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Charter
Cluster registration
Every cluster starts with a signed charter — producers, cooperative, local government and HFMN — that defines who does what and who gets paid when.
§ 09 · Projects & ClustersSection 09
A national map of textile clusters.
HFMN documents Nepal's textile geography — cluster and craft region maps for silk, handloom, wool, natural fibers and eco-tourism sites — building the national inventory of the sector.
The Story
A map drawn one cooperative at a time.
The cluster map is not a plan drawn in a boardroom. It's an inventory we're building on the ground — village by village, cooperative by cooperative — of where Nepal's textile geography is already alive and where it's ready to be activated.
The pilots on the map below are our first anchors. Each one becomes a 10,000-ropani cluster complete with mulberry, farmer groups, cocoon collection, reeling, weaving and training — a rural silk economy in miniature.
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Provinces engaged
40+
Cluster projections
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Cluster typologies
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National framework
Pilot Projects
Where it's already happening.
- Tokha Mulberry NurseryNursery pilot — Kathmandu District
- Panauti / Kushadevi NurseryNursery pilot — Kavrepalanchok
- Dang Mulberry Source AreaMulberry sourcing — Dang District
- Amchok, BhojpurMulberry source area — Eastern Hills
- Champadevi, OkhaldhungaSource area — Eastern-Central Hills
- Future Province-wise ClustersPlanned — All seven provinces
Active pilot / source areaPlanned cluster
The national map
Seven provinces, six cluster typologies.
From high-altitude wool districts to mulberry corridors — one national inventory of Nepal's textile geography.
9.1
Silk clusters (planned & active)
Hill and Terai belts across all seven provinces.
9.2
Handloom production hubs
Existing weaving communities integrated into national quality standards.
9.3
Natural fiber zones
Allo, hemp, bamboo and banana collection & processing corridors.
9.4
Wool clusters
High-altitude districts producing indigenous wool for blended textiles.
9.5
Model demonstration centers
Training, R&D and demonstration sites for producer communities.
9.6
Silk eco-tourism sites
Farm-to-loom experiential circuits linked with rural tourism.
9.7
Cluster Framework
- ◆Producer mobilization
- ◆Cooperative development
- ◆Infrastructure & processing units
- ◆Training and demonstration
- ◆Quality and traceability
- ◆Market and export linkage
In Practice
The cluster, as an operating unit.
Everything HFMN does — from a mulberry seedling to a finished bolt of cloth — is stewarded by a real cooperative, a real weaver and a real ledger. This is a snapshot.
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Infrastructure
Shared units
Rearing sheds, dye-houses, spinning units and finishing rooms are built as shared cooperative assets, not private capex.
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Traceability
Batch to buyer
Every batch leaves a cluster with a lot number the buyer can resolve back to a village, a cooperative and a producer group.
“A cluster is what a village becomes when it decides to sell together.