Japan has handed over a newly-built agriculture and livestock training centre to Love Green Nepal in the Kavrepalanchok district.

Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, Kikuta Yutaka attended the ceremony. The new building has been built with the support of $85,189 under the grant assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) of the Japanese government.

On this occasion, the ambassador congratulated everyone involved in the project. He also appreciated the efforts of all who worked together with the embassy to complete the project and hoped that the training centre will become a community asset and serve the local people.

Activities of Love Green Nepal led by Amira Dali, including empowerment of women, the environment-friendly sustainable agriculture are important factors in the development of Nepal as a whole, Kikuta said. “The centre has a symbolic significance in this country and we are happy to support such efforts.”

“This project is another shining example of the friendly relations in the year of the 120th anniversary of the first Nepali students to be dispatched to Japan,” he stated.

Love Green Nepal was established in 1991 with the aim of contributing to the upliftment of low-income people living in rural areas.

Japan believes that the new training centre will provide training to local farmers and contribute to improving their livelihoods, the embassy said. “The embassy also believes that the support will contribute to further enhancing the friendship between the people of Japan and Nepal.”

GGP was established to implement projects directly benefiting people at the grassroots level for the socio-economic development of the country. Since 1991, over 200 GGP projects have been implemented in Nepal.