About Myself Lyam Bahadur Darjee

Country: Nepal, lives in western part of Neapl, rural area, five family members. - Land 0.5 hector for the entire family- Land rented another 0.5 hector land paying USD 80 as a rent annum.- General Secretary of National Land Rights Forum (NLRF), An People’s organization where only the land deprived people can be a members. Which is members of AFA.

3. There must be mandatory curriculum from primary school to university to teach new generation and young people about the interrelationship between forest, farming and livelihoods 5. The World Food and Agriculture Organization should launch a campaign to prohibit commercial pressure on land by non farmers or corporate sectors.

5. There must be community-based land and forest governance instead of bureaucracy-led land and forest governance.

6. All actors, including government and international community must consider food sovereignty from the perspective of self reliance and autonomy of local farmers.

7. Agriculture should not be considered only as means for macro economic development instead it should consider as important means for i) food and nutrition security for all; and ii) self reliant livelihoods of people and substitution of food import.