Kathmandu Rooftop Gardening (ENPHO)
Kathmandu, Nepal · Operator: Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO)
Overview
An initiative by ENPHO with Kathmandu Metropolitan City, RUAF and UN-Habitat to integrate rooftop farming into the city's climate strategy
Citizen participation
Residents grow vegetables on rooftops, with the city and NGOs providing training and technical support
Operating model
NGO project with the municipality and UN-Habitat, aimed at climate adaptation and self-consumption
Impact
Trained 150 households in rooftop farming in 2013 and embedded urban agriculture into climate mitigation and adaptation plans
Crops
- vegetables
Scale
150世帯に屋上農業訓練 / rooftop farming training for 150 households
Sources（2）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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