Upadhyay and SAPPROS-Nepal’s approach. She surmised that unlike before development has to take into account the cost to the environment, and the cost of environmental degradation to people, of developmental activities. She concluded that there is no other methodology to implement developmental activities than the green methodology, and Make Nepal Green is the perfect methodology for Nepal’s development.

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Ms. Julliand was followed on to the podium by the Chief Guest of the inauguration ceremony, Honorable Minister of Finance Dr. Yubaraj Khatiwada. Dr. Khatiwada declared that the government of Nepal would prioritize the utilization of environmentally friendly technologies, through budgetary and policy related measures. He also highlighted the discrepancy between the amount of cultivable land available and the proportion of labor engaged in agricultural production. In terms of productivity, the labor engaged in agricultural production is underemployed. Hence, he declared that the Government of Nepal will initiate the implementation of technology based farming to ensure full-employment of the respective labor.

Closing the inauguration session, Mr. Khem Bahadur Pathak, the Chairman of Sana Kisan Bikas Bank, exemplified the work being implemented by beneficiaries of the cooperatives of the bank. He highlighted the role played by Sana Kisan Bikas Bank in providing finance to the beneficiaries, through the cooperatives. Identifying the role played by each of the stakeholders, including the bank, Mr. Pathak declared that success in the implementation of Make Nepal Green can only be achieved if each stakeholder fulfills his/her obligation with the utmost sincerity and responsibility, thereby urging all partners to work together with integrity.

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Intellect Sharing Session

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Succeeding a break after the inauguration session, the Intellect Sharing Session brought to stage Dr. Binayak Bhadra, Dr. Jay Singh Sah, and Mr. Krishna Bahadur Sunar. Dr. Binayak Bhadra is a specialist on resource economics and renewable energy. Dr. Jay Singh Sah is a specialist on institutional development and, Mr. Sunar is a specialist on inclusive development, with a special focus on the inclusion of people with disability in the process of developmental activity implementation. Chaired by Dr. Hari Krishna Upadhyaya, who is the founder and Chairperson of Center for Environmental and Agricultural Policy Research, Extension and Development (CEAPRED), Dr. Bhadra made the first share.

Dr. Bhadra described that the policy level environment has to be made more conducive for implementation and installation of renewable energy sources. Highlighting the fact that costs of producing hydropower based electricity and compressed bio-gas are the cheapest to produce any form of energy, he said that the only reason there is a lack of widespread usage, in Nepal, are the lack of conducive legislation, and the existence of state owned monopolies, i.e, Nepal Electricity Authority and the Nepal Oil Corportation. The existence of the state owned monopolies and the lack of conducive legislation acts as a barrier to import, installation, and/or development of technology which would make the generation and supply of hydropower and compressed bio-gas the most efficient, in accordance with best practices. Dr. Bhadra went on to highlight the fact that the lack of a conducive legal environment also acts as a barrier to the efficient installation and usage of solar power, even though the costs of solar power generating tools are ever decreasing.

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Dr. Jay Singh Sah succeeded Dr. Bhadra onto the stage. His share of intellect focused on using Group Based Institutions in Development as the methodology of development done right, no matter the idea and activity being implemented. Dr. Sah utilized the achievements of more than 12 years of Small Farmers Development Program with facts and figures, as the example of success in the methodology. He mentioned that 2/3rd investment by the beneficiaries themselves, in livestock and crop, has led to tremendous results. The results are most significantly highlighted by the recovery rate of loans, which is almost 97% and a great sign of increased financial performance. He commended the Make Nepal Green program in that it has been highly successful in ensuring the full participation of women – from 12% in 1985 to 88% in 2017. He also argued that the program had carried out various social and environmental activities, relevant to SDGs, through the years. But its achievement was still below its potential and this was simply due to lack of resources. Dr. Sah recommended that use of census-based, data monitoring, knowledge management, and capitalizing on development partners in creating a win-win situation through cost sharing mechanism could be the way forward for the program.

After Dr. Sah, Mr. Sunar utilized the examples of projects implemented, using the concept of Make Nepal Green, by SAPPROS-Nepal and CBM, to share his intellect on what inclusivity should truly encompass. He talked about the transformation of MDGs to SDGs and that development should focus on marginalized people, including those with disabilities, from rural communities of the country. He cited that people with disabilities have been oblivious in inclusivity processes, even though they are a part of human diversity. According to WHO and WB 15% of global population is with person with disabilities. This renders a significant proportion of the global population devoid of the benefits of the full-fledged benefits of development. Mr. Sunar illustrated the lapse of judgment in inclusivity by describing the promotion of organic farming in Sindupalchowk and Nuwakot, where 23% of project beneficiaries were persons with disabilities.

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Analysis and Evaluation Session

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After a lunch break succeeding the Intellect Sharing Session, the seminar resumed with an Analysis and Evaluation Session. The goal of the session was for experts in their field to share their analysis on the state of affairs, of their respective fields, in Nepal and their evaluation of how Make Nepal Green would assist in improvements in the state of affairs. Chaired by Dr. Binayak Bhadra, the experts in the session were Mr. Ram Prasad Dhital, Dr. Fernando Aurelio Funes Aguilar, and Dr. Anoj Chettri.

Mr. Dhital, Executive Director of the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre, kicked off the session with a presentation on Role of Renewable Energy in Making Nepal Green. Mr. Dhital highlighted the decrease in proportion of the Nepali population who has access to electricity, while at the same time highlighting the disparity between rate of increase of energy generation from renewable sources and the rate of increase in demand for different productive purposes, including irrigation and water supply. Mr. Dhital drew attention to the fact that, at present, despite having immense resources to generate energy from renewable sources, only a minority of the total energy generation, in terms of amount consumed, is from renewable sources. This leaves the country vulnerable to environmental degradation. Mr. Dhital opined that with a new federal structure in implementation, a new methodology, including training and financial support, with a focus at assisting the Provincial level agencies to expand the usage of renewable energy needs to be implemented. For this he argued, both short-term and long-term plans have to be developed.

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Mr. Dhital was followed onto the stage by Dr. Aguilar. The organic agriculturist, a Right Livelihood Laureate of 1999, provided an analysis of how organic agriculture was established as the universal practice in Cuba by the late 1990s. He provided a thorough description of the domestic and international barriers, including the collapse of the Soviet Union and embargo by the USA, Cuba overcame to become self-sufficient in food security, through the implementation of organic agriculture. Dr. Aguilar described the roles played by the different stakeholders, such as NGOs’ and government agencies’ research, the government’s efficient institutionalization of organic agriculture and its support for biodiversity, and farmers’ implementations, as having been pivotal. Dr. Aguilar provided an evaluation for Nepal that if a country with a closed economy- whether by choice or force- such as that of Cuba, can achieve food and environmental security through organic agriculture, then Nepal, which has already made progress in the field, will be more than capable of doing the same, by replicating the roles of the stakeholders.

Dr. Chettri took the stage from Dr. Aguilar to talk about the role and importance of information communication technology (ICT), and more importantly agricultural information communication technology (AgICT) in increasing the productivity of labor engaged in agricultural production. He used statistical facts and information to highlight that the best practices, on a global basis, show that labors’ productivity increases by averages of between 2-3% when they use ICT and AgICT for information on production enhancement techniques and research. He described the different forms of communication technology available, including telephone and internet based, which can be utilized by those with knowledge to disseminate information to those seeking the knowledge. Dr. Chettri pointed out that despite the potential for increase in productivity, there is a dearth of usage of AgICT in Nepal as only 3.5% of farmers are using any such system, and hence, there is a need for the government to work towards increasing this outreach.

The day's proceedings ended with Dr. Chettri’s presentation and the Master of Ceremony (MC), Ms. Shivani Thapa Basnyat, closed for the day.

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Proceedings of Day 2 (26 April 2018)

The proceedings of the second day of the seminar began with a summarization of the proceedings, by the MC Ms. Shivani Thapa Basnyat, of the first day. After the MC’s summary, she handed the stage to Dr. Jagdish Pokhrel to Chair the Institutional Session, with presentations by Dr. Shivram Koirala, Mr. Stuart Muir Wilson, Ms. Kaanchi Maya Tamang, and Mr. Rudra Bhattarai.

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Institutional Session

Dr. Koirala was succeeded to the podium by Ms. Kaanchi Maya Tamang. A survivor of the earthquakes of 2015, in which she lost several family members and key livelihood infrastructures, Ms. Tamang described that she felt helpless and desperate. For her, not only was it a moment of grieving but also a time when there was no other among her surviving family, mostly elders and children, who had the strength, especially mental and physical, to resurrect the livelihood generating infrastructures, like the agricultural land. Ms. Tamang described how during this time of desperation, the livelihood project brought to her village by SAPPROS-Nepal engaged her with the NGO itself, and the government agencies, especially the District Agricultural Office, in rehabilitating her livelihood through organic agriculture and livestock rearing. The institutions helped her to produce and sell in the market, thereby generating adequate income and rebuilding a decent shelter for the remaining survivors of her family.

Dr. Shivram Koirala, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sana Kisan

Bikas Bank, kicked off the session’s presentations by underlining the lack of

enthusiasm amongst the majority of the youth to work in the agricultural sector. He

showed that the key reason for this was the fact that in Nepali culture farming is considered low

level work, engaged in only by those who have no education and ‘nothing better to do.’ This, combined

with high rates of unemployment in the formal higher salary sectors, Dr. Koirala, described is leading to a lot

of youths- those between the ages of 16 and 40- especially from the rural areas, to seek employment in foreign countries.

This is taking place despite the fact that it has been clearly shown that efficient and best practice agriculture can be responsible for increment in status of living by up to four times compared to other sectors. Hence, it is imperative, Dr. Koirala concluded, that the government works towards cleaning the image of the aesthetic nature of the labor engaged in agriculture. One methodology of doing this, Dr. Koirala opined, is to increase the usage, through policies and promotions, of green technology driven agricultural production.

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Mr. Stuart Muir Wilson, a renowned specialist in permaculture and a nominee participant of the Right Livelihood Foundation, took to the stage after Ms. Tamang. Mr. Wilson described the origins of permaculture, and the synergy and role of different natural elements in agricultural production. Citing the example of permaculture in Tasmania, Mr. Wilson described and exemplified how, in addition to safety from environmental degradation, social organization is more peaceful and cohesive around areas where permaculture is the tool for implementation of organic agriculture. He argued that the practice of permaculture is stimulating to the

human nature because it directly utilizes the patterns of a natural ecosystem. Mr. Wilson described the successful

implementation of permaculture in Surkhet, in Western Nepal, as an example to be replicated in the rest of

the agricultural areas of Nepal.

Mr. Rudra Bhattarai, General Manager of the Small Farmers’ Cooperative Federation, followed on to the stage after Mr. Wilson, to present on the importance of organizing and institutionalizing small farmers into cooperatives. Illustrating on the already expanding institutionalization of farmers into cooperatives, Mr. Bhattarai described how this form of organization is ensuring that farmers are not only producing efficiently, including organic produce, but also receiving access to the market, thereby ensuring the implementation of a full business cycle. He compared this to lack of access to market prior to the existence of such

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Knowledge Sharing SessionThe end of the Institutional Session was followed by a short break before the start of the Knowledge Sharing Session. Chairing the session, Mr. Deependra Bahadur Kshetry, invited Mr. Man Kaji Tamang to sing and share an original composition. Mr. Tamang had composed the song describing the pain of loss caused by the 2015 earthquakes. The song was a painful, yet beautiful, rendition describing the situation faced by the survivors in the aftermath of the earthquakes.

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After the song, Mr. Kshetry invited Mr. Sukra Man Tamang to share his experiences of implementing organic agriculture. Mr. Sukra Tamang, a physically disabled person on crutches, described how him and others like him felt as good as discarded from the process of development and its benefits. In an emotionally charged speech, Mr. Sukra Tamang described the feeling of empowerment when he was included in to a development project, where he directly implemented the practice of organic agriculture despite being immobile from the waist down. This, Mr. Sukra Tamang concluded, should be a lesson to all stakeholders of development that everyone and anyone can contribute to the process of development and the benefits should be distributed equally.

Mr. Sukra Tamang was followed on to the stage by Dr. Krishna Pant of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Dr. Pant focused his presentation on sharing knowledge about the Role of Climate Resilient Agriculture in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Dr. Pant described that there is a lack of practice of climate resilient agriculture because those engaged in the activity don’t have the time and resource to learn new methodologies. In addition to those engaged in agricultural production, the majority of the consumers in developing countries, face the daily strife of poverty, inequality, hunger and malnutrition. These conditions are supplemented by unsustainable consumption patterns by members of the upper echelons of the income divide, which then render agricultural production and amount of land available insufficient. These conditions make it difficult to change agricultural implementation techniques which have been in practice for decades. Yet it is this very practice which contributes to climate change. Hence, Dr. Pant concluded, to minimize these problems we need to have the concept of suitable agriculture farming and its development, concept of management and conservation of natural resources. The country’s agriculture practice must be technically and economically viable and government must have the common vision for sustainable and climate resilient agricultural development programs.

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Dr. Jyoti Bhattarai, a renowned Endocrinologist, followed up after Dr. Pant. Dr. Bhattarai described how consumption of non-organic foods in Nepal is harming the population. This she said is especially because there is immense evidence that the non-organic foods, available in Nepal, are contaminated with high dosages of artificial chemicals to increase production amounts. This, Dr. Bhattarai said, is putting the lives of a large chunk of the population at risk. Given the lack of information available and the time it would take to disseminate relevant information, especially to the producers, Dr. Bhattarai said that it is best to produce and consume organic food.

Dr. Jyoti Bhattarai’s presentation was followed by a lunch after which Mr. Nripal Adhikary, founder of Abari, provided an in-depth description of how renewable sources, i.e bamboo, can be utilized to construct infrastructure. Mr. Adhikary described the nature of bamboo, whose shoots regenerate after being cut down in length, as being sustainable for environmentally friendly development. He went on to illustrate how bamboo can be transformed, using natural remedies and environmentally friendly technology, into weather and other natural calamity resilient building blocks.

The end of Mr. Adhikary’s presentation marked the end of all forms of sharing at the seminar.

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As part of the closing session, the MC read out the details of the Nepal Vision 2030, which laid out the reasons, methodologies, and processes through which Nepal will be made green by the year 2030. The floor accepted the vision and Mr. Shrikrishna Upadhyay took to the stage to provide remarks on why it is imperative that the vision be achieved and how it is already in the process of being achieved. Mr. Upadhyay pointed out the works of of specific organizations and individuals, including those of Sana Kisan Bikas Bank and of Mr. Nripal Adhikary, as being evidence that the concept of Make Nepal Green is accepted by the population of Nepal, and hence, needs to be expanded upon.

Mr. Shrikrishna Upadhyay then gave the stage to Mr. Khem Bahadur Pathak, as Chief Guest of the Closing Ceremony, to close the seminar. Mr. Pathak spoke of the profound effect the seminar’s proceedings had on him. He concluded that the messages of the seminar should be shared with all and sundry and declared that he himself will work towards Making Nepal Green and will encourage others to do the same, by fulfilling their respective roles.

Closing Session

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The seminar sent a strong message to those in attendance at the seminar, and through the media, to the wider spectrum of stakeholders, including policymakers and the public. It is thus that various Honorable Ministers and Ministries of the Government of Nepal have announced the goal of pursuing the various recommendations made by the seminar.

The Right Honorable President of Nepal, Ms. Bidya Devi Bhandari, in her recent, annual address to the nation, announced the government will be targeting the increment in agricultural productivity through the implementation of organic agriculture. Complementing the President, in respect to the message of the seminar, the Honorable Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation has announced that his ministry will be pursuing the growth and prosperity of the country by ensuring that every citizen in the country has access to electricity within five years, by increasing the production of hydropower based energy. Also, in the annual press conference, where the goals of ministries are announced, the Honorable Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation declared that he plans to introduce policies which will motivate Nepalis to utilize electric vehicles rather than traditional fuel vehicles. He said that the target is to motivate all Nepalis to utilize only electric vehicles for transportation purposes.

The finest moment for the seminar manifested itself through some major announcements in the government’s budget declaration on 29 May, 2018. The Honorable Minister of Finance, Dr. Yubaraj Khatiwada, who was also the Chief Guest of the opening ceremony of the seminar, announced that the government would give priority to engaging youth in organic agriculture. He also announced that the construction of hydropower plants would be expedited to ensure the availability of renewable energy sources for production, and to wean Nepal off of the dependence on fossil fuels.

Impact of Seminar

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Introduction to the Vision Nepal has entered a new epoch of governance at a time when the global order has shifted its focus in development. The new three tiered local governance system, of Nepal, is being consolidated at a time when the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Change Agreement (PCCA) have ushered in the era of environmental protection and climate change mitigation being either the medium through which all other development goals should be achieved or all implemented development activities should lead to. In this milieu, and like the situation for most developing countries, Nepal does not possess the human based capabilities and technologies to efficiently utilize environmental protection and climate change measures to achieve other developmental goals or implement other developmental activities in a manner which will protect the environment or mitigate climate change impacts. This stands true for both top-down and bottom-up approaches. Effective policies have either not been formulated or those which have been formulated have not been enforced effectively. At the other end of the spectrum, successful projects, at the local level, have lacked the capacity to be replicated for effective and efficient continuity.

The deficiency in human capabilities and technologies is a manifestation of the lack of synergy between the different stakeholders of the development, and its process, of Nepal. The government is unaware of the strengths and requirements of its population, the population is unaware of the intentions and goals of the government or the private sector, the private sector is subject solely to the whims of the market rate of profit, and the development organizations are subject to financial and statutory limitations. Each stakeholder is left if fend for their respective survival rather than being allowed the space and time to work with each other to achieve any common goal. Hence, successive governments have tried to keep churning out policies, which ultimately lead to minimal positive impact, the population keeps migrating to regions of higher income, the private sector is becoming ever more so reliant on trade of imports, and development organizations are left with fighting for space and attention in the printed and social media.

The distancing of a synergy between the different stakeholders is increasing the implementation of activities which make Nepal ever so more vulnerable to environmental degradation and climate change impacts. Previously cultivable land is either abandoned or being concretized upon, for pollution or temperature

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Nepal Green Vision2030

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increasing urban developments. Forests are being destroyed to generate income or to make space for those displaced by urban development. In the wake of the global order Nepal is inching away from those it wants to socialize with. The activities being implemented are neither a methodology of achieving development goals through environmental protection and climate change mitigation nor do the activities lead to the same.

If Nepal wants to re-socialize with the very countries alongside whom it signed the international agreements, then it needs to follow in similar footsteps as those of India, who have declared their attempt to becoming fully organic and free of fossil fuel, and the Scandinavian countries, who have made declarations similar to the Indians. It is with this goal that SAPPROS-Nepal seeks to establish a consensus based vision for Nepal, which will either utilize environmental protection and climate change mitigation as a medium through which to achieve all other development goals, or all other development goals will lead to environmental protection and climate change mitigation, in the country of Nepal.

The VisionSAPPROS-Nepal proposes the following goals to be adopted to be achieved by 2030, which will assist the country to achieving the SDGs- Numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 13:

1. Implement only organic agriculture on all cultivable land

2. Increase organic agriculture production to level where trade deficit in raw food products is broken even

3. Ensure market trading of all agricultural produce, after subtracting the subsistence consumption of farmers and their households

4. Ensure all demand for raw food is met by supply of domestic organic produce

5. Ensure all households have access to organic agriculture market

6. Reduce deforestation and increase forestation to reach breakeven level of where there are enough trees to offset per capita pollution

7. Eliminate the usage of non-renewable source produced energy in households, industry and transport

8. Replace non-renewable source produced energy with domestically produced renewable source produced energy

9. Increase the consumption of eco-tourism services and packages to the level which is proportionally equivalent to the consumption of the same services and packages in the European Union countries.

10. Ensure equal participation of working age women in all income generating activities and attendance of age equivalent institutions by girls- especially those below working age

The achievement of these goals will work towards achieving the following SDGs:

V Ending poverty in all its forms (SDG 1)

V Ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture (SDG 2)

V Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages (SDG 3)

V Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls (SDG 5)

V Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (SDG 7)

V Promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all (SDG 8)

V Reducing inequality within and among countries (SDG 9) and

V Taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (SDG 13)

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V Additionally, the pursuit and achievement of these goals will ensure that Nepal is adherent to its agreement of the PCCA.

Procedure of Achievement of Vision Goals V The first and foremost step to take will be the establishment of authentic and credible institutions, who

are authorized to make decisions independently, based on technocratic intelligence. This will include institutions which will be responsible for the goals of organic agriculture, reforestation, renewable energy and tourism. Each of these institutions will have to work independently and with each other. In working with each other, the institutions will assist one another in the alleviation of their respective workloads.

V Each independent institution, established for the purpose of achieving the goals set out in this vision, will prepare and implement, individually and in collaboration with each other, two year working plans, whose progress will be monitored after the duration, to be replaced by progressive plans thereafter.

V Talents in Information Communication Technology (ICT) will have to be unearthed. Each of the institutions will have to utilize the ICT talents to make their respective activities’ implementations and monitoring and evaluations efficient.

V In accordance with the legal policies and precedence of monetary requirements each of the institutions will work directly with cooperatives or private sector organizations to implement their respective activities.

V • Cost effective and sustainable technologies will be procured (by the cooperatives and private sector). A field school concept will be utilized for model training and dissemination of technologies.

V Tax breaks will be designed for the procurement of technologies and inputs

V An overall monitoring and evaluation seminar will be held every two years to discuss the results and plan the path ahead. Each seminar will be hosted by a different stakeholder institution on a rotational basis.

V For each of the componential goals of the vision, a comparative advantage system will be utilized for implementation. Hence, for organic agriculture the most viable crops to be cultivated, planned for 12 month cycles, in different geographic regions shall be identified and planted. For renewable energy, the most viable sources of energy, given cost and return efficiency in the long term, for each geographic region will be identified for energy generation, installation and usage for production and consumption.

V Geographic regions for implementation will be divided at the village cluster level. Clusters of connected villages will be formed according to physical proximity and ease of supply of inputs.

V A participatory approach, of involvement of the final implementers i.e producers, will be utilized to achieve the goals.

V The conglomerate of government institutions, established to achieve the goals, will work with the Department of Tourism and vendors involved in tourism to design eco-tourism packages and the marketing of these packages.

V All policies, like the subsidies for chemical fertilizers and pesticides and separation of solar power, as an alternative energy, from hydropower, which act as a hindrance to the achievement of the goals will either be replaced or rescinded.

ConclusionThis vision has been designed after successful pilot implementations in different regions of the country, ranging from the remotest Bajhang to the easily accessible Nuwakot and Sindhupalchowk. It has worked as a livelihood generating methodology and a social rebuilding technique after major natural disasters. As such the realization of this vision is a must if Nepal seeks genuinely to develop and socialize with the partners it signed on to the international agreements with.

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Day 1, 25th April 2018, WednesdayTime Event Presenter Session Chairperson Session08:00-09:00 Registration and Breakfast

09:00-09:15

Introduction of Make Nepal Green (incl. Video) Mr. ShriKrishna Updhyay

Mr. Khem Bahadur Pathak, Chairman, Sana Kisan Bikas Bank

Inauguration Session

09:15-09:30

Presentaion on Relation of Make Nepal Green to International Standards Through the SDGs

Ms. Valerie Julliand, Resident Coordinator, UNDP Nepal

09:30-10:00

Opening Ceremony and Inauguration

Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada, Honorable Minister of Finance

10:00-10:15

Speech on Utilization of Grassroots Approach to Make Nepal Green

Mr. Khem Bahadur Pathak, Chairman, Sana Kisan Bikas Bank

10:15-10:30

Launch of Manuals and Make Nepal Green Website and Speech

Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada, Honorable Minister of Finance

10:30-10:45

Closing of Inauguration Session Master of Ceremony

10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-11:30

Presentation on Economics of Renewable Energy Dr. Binayak Bhadra

Dr. Hari Upadhyaya, Chairperson, CEAPRED

Intellect Sharing Session

11:30-12:00

Presentation on Role of Institutions in Development Dr. Jay Singh Sah

12:00-12:30

Presentation on Role of Make Nepal Green in Delivering Development to the Most Vulnerable - Persons with Disabilities

CBM

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break

13:30-14:30

Interactive Session on Role of Renewable Energy in Making Nepal Green

Mr. Ram Prasad Dhital, Executive Director, AEPC

Dr. Binayak Bhadra, Former Member of National Planning Commission

Analysis and Evaluation Session

14:30-15:30

Interactive Session on Economics of Organic Agriculture, Grassroots organisation development for improved service delivery

Dr. Fernando Funes Aguilar, Right Livelihood Laureate 1999

15:30-16:30

Interactive Session on Role of Information Communication Technology in Development

Dr. Anoj Chettri, CAFOD

16:30-16:45 Closing of Day 1 Master of Ceremony

Schedule of Make Nepal Green Seminar

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Day 2, 26th April 2018, ThursdayTime Event Presenter Session Chairperson Session08:30-09:00 Breakfast

09:00-09:15 Opening of Day 2 Master of Ceremony

09:15-09:30

Role of Institutions in Involvement of Youth in Agriculture sector

Dr. Shivram Koirala, CEO, Sana Kisan Bikas Bank

Dr. Jagdish Pokharel, Former Vice-Chairman, National Planning Commission

Institutional Session

09:30-10:30

Interactive Session on Origins of Permaculture, Synergy of Elements in Agriculture Production and Role of Natural Processes in Agricultural Production

Mr. Stuart Muir Wilson

10:30-10:45

How Institutional Assistance Made Livelihood Possible

Ms. Kaanchi Tamang, Project Beneficiary

10:45-11:00

Presentation on Organization of Small Farmer Cooperatives and Marketing of Their Produce

Mr. Rudra Bhattarai, Small Farmers Cooperative Federation

11:00-11:30 Break

11:30-11:45

How Make Nepal Green Was Implemented and What the Benefits Mean to a Vulnerable Person

Mr. Shukra Tamang, Beneficiary of Livelihoods Project of SAPPROS-Nepal, CAFOD and Trocaire, and CBM

Mr. Deependra Bahadur Kshetry, Former Vice-Chairman of National Planning Commission

Knowledge Sharing Session

11:45-12:00

Video Presentation on Methodology of Creation of Cooperatives

Ms. Ryoko Shimizu, Seikatsu Group

12:00-12:30

Presentation on Operations of Organic Agriculture in Nepal Mr. Samir Newa

12:30-12:45

Presentation on Role of Climate Resilient Agriculture in Achievement of SDGs

FAO

12:45-13:00

Impact of Organic Food on Health and Nutrition Dr. Jyoti Bhattarai

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-15:00

Presentation on use of renewable source (bamboo) in construction of infrastructure

Mr. Nripal Adhikary, Abari

Mr. ShriKrishna Upadhyay, Executive Chairman, SAPPROS-Nepal

Closing Session

15:15-15:30 Launch of Nepal Vision 2030 Master of Ceremony

15:30-15:45

A Statement on Policies and Programmes for the Promotion of Eco-Tourism and Organic Agriculture in Nepal

Mr. Shrikrishna Upadhyay, Executive Chairman, SAPPROS-Nepal

15:45-16:00 Closing of Seminar Mr. Khem Bahadur Pathak, Chairman, Sana Kisan Bikas Bank

16:00-17:00 High Tea and Exhibition of Make Nepal Green Produce

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S. N. NAME ORGANIZATION DESIGNATION Contact EMAIL CONTACT NO.

1 Abhinash Paudel NACCFL Program Officer paudelabhinash@gmail.com 9857029377

2 Ananta Lama Sital Drip Technician lamaanil@gmail.com 9851215633

3 Ananta Tiwri BD Agriculture Technical Head anantatiwarinet@gmail.com 9856037554

4 Anil Shrestha Namaste 9841750602

5 Anju Pathak SKBBL Coopertive CM anjupathakk@gmail.com 9841171512

6 Annapurna Kunwar SKBBL Farmer 9841147099

7 Anoj Chhetri (PhD) CAFOD&Trocaire Adjunct Professor anoj.chhetri@gmail.com 9851133409

8 Babul Khanal National Cooperative Federation D. General Manager khanal10@gmail.com 9851146748

9 Baburam Poudel Renewable World Global Technical Manager

Baburam.Paudel@renewable-world.org 9818584146

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10 Badri Prasad Ghimire Sana Kisan Cooperative Chairperson 9851189921

11 Bednidhi Chapagai Small Farmer Agriculture Cooperative 9842620442

12 Bhuban Shrestha Sital Drip bhubanshrestha22@yahoo.com 9851226112

13 Binayak Bhadra (PhD) NPC Former Member bhadra.binayak@gmail.com 9851084918

14 Binod Saha (PhD) FAO Assistant Representative FAO-NP@fao.org 9851092581

15 Bir Bhadra Acharya BFHR Goat enterpreneur birbhadra011@gmail.com 9843328628

16 Bishnu Choudhari SKBBL member 9848092678

17 Bishnu Sharma ADBL Loan Officer bishnusharma565@gmail.com 9851077794

18 Bishnu Silwal bishnus@hotmail.com 9851122173

19 Bishnu Tripathi RIMS ED bishnu@rimsnepal.org.np 9851064769

20 Buddhi Raj Tamang Free Lancer Consultant r_tamang@hotmail.com 9851152793

21 Chandra Singh Thapa ADBL Section Chief chandrasing_thapa@yahoo.com 9841568353

22 Chet Narayan Acharya Modern Agro Tech Proprietor info.modernagrotech@gmail.com 9858024422

23 Chhetra Bahadur Sejuwal

Agricultural Development Bank Chairman info@adbl.gov.np 4248752

24 Churna Acharya Homestay Association Member 9741133356

25 Deepak Thapa NTAG Executive Director deepakthapa@ntag.org.np 9851017121

26 Deependra Bahadur Kshetry NPC Former VC dbkshetry@yahoo.com 9851099883

27 Deewakar Rupakheti NACCFL Program Manager rups.diwakar@gmail.com 9845605544

28 Dilip Singh Thapa ADB/L DGM dilipsingh.thapa@adbl.gov.np 9848723055

29 Emma Palmer Solitude Farm emma.palmer@me.com

30 Fernando Funes Aguilar (PhD)

Right Livelihood Laureate 1999

fernandofunesaguilar@gmail.com

31 Gokul Gautam REMREC ED gokulgautam14@gmail.com 9851197786

32 Gopal Poudel Sana Kisan Vice President 9867881485

33 Gopal Silwal SFACC Dhading gopalsilwal55@gmail.com 9841717684

34 Gyasuddin Ansari SKBBL Cooperative 9811237409

35 Hari Adhikari ADBL SO 9851164550

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36 Hari Krishna Upadhyay (PhD) CEAPRED hari.upadhyaya@ceapred.org.

np 9851242436

37 Hem Raj Chhatkuli Focus Nepal Chairperson focusnepal.2005@gmail.com 9851220250

38 Ishwor Prasad Upadhyay (PhD) Former Chief Secretary ipupadhyay123@gmail.com 9841411140

39 Jagadish Tiwari (PhD) NPC Former Member

40 Jalan Sharma Centre for Microfinance Executive Chairperson jalan.cmfnepal@gmail.com 4811030

41 Jaman Singh Maden TV ED 9841022065

42 Janak Tiwari jve - Nepal Secretary 9851153445

43 Jaya Singh Sah (PhD) UNDP Former Project Coordinator jaysingh.sah@outlook.com 9843366587

44 Jaylal Giri SKBBL member 9857050270

45 Jhakkal Bahadur Thapa SKBBL Manakamana 9846854635

46 Juna Acharya Homestay Association Member 9846854635

47 Jyoti Bhattarai (Dr) Metro Poly-clinic Endocrinologist jyotikunwar@yahoo.com

48 Kabita Khanal Self-help group Manager kabitagautam@gmail.com 9841618169

49 Kanchhi Maya Tamang SHG Farmer 9741016456

50 Karna Bdr. Malla Sana Kisan Bikas Bank Member 9848423812

51 Kedar Timilsina REMREC PC timilsinaked@gmail.com 9851034584

52 Keshav Regmi SAPPROS Former Member

53 Khem Bahadur Pathak SKBBL Chaiperson 9851101342

54 Khil Narayan Shrestha SKBBL Coopertive, Dhading Chairperson 9851161160

55 Khim Kunwar Ministry of Finance Under Secretary khimkunwar@gmail.com 9851026401

56 Kilian Weber GIZ Intern kilian.weber@giz.de

57 Krishna D Bhatta Poverty Alleviation Fund Program Coordinator 9858421062

58 Krishna Gahatraj CBM Program Officer - DI Krishna.Sunar@cbm.org 9801166320

59 Krishna Prasad Bajgain ARAMA Nepal aramagro@gmail.com 9855069326

60 Krishna Prasad Lamichhane SKBBL Chief Manager klamichhane1948@yahoo.com 9841366176

61 Krishna Prasad Pant (PhD) FAO NTC krishnaprasad.pant@fao.org 9841317917

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62 Kumar Sapkota (PhD) Professor ksapkota@cdztu.edu.np 9851020288

63 Lalit Sah iDE Nepal IPM PC lpsah@ideglobal.org 9844022533

64 Laxman Devkota Sana Kisan 9845984348

65 Liladhar Dhital SKBBL Senior Manager ld.dhital@gmail.com 9848024136

66 Madan Adhikari NID 9848097951

67 Mala Thapa Magar Himalayan Nettle Industry Owner himalayannettle@gmail.com

68 Man Kaji Tamang Farmer 9818035440

69 Mandipa Dahal SKBBL Manager memandipa@gmail.com 9851139266

70 Meena Pokharel NACCFL Sr. Program Manager meenapokhrel99@gmail.com 9851138089

71 Meenu Hada WFP PO meenu.hada@wfp.org 5260607

72 Meghna Subba GIZ Program Officer meghna.subba@giz.de 9801032292

73 Mina Budhathoki SKBBL Officer minabudhathoki11@gmail.com 9849074385

74 Mina Devkota (PhD) CIMMYT Scientist mdevkota@cgiar.org 9851197994

75 Mohan Man Sainju (PhD) IIDS Former Minister of Agriculture info@iids.org.np 4378831

76 Nabaraj Simkhada ADB/SFDB 9841425366

77 Nahakul K. C. PAF Executive Director nahakulkc@gmail.com 9851215633

78 Nanda Prasad Dotel Sindhupalchowk Farmer 9860569225

79 Niranjan Aryal Chhimek Laghubitta S. Officer niranjanaryal@chhimekbank.org 9851157788

80 Nirmala Magarati DNF Member 9808640877

81 Nita Chand Sana Kisan Farmer 9848232305

82 Nripal Adhikary ABARI Chair nripal@abari.earth 9843112859

83 Om Bahadur Thapa Aquaphonics Farmer hosdizo@yahoo.com 9867726509

84 Pamfa Shrestha Home Stay 9849374977

85 Peter Newsum SNV Country Director pnewsum@snv.org 5523444

86 Prabina Shrestha Himalayan Permaculture Institute/ SRE Manager prabinaus@yahoo.com 9851027672

87 Prakash Duwadi IAAS, TU Student 9852685272

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88 Prakash Raj Sharma Laxmi Laghubitta Bikash Bank CEO prakash.sharma@laxmilaghu.

com.np 9851131481

89 Pravin Waiba

90 Rabindra Karki iDE Nepal WRE - PC rkarki@ideglobal.org 9842171800

91 Radhika Osti Farmer 9860356927

92 Ram chandra Joshee Chhimek Laghubitta Bikash Bank CEO ramchandrajoshee@yahoo.com 4490513

93 Ram Krishna Pokharel Citizen Investment Fund CEO 9851026859

94 Ram Prasad Dhital AEPC Executive Director info@aepc.gov.np 5539391

95 Ramsogarath Yadav Small Farmer Agriculture Cooperative 9807651840

96 Rohit Thapa Sital Thopa Sinchai ED rohitthapachhetri16@gmail.com 9823345236

97 Roshan Shrestha GIZ DCTA roshan.shrestha@giz.de 9851010564

98 Rudra Bhattarai Sana Kisan Federation CEO skbks.nepal@gmail.com 9841202913

99 S.H. Aryal SKBBL Sr. Manager 9841833009

100 Sabitri Dahal Enablement Nepal PM sabitri10@gmail.com 9841769186

101 Salil Bhattarai (PhD) ADRA Livelihood Tem Leader salil.bhattarai@adranepal.org 9851182985

102 Salina Shakya PATRA ED salinashakya@gmail.com 9841242755

103 Sanjeev Singh CAN PO sanjeevsingh77@hotmail.com 9841428342

104 Sarad Ojha shepalmail@gmail.com 9849023125

105 Sarita Koirala MRM Campus, Ilam Student saritalkoirala62@gmail.com 9852685273

106 Sarmila Rayamajhi NMHPA Administratative Officer sarmilarayamajhi33@gmail.com 9841805021

107 Saurabh Sharma CBM International Program manager Shaurabh.Sharma@cbm.org 9801180344

108 Shankar Malakar CMC – Nepal Program Manager shankar.malakar@gmail.com 9849690293

109 Shankar Paudel Rupantaran ED shankar.rupantaran@gmail.com 9857010453

110 Sharmila Nepal Kala Shakti Nepal Vice President nepalsharu@gmail.com 9843526497

111 Shiva Hari Acharya SKBBL Sr. Manager 9841833009

112 Shivani Thapa MC cvaanee@gmail.com

113 Shivaram Koirala (PhD) Sana Kisan Bikash Bank Ltd. CEO info@skbbl.com.np 4111923

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114 Shovakanta Dhakal Khilung Kalika Agro Firm MD dhakalshobu@gmail.com 9856011000

115 Sitaram Bhattarai Sana Kisan Farmer 9841244232

116 Somsak FAO Representative

117 Soni Raj Magar Thapa Farmer 9861501102

118 Stuart Muir Wilson Permaculture specialist stuartmuirwilson@gmail.com +610487245590

119 Subas Pandey CRS Livelihood Officer subash.pandey@crs.org 9846051474

120 Sukra Bahadur Tamang Farmer 9862652365

121 Sunita Chang Nepal Public health Foundation Admin Officer chandsunita2011@gmail.com 9851220250

122 Surya Prasad Pandey (PhD) Soil Scientist Kiwi Farmer suryapandey50@hotmail.com 9841251257

123 Tej Narayan Thakur NMHDA Gen. Secretary tej.nmhda@gmail.com 9851131418

124 Than Bahadur Tamang SKBBL - Cooperative Vice-Chairperson 9843200544

125 Tika Maya Pandit Beneficiary of Livestock Shed Project Livestock Farmer 9846241872

126 Tulasha Bhujel SKBBL Goradah Chairperson 9806075420

127 Tulsi Mainali FinMin PA tulsi.mainali94@gmail.com 9851120000

128 Usha pokharel Enablement Nepal Chair Person usha@pokharel.net 9851068796

129 Valerie Julliand UNDP Nepal Resident Coordinator

130 Vijaya Singh UNDP ACD vijaya.singh@undp.org 9851041653

131 Yubaraj Gaire SKBBL Manager yrgaireskbbl@gmail.com 9841418974

132 Yubaraj Khatiwada (PhD) MoF Finance Minister

133 Yuddha Prasad Neupane SKBBL Dhading member 9851029998

SAPPROS1 Shreekrishna Upadhyay SAPPROS Chairman shrikrishna.upadhyay@yahoo.

com 9813245064

2 Narendra K.C. SAPPROS Executive Director narendrakc1701@gmail.com 9851087863

3 Punnya Prasad Paudyal SAPPROS Deputy Director sapprosnepal@hotmail.com 9841303786

4 Bidur Khadka SAPPROS AF Chief bidur.sappros@hotmail.com 9851167508

5 Sati Dhakhwa SAPPROS M & E Officer dhakhwasati@gmail.com 9843058307

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6 Lok Shastra Shrestha SAPPROS Center Program Coordinator / Agriculture lokshastra@gmail.com 9849633370

7 Rajman Shrestha SAPPROS Center Program Coordinator/Technical rajman.sappros@hotmail.com 9851075810

8 Krishna Raj Aryal SAPPROS Center Program Coordinator krishna.sappros@gmail.com 9851182456

9 Bijay Karki SAPPROS Center Program Coordinator bijay.sappros@gmail.com 9851130513

10 Aswin Kumar Nath SAPPROS Sr. AF Officer aswin_sappros@hotmail.com 9841544575

11 Arun Kumar Pandit SAPPROS AF Officer arun.sappros@gmail.com 9841295429

12 Keshari Prasad Bhatta SAPPROS Center Engineer keshari.sappros@gmail.com 9862262352

13 Jeevan Dahal SAPPROS Reporting/Monitoring Officer jeevan.sappros@gmail.com 9858036596

14 Uma Tiwari Thapa SAPPROS Public Relation Officer thapauma@hotmail.com 9841356637

15 Rabi Thapa Magar SAPPROS Public Relation Officer rtmagar@gmail.com 9841289561

16 Sonam Shakya SAPPROS Admin/Finance/Logistic Assistant sonam.sappros@gmail.com 9849727562

17 Kedar Nath Paudel SAPPROS District Program Coordinator kedar.sappros@gmail.com 9851146603

18 Dhruba Bogati SAPPROS District Admin/Finance Officer dhruba.sappros@gmail.com 9851155704

19 Maheshwar Dhakal SAPPROS District Program Coordinator mahesh.sappros@gmail.com 9868410224

20 Diamond Shrestha SAPPROS District Admin/Finance Officer shrestha.diamond@gmail.com 9845048683

21 Anu Suwal SAPPROS Program Officer anu.sappros@gmail.com 9841132008

22 Sampada Ghimire SAPPROS WASH Officer sampada.ghimire76@gmail.com 9840018094

23 Rishi Aryal SAPPROS Program Officer rishiaryal.sappros@gmail.com 9759003475

24 Khadga Gurung SAPPROS Program Officer khadga.sappros@gmail.com 9841811521

25 Jharendra Bahadur Singh SAPPROS Water Component

Managerjb raja’ <jbraja2002@yahoo.com 9848055393

26 Dipendra Ghimire SAPPROS Sr. Engineer ghimireciv@gmail.com 9858051325

27 Akash Pariyar SAPPROS Regional Engineer pariyaraakash067@gmail.com 9843822898

28 Yagya Raj Bhatta SAPPROS Regional Engineer bhatta.yr@gmail.com 9851222113

29 Manish Basnyat SAPPROSProject, Research and Proposal and Outreach Coordinator

mb.sappros@gmail.com 9818777738

30 Samjhana Karki SAPPROS samzanakarkee@gmail.com 9841011835

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31 Dipak Thapa SAPPROS District Admin/Finance Officer thapadpaknp@gmail.com 9841172915

32 Dilip Kumar Magar SAPPROS Press design and documentation dilipmagar@gmail.com 9851054599

33 Ram Bahadur Bogati SAPPROS Office Assistant 9841544576

34 Saraswati Bogati SAPPROS Office Assistant 4242318

35 Chandra N. Nemkul SAPPROS Driver 9841276460

36 Prem Chaudhary SAPPROS Driver 9861225388

Interpreter

1 Jyotshna Shrestha Interpreter jyotshnashrestha@hotmail.com 9841464166

2 Sabina shrestha High Vision Interpretation sabushree887@gmail.com 9860910943

Press Reporter

1 Krishna Adhikari RSS Reporter 9851197400

2 Lekhnath Pokhrel Himalayan Times Reporter 9841216792

3 Manaraj Simkhada BTV Cameraperson s.manarag@gmail.com 9848297351

4 Milan Khatri NAN Reporter milankhatri323@gmail.com 9851189921

5 Pawan Shrestha Krishi TV Reporter 9851214607

6 Prem Prasad Poudel thahakhabar.com Reporter prempp101@gmail.com 9841304391

7 Rabindra Shahi Setopati Reporter 9860568104

8 Rajesh Khanal The Kathmandu Post Sr. Reporter 9841329529

9 Ramraja Bajracharya Nepal Mandal TV Cameraperson nepalmandalnews@gmail.com 9803251061

10 Sajan thapa Business TV Photographer 9841290789

11 Santosh Photographer 9841625342

12 Santosh Purkoti Best Digital Photo studio Photographer 9841625342

13 Sujan Dhungana The Himalayan Times Correspondent 9849162906

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