Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources

Rich biodiversity.
Prosperous communities.

For over three decades ANSAB has built community-based, enterprise-oriented solutions that conserve nature and lift the poorest out of poverty.

  • Sustainable Forest Management
  • Small and Medium Natural Resource-based Enterprises
  • Non-Timber Forest Products
  • Ecosystem-based Commercial Agriculture
Our vision

A rural South Asia built on rich biodiversity and prosperous communities.

We envision rich, healthy and productive ecosystems, actively managed and sustainably used by formerly poor local communities, and adaptive people and resilient ecosystems able to cope with global climate change.

Our mission

Generate and implement community-based, enterprise-oriented solutions that conserve biodiversity and improve the livelihoods of the poorest of the poor while bolstering national economic development and addressing climate change.

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What we do

Four programs, one mission

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  1. 01

    Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Climate Change

    This program aims to conserve the rich biodiversity of South Asia, which ranges from tropical forests to alpine meadows. It supports a variety of community-led efforts…

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  2. 02

    Policy, Research and Networking

    Through its Networking, Policy and Research program, ANSAB works with key stakeholders from grassroots leaders to national government officials to improve the…

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  3. 03

    Capacity Building and Services

    ANSAB seeks to impart local communities with the knowledge they need to manage the ecosystems on which they heavily depend on a sustainable and inclusive way. As such,…

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  4. 04

    Pro-Poor Economic Development

    This program aims to create or strengthen environmentally sustainable markets that benefit the poorest of the poor while promoting social equity, justice, and good…

    Pro-Poor Economic Development
Market information

Where NTFP prices are heading

Monthly farm-gate and trade prices for non-timber forest products across Nepal and regional markets.

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Markets
KathmanduAug 2026
750 NRs/kg+0.0%
NepalgunjAug 2026
885 NRs/kg+1.1%
DelhiMar 2019
400 NRs/kg+0.0%
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Projects

Work on the ground

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Pilot project

REDD+ in Community Managed Forests in Nepal

Nepal’s first Forest Carbon Trust Fund paid communities for the carbon stored in their forests. Explore the restored archive of reports, payments and news.

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Latest

News and stories

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Stories from the field

Enmity turns to fraternity

Grazing yaks on the pastureland of Boch VDC, Dolakha, is an indigenous practice of the sherpa ethnic group and has been such for generations. Grazing yaks is one of the main ways that the sherpalis earn their livelihoods. Yak owners believe that grazing yaks is their right; the life style is one…

Knowledge

Research and publications

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