Project Category: HKH-ICE 2

Unlocking climate finance for smallholder dairy farmers

Affordable loans strengthen smallholder dairy farmers’ resilience.

Adding value to turmeric from restored forests

Agroforestry and turmeric restore forests, livelihoods, incomes.

Internet of things-based digital automation system paired with rent-to-own financing (IBDA-RTO)

Smart automation restores reliable drinking water systems in Nepal’s mountains.

Weather-based parametric mango heat stress insurance

Parametric insurance protects mango farmers from heat stress.

Agri-Shield: decision-support tool for climate-resilient agriculture planning

Digital GIS platform strengthens climate resilience in mountain communities

Climate-resilient artisan candles in Longpi pottery

Indigenous artisans create low carbon candles, preserving culture.

Project Fragrant Chamoli

Organisation: Agrinet Foods and Beverages Private Limited, India Project Fragrant Chamoli restores degraded land in Uttarakhand by removing invasive Lantana weeds and replacing them with high-value aromatic crops such as lemongrass and rosemary. The initiative creates rural jobs, especially for women, boosts farmer incomes through buyback agreements.

Yoering-Ma

Organisation: Yoering-Ma, Bhutan Yoering-Ma is a youth- and women-led, for-profit Bhutanese enterprise transforming urban food waste into high-quality vermicompost for climate-resilient agriculture. Supplying farmers, institutions, and urban growers, Yoering-Ma strengthens soil health, water retention, and farm productivity while creating green jobs for youth and women.

YiGa Chocolate

Turning Bhutan’s diverse harvests into premium snacks, strengthening livelihoods, biodiversity.

Regenerative mountain foods for resilient livelihoods

Women led enterprise empowering mountain farming communities