The IAAS Scientific Event 2025, an international academic gathering of students, researchers, and agricultural practitioners, is set to take place from August 30 to September 1 at the Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal. The event is jointly organized by the IAAS Nepal Local Committee, AFU and the Food and Agriculture Youth Institute…
In a groundbreaking initiative from IAAS Nepal, farmers in Macchapucchre Municipality, Kaski, Nepal, are turning the invasive weed Eupatorium adenophorum, locally known as Banmara or “forest killer,” into biochar to enhance soil health and combat agricultural challenge caused by the fluctuations of temperature. Eupatorium adenophorum also known as Banmara has rapidly colonized fertile lands in…
INTRODUCTION According to RCS (2019), wetlands are defined globally as those regions that are continuously or periodically submerged in water up to a maximum depth of six meters. Nepal’s wetland hosts 42 globally threatened species (IUCN red list 2002) and are valuable from an economic, ecological, aesthetic, sociocultural, and religious standpoint. They are found in…
Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), located in Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal, has recently partnered with Tuskegee University in the United States to enhance agricultural education. This initiative aims to improve teaching methodologies and research activities at AFU. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has allocated substantial funding for the partnership, totaling approximately 5 million…
