The mission of ECARDS-Nepal is to empower the people by improving the socio-economic condition of the local 
community through better management of available resources in complement with national development efforts.
Its goal is to improve the socio-economic condition of the poorest of the poor through better management of
natural resources. ECARDS-Nepal is working with the people to promote various activities that benefit the 
poor, disadvantaged, Marginalized and ethnic minority groups and other communities in the country with their
full participation. ECARDS-Nepal seeks to achieve the following objectives in pursuing its goal:

a.	To establish self-reliant and self-governing local level organizations capable of 
	solving their problems themselves;
b.	To create awareness and work with the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups 
	of people with special emphasis on women and children;
c.	To promote activities that benefit special target groups (marginalized communities
	and ethnic minorities) with their full participation in need assessment, program 
	implementation, technology dissemination and development of their associations and
	cooperatives; 
d.	To implement income generating programs and micro-enterprises especially designed
	for poverty alleviation,co-participating with the target community; 
e.	To undertake programs in areas of rural community development, health and sanitation,
	sustainable agriculture, rural infrastructure development and natural resource
	management on a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner; and
f.	To undertake research in agriculture and socio-economic fields.