Agriculture is the mainstay of the people of Nepal more than 80% depend on it.Among the developmental activities agriculture has been on priority to meet the food demand of rapidly growing population in the country.To increase the yield of various crops the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has created environmental and ecological crises..

Under various cropping patterns Agroforestry is found most suitable for sustaining agriculture and environment. Agroforestry is an integrated self sustaining land management system which involves deliberate introduction of woody components including trees,shrubs etc with agricultural crop including livestock simultaneously on the same land management unit and at the same time meeting the ecological requirements as well as socio-eco needs of the people.In order to meet the demands of food and fodder for our ever increasing human and livestock population the adoption of agroforestry would be a suitable step.

One of the main objective of agroforestry is to increase the biomass production per unit area and the productivity is an integral part of land management systems.
It has also been observed that by introducing multipurpose nitrogen fixing trees in agroforestry system along with crops not only help to increase the biomass productivity but also improve the soil and climate.

One of our previous volunteers, Ms Alina Schick, enrolling doctorate set up an Agroforestery farm project in her initiative at Kaule, Nuwakot. The agroforestery project was registered in Germany and Nepal as a “ Kaule EV”. Currently Kaule Ev is working with 16 house holds, who are considered as a tribal group Tamang. Kaule EV helps farmers by introducing new technique of agriculture, producing different kinds of crops, fruits, herbs in a limited land . For further information you can visit the website

As a volunteer you will be work closely with the project staffs and farmers. As per your specialization you can work in farm, nursery, mapping land, producing documents etc. If you don't have any experience in farming and agroforestry then still you have lots of work like renovating field office, building kitchen garden, making be hive, goat pen, chicken farm etc. There is a English class for farmers' children for one to two hours in the evening. You will be working for four to five hours a day 6 days a week, in leisure time you can enjoy your time in exploring beautiful location around village, checking internet, reading books, or playing guitar etc

As a volunteer you will be

• Building nurseries, visiting farms, watering farm
• Renovating Community Centers, fencing compound, painting, shining etc
• Making kitchen garden, bee hive, got pen etc
• Teaching English to Farmers kids

Project Location

Kaule Agroforestry farm locates in Nuwakot district, Kaule village which is aprrox 2100 meter high altitude, 25 kilometer far from down town Kathmandu. As a hill station, the spectacular Langtang Mountain range can be seen from this area. Orientation Upon arrival or as per your available time you will receive orientation course for few days in Kathmandu. The orientation period can be sort our as per volunteer duration. For one month program you will expect two days course and sight seeing. During this time, you will participate in a volunteer orientation designed to ensure a smooth transition into Nepali culture life and a productive contribution to the local community.

During orientation you will receive following tips:

• Nepali cultural orientation / dos and dos not in Nepal
• Basic Nepali language classes
• Personal safety/health /communication system
• Sightseeing/ travel and tours information

Dates and Duration
The program starts on the first and sixteenth of each month. ( for group more than 3 pax) for individual you can join at any time.
You can volunteer from 2 weeks to 5 months in a calendar year. Due to festivals, public holiday’s health clinics are schedules are normally disrupted. So during this festival it is recommended that you to involve in other programs like Teaching in schools, Orphanage Program. You can also organize your tours and trek on the vacation.