Food and nutrition security are a huge challenge in Nepal, where agricultural productivity is far below potential yields. Due to low usage of improved seeds, chemical inputs, and irrigation, Nepal’s agricultural productivity is among the lowest in South Asia.1 According to the Nepal Thematic Report on Food Security and Nutrition 2013, one in five households in Nepal had an inadequate diet based on the Food Consumption score, and one in four households were considered food poor.2 Consequently, Nepal has a very high rate of child under-‐nutrition, with 41 per cent of children under five stunted, 11 per cent wasted and 28 per cent underweight.3 About 20 percent women are chronically undernou
