Food Systems Transformation Strategic Plan (2081/82–2086/87).

This Plan, approved by the Government of Nepal, intends to guide the transition toward a more equitable, resilient, nutritious, and sustainable food system. The plan is developed in alignment with Nepal's constitutional commitment to food rights, national development priorities, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN Food Systems Summit commitments, and Nepal's food sovereignty framework. It recognizes that despite progress in food production and food security, Nepal continues to face challenges such as low agricultural productivity, climate change impacts, dependence on food imports, malnutrition, food losses, weak market systems, and declining youth participation in agriculture.
The strategy envisions an equitable, resilient and sustainable food system that ensures access to safe, nutritious, affordable food for all while protecting natural resources and strengthening livelihoods. It seeks to improve food and nutrition security, promote sustainable consumption patterns, increase climate-resilient and nature-positive agricultural production, enhance equitable livelihoods, strengthen resilience against shocks and disasters, and improve food governance. Special emphasis is placed on reducing food insecurity and malnutrition, supporting smallholder farmers, women, youth, and marginalized communities, and strengthening food system governance across federal, provincial, and local levels.
The strategies and action plan are a comprehensive package of interventions across the food system. These include protecting agricultural land through land-use planning and zoning; expanding irrigation, soil health management, mechanization, quality seeds, and climate-smart agriculture; promoting agroecology, organic farming, biodiversity conservation, agroforestry, and regenerative agricultural practices; strengthening agricultural research, extension, digital information systems, and early warning mechanisms; and encouraging private-sector and cooperative investment in production, processing, storage, value chains, and marketing. The plan also seeks to reduce post-harvest losses, improve food safety and quality standards, regulate processed foods, strengthen nutrition-sensitive agriculture, promote breastfeeding and maternal-child nutrition, expand food fortification, and encourage consumption of indigenous and nutritious local foods. In addition, it focuses on strengthening disaster preparedness, food reserves, climate adaptation, social protection for farmers, youth entrepreneurship, women's participation, inclusive livelihood opportunities, and improved food governance through coordinated action among all levels of government and stakeholders.