This presentation is the part of 12-day (28 January–8 February 2019) training workshop on “Multi-scale Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) from the Hindu Kush Himalayan Perspective” organized by the Strengthening Water Resources Management in Afghanistan (SWaRMA) Initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), and targeted at participants from Afghanistan.

1. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Kathmandu, Nepal
ICIMOD Knowledge Park
at
Godavari

2. A place…
…where different technologies and (farming) practices useful for
sustainable development can be tested, selected, and demonstrated
…where farmers and those who work with them can be trained
...which serves as a repository for plant germplasm resources
and associated floral & faunal biodiversity

3. Interventions
Vegetation management
Soil management
Water management
Income generation packages
Livestock and fish farming
Biodiversity/Eco-tourism
Renewable energy technologies
Support functions and scientific research
Community outreach
Services, training, and publications

4. Knowledge Park Map

5. Vegetation Management
Forest and shrub-land management
Multi-storied vegetation with continuous ground cover
Orchids, wild edible, medicinal, and aromatic plants
Swampy-wetland area development: reclamation of wetland area

6. Soil Management
Contour hedgerow agroforestry models (SALT technology)
Green manure and cover crops
EM composting, biodynamic, Vermi composting, tunnel method of
composting, black plastic composting
Bio-pesticides and plant tonics

7. Water Management
Natural spring water harvesting
Rain water harvesting pond
Rooftop rain water harvesting (ferrous cement jar)
Stone-lined/grass-lined water ways
Gravity sprinkler irrigation, easy drip irrigation, treadle pump

8. Livestock and Fish Farming
Goat husbandry
Angora rabbits
Fish farming

9. Income Generation Packages
Fruits, nuts, and spices
Medicinal and aromatic plant
Cardamom cultivation
Paulownia tomentosa
Lapsi (hog plum)
Beekeeping (apices cerana)
Shitake mushroom cultivation
Organic vegetable farming

10. Biodiversity
Flora and fauna
• 694 plant species (biomass study-2002)
• 231 wild animals
Swampy wetland area
Beekeeping

11. Eco-tourism
Trail improvement for nature walk
Home stay in local village
Hiking to Chapakharka
Bird watching

12. Renewable Energy Technologies
Solar technologies
• Solar driers
• Solar oven
• Solar parabolic cooker
• Solar panel
• Solar water heater
• Solaqua still plant
• Trombe hut
• Solar water pump
Non-solar technologies
• Bio-briquetting technology (beehive/others)
• Improved cooking stoves
• Peltric set technology (Pico-hydropower)
• Puxin bio-gas plant
• Hydro ram water pump
• Cool chamber

13. Support Functions and Scientific Research
Nursery research
Meteorological monitoring
Biomass study
Soil erosion monitoring
Air pollution monitoring
Community based early flood warning
Carbon monitoring
Bamboo mgt. plot

14. Community Outreach
Collaboration with NGOs
Working with forest user groups
Awareness/Exposure
Distribution of materials
Participatory 3-Dimensional Model (3-DM)
Earthquake resistant model house

15. Visitors
2574
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Visitors
Visitors in ICIMOD Knowledge Park at Godavari in Fiscal Year 2016)

16. Knowledge Sharing & Information Dissemination
ICIMOD
Knowledge
Park
Students
Awareness
Exposure
Farmers
Exposure
Capacity building
Technology
replication
Development Workers/
Researchers
Exposure
Experience sharing
Technology replication
Policy/
Decision
Makers

17. Seeing is Believing
Today, the ICIMOD Knowledge Park at
Godavari is spreading ideas that are
used at various levels and in different
places. It is helping to build change
and raising awareness of the endless
possibilities for people across the
greater Hindu Kush Himalaya region.
Truly ‘seeing is believing’ – what better
way to spread knowledge than to help
people to see and do for themselves...

18. 1994 2004
Then and Now

19. Follow us on:
• ICIMOD Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/icimod
ICIMOD Knowledge Park Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/icimodgodavari
ICIMOD Knowledge Park website
https://www.icimod.org/godavari

20. Thank You