Nepal, a small country nestled between two economic giants, India and China, serves as north-south export route for both countries. However, after years of political turmoil, Nepal is slowly emerging with its own specificities in a sustainable supply chain for naturals that is reliant on local community partnerships. There is a long tradition of collecting plants in Nepal, as well as a number of villages that still rely on it to provide a much needed income. Humla, which is located in the far western part of the country, 3,000m high in the Himalaya, has a yearly food shortage of about four months in a number of remote villages.