Nepal Agriculture and Food Security Country Investment Plan. Country/Territory Nepal Document type Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition Keyword Agricultural development Capacity building Climate change Cooperative/producer organization Research Rural employment Sustainable use Smallholders/peasants Credit Gender Indigenous peoples Poverty Mountain area Public private partnership (PPP) Food security Food quality control/food safety Consumer protection Geographical area Asia, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Landlocked Developing Countries, Least Developed Countries, Southern Asia Abstract The Country Investment Plan is a multi-sectoral national plan which aims at reducing poverty and household food insecurity on a sustainable basis and strengthening the national economy. The Plan outlines ten comprehensive major programmes which include: (i) Enhancing agriculture production and productivity, (ii) Supply of quality agricultural inputs and services, (iii) Developing and strengthening agriculture and marketing infrastructure, (iv) Increasing agriculture competitiveness and commercialization, (v) Agriculture research and development, (vi) Promotion and conservation of Agriculture bio-diversity, (vii) Food safety and consumer protection, (viii) Inclusive agricultural development, (ix) Human resource development in the agriculture and food sector, and (x) Strengthening policy research, planning and monitoring and evaluation. Full text English