Bandana Pradhan

Bandana Pradhan
Environmental health and biodiversity
News

Experts share latest updates, experiences, and ways forward to help farmers battle fall armyworm.

Nutrition, health and food security
News

A range of maize varieties that are high-yielding, climate resilient and nutritious are being introduced for the first time in Nepal.

Capacity development
Features

CIMMYT and its partners provide training on hybrid maize seeds to value chain actors from South Asia.

Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
Blogs

CIMMYT supports the development of site-specific fertilizer recommendations to increase rice productivity in Nepal.

Nutrition, health and food security
Publications

A new study provides deeper insights into improving the performance of the country’s rice and maize seed value chains.

Capacity development
News

Study evaluates the advantages of biofortified maize and its implications in poultry farming.

Capacity development
Features

Fostering private sector engagement to develop and scale locally-produced hybrids seeds in Nepal.

Capacity development
News

Postgraduate students visit a hybrid maize seed company as part of drive to enhance partnerships between Nepal’s agricultural universities and the seed industry.

Environmental health and biodiversity
Features

Digital platform provides information that will help increase crop productivity and improve soil health.

Nutrition, health and food security
Features

CIMMYT market development specialist works to strengthen the seed and fertilizer market systems and value chains in Nepal.

Capacity development
Features

Inclusive seed business model empowers women from marginalized communities in Nepal.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Features

Women in rural Nepal prosper from training program on soil fertility management practices.

Nutrition, health and food security
Features

A survey conducted by CIMMYT researchers collected insights from over 200 key value-chain market actors.

Capacity development
Features

Stakeholders work together to strengthen systems for detecting, mitigating and managing the invasion of the destructive pest.

Capacity development
Features

CIMMYT and partners revise Nepal’s seed science and technology curriculum, so university graduates are better equipped to join the industry’s work force.