A hazelnut farmer talks with an employee of Mountain Hazelnuts, a social enterprise in Bhutan that is cultivating the trees on fallow land to help prevent soil erosion. — Mountain Hazelnuts/Thomson Reuters Foundation
BANGKOK: When her husband suddenly died, Nakimo set up a small shop in Bhutan’s southern Chukha district to provide for her family of seven, then began growing hazelnut trees, which not only boosted her income, but also helped preserve the soil on her land.
Nakimo benefited from a programme by social enterprise Mountain Hazelnuts that aims to find sustainable uses for fallow land and prevent soil erosion – an increasing challenge for small-scale farmers in the Himalayan nation.
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A hazelnut farmer talks with an employee of Mountain Hazelnuts, a social enterprise in Bhutan that is cultivating the trees on fallow land to help prevent soil erosion. — Mountain Hazelnuts/Thomson Reuters Foundation
A hazelnut farmer talks with an employee of Mountain Hazelnuts, a social enterprise in Bhutan that is cultivating the trees on fallow land to help prevent soil erosion. — Mountain Hazelnuts/Thomson Reuters Foundation
A Changpa nomad shepherd pastures pashmina goats near Korzok village, in the Leh district of Ladakh. A project by the Wildlife Conservation Society for sustainable cashmere uses satellite maps to help herders find places where the vegetation is healthy enough for grazing. — AFP
A hazelnut farmer in her orchard in Bhutan, where social enterprise Mountain Hazelnuts is cultivating the trees on fallow land to help prevent soil erosion. — Mountain Hazelnuts/Thomson Reuters Foundation
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