LI-BIRD has been working in different parts of Nepal with various ethnic groups. The focus of its activities has been  farming communities, particularly  poor farmers.  During the last few years, LI-BIRD has worked with various farmers groups and cooperatives. It has formed or revitalized many farmers groups and community based organizations (CBOs). In the process, many groups and individual farmers have been empowered. Nevertheless, LI-BIRD has also learnt the entire process from  farmers and CBOs.  

LI-BIRD has established four different awards to facilitate innovative farmers and famers groups.

Best Innovative Farmer Award

The Innovative Farmer Award is an award initiated and established by LI-BIRD with financial support from Dr. S.B. Mathema, one of the advisory members of LI-BIRD. The award is for an innovative farmer/person who has been continuously engaged in research and development of new innovations with his/her  initiative and resource management, has developed new innovations in agriculture, agrobiodiversity and natural resources management for wider applications, and/or has made concerted efforts in helping others in making productive use of these innovations. The person may also have contributed to add value to an existing innovation by playing a critical and catalytical role for wider dissemination and uptake of such innovations.  (More Detail). View list of Award Winners

Best Innovative Female Farmer Award

The Innovative Female Farmer Award is for an innovative female farmer  who has demonstrated exceptional and extraordinary performance in any field of agriculture in LI-BIRD's command areas.

The award was established by LI-BIRD with financial support from founder members , Dr. Balaram Thapa and Ms. Narbada Thapa. (More Detail).  View list of Award Winners

Best Innovative Farmers Group Award

The Innovative Farmers Group Award is an award established by LI-BIRD. The award  recognizes or encourages  farmers group who has been continuously and enthusiastically engaged in research and development of new innovation  and resource management, has developed new innovations in agriculture, agrobiodiversity and natural resource managment of wider applications, and/or has made concerted efforts in helping others in making productive use of these innovations.   (More Detail).  View list of Award Winners

Best Innovative Biodiversity Conservation and Farmer Breeder Award

Human appreciation of genetic diversity in plants has a long history. Crop varieties and animal breeds in farmer’s fields constitute a range of genetic diversity and are the fruits of thousands of years of observation, domestication, selection, exchange, and improvement by farmers and communities. Such efforts are not well recognized in the society.

Dr. Bhuwon Ratna Sthapit and Ms. Rajya Shree Sthapit institutionalised the  Farmer Breeder Award as their social responsibility to encourage such Nepali individuals in future . The purpose of the award is to encourage and strengthen farmers’ capacities for maximizing the selection of useful diversity from genetic resources conservation efforts. (More Detail)

Application form can be download from the following links: 

a) Innovative farmer award-2066 (Srijansil Krishak Samman -2066)

b) Innovative farmers group award-2006 (Srijansil Krishak Samuha Samman -2066)