My name is Himalaya Subedi and i was born and raised on an agricultural farm land by my parents in the rural area of Nepal.
As a child I played with the soil/sand and was fascinated by my surroundings that included plants and small scale traditional farmers.They fanned my passion for agriculture which eventually earned me a scholarship from Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science in Nepal, where I completed my intermediate to bachelor degree in agricultural science. In 2007 I got my first job as an agriculture program coordinator in agriculture through a local project implementation organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the rural areas of Nepal.While working, I became more and more engaged in the service I was providing for my country and mainly the impact my contribution was having to the rural people, who were unaware on how to use agricultural technologies even those available in the local context. For this, I became committed to work with these people.In 2015, I was nominated for the National Youth Forum on Agro-based Entrepreneurship Development (#NYFAED15) training organized by YPARD Nepal and after attending this training I became an active and registered member of YPARD. Through the YPARD network, I found many informative links to study, research funds, trainings as well as opportunities for workshops, seminars and conferences to participate in. After subscribing to the YPARD website, I also followed the network on social media, mainly their Facebook group, where I have met many like-minded friends who share their passion for agriculture.
