Sirjanshil Mahila Krishak Samuha is a women farmers’ group in Lumbini Province, selected in DGM Nepal’s third batch of competitive small grants. Its sub-project establishes commercial fruit farming on member land. Fruit orchards give a farming group something annual cropping cannot: a durable, appreciating asset that keeps producing for decades once established, alongside permanent tree cover that adds biomass, stabilises soil and provides shade and fodder. Grant funds are expected to cover grafted saplings of species suited to local conditions, orchard layout and establishment, fencing, irrigation, and training in pruning, pest management and post-harvest handling, which is where most smallholder orchards lose value. Because trees take several seasons to bear, groups typically intercrop vegetables or legumes between rows in the early years to bridge the income gap. The sub-project advances DGM Nepal’s women-led enterprise priority while increasing on-farm tree cover and forest carbon.