agriculture
The CIALCA Consortium and the CGIAR Consortium Research Programme (CRP) on the Humid Tropics have the pleasure of announcing an international conference on the 'Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural Intensification of the Humid Highland...
Project. Strengthening mountain populations’ livelihoods with improved policies for sustainable agriculture and rural development
Ganesh Himal is a range of mountains to the northwest of Kathmandu, reaching an altitude of 7,402 m. The paper describes some of the many features of the physical (abiotique) sphere (e.g. exposure, topography, climatology etc.), the biological (...
In order to determine the problems of the small farmers (owning less than 1.5 hectares in the Terai and 0.5 hectares in the Hills), HMG Nepal sponsored in cooperation with FAO/UNDP a workshop on "Development Support for Small Farmers" in January...
This case study of small farmers made in Naktajhijh village panchayat near the selected FAO project village Sakhwa, is to determine the attitude and reactions of small owner operators, share croppers and landless agricultural labourers towards...
This article introduces the topic of decision-making among the farming families. In the first section, the general idea of people's participation in agricultural development is touched upon. The second section briefly describes the geographical,...
A successful system of animal husbandry is the critical element in maintaining a successful trading system in an area with poor transportation, such as the Himalayas. Although the author has argued elsewhere that access to pack animals and plentiful...
This study was conducted in collaboration with HarvestChoice (IFPRI) and evaluates the potential impacts of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project run by CIMMYT and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in 13...
Livestock husbandry is an essential part of the traditional economy of many high altitude Tibetans in Nepal. The importance of animals in Tibetan communities in the Himalayas is reflected in the intensity of ritual activity and sociopolitical...
Much socio-economic and demographic research conducted in Nepal based on both micro and macro-level data, basically focuses on the negative impact of population growth and the deteriorating resource situation (particularly land) in the country....
