Blog posts from our worldwide Helvetas network

The practice of banning women from the house when they are menstruating is widespread in Western Nepal. Combatting it needs strong women prepared to take a stand and a whole change of community mindset.

In developing countries, postharvest loss reduction needs to be at the center of strategies for sustainable development.

A panel discussion on how the developing world is taking the lead when it comes to climate change mitigation and adaptation.

In this blog post, we travel to Nepal to know the reasons for farmers’ decisions to grow or not grow nuts (macadamia and walnut). We learnt from 279 household heads interviewed that successful interventions to support farmers’ decisions to grow nuts are not defined and delivered in an ad hoc manner; they should be based on good analysis to understand farmers’ demands.