Tag: #agriculture
Articles tagged with #agriculture
Farm subsidies: money down the drain
Despite billions spent in improving productivity, Nepal’s agriculture is still underperforming
Why Nepal’s poverty rate is stuck
After a dramatic drop in the past decade, poverty is now static despite remittances and state intervention
Helping farmers who help themselves
Nepal’s mountain farmers are already adapting to the impacts of climate change on their own
Pouring concrete on rice fields
On Nepal’s annual Rice Day, a reminder about urban growth devouring paddy fields
Playing with poison
Indiscriminate pesticide use is hurting Nepal’s vulnerable communities the most
Families that farm together stay together
Households take to small-scale sustainable agriculture to adapt to climate change and improve income
Flying and farming
For an airline executive, Birendra Basnet has his feet firmly planted in Nepal’s soil
Bringing Nepal to Israel
A Nepali who miraculously survived the Hamas attack this week finds new Nepali family in Israel
A Nepali’s lucky escape from Hamas
Student describes the three-day ordeal in a bunker near the Gaza border, and eventual rescue
Food security is national security
Nepal’s checklist for improving agricultural production
Greening a concrete jungle
Vertical hydroponics can revolutionise farming in Nepal's urban areas
Down in Sherpa’s farm
Israel-returnee runs a profitable agro-business while also helping other Nepali farmers thrive
The ‘Organic Uncle’ of Chitwan
A farmer on the verge of giving up turned things around for himself and others
“My children shouldn't be farmers”
Is it any surprise that farmers in Chitwan are agitating?
Nepal’s ‘spray and pray’ approach to agriculture
It makes up one-third of the GDP, but this year’s budget failed to confer farming the importance it deserves
Safeguarding the soul of sal
A healthy, diverse natural forest in Chitwan with three vegetation layers. All phoos: LILA NATH SHARMA.It was sunny afternoon in December in…
TERRACES
The annual paddy planting season is upon us, and the sculpted contours of rice terraces mirror the clouds as farmers wade into the submerged…
Climate change hits Himalayan rice
Nepali farmers come together to preserve local seed varieties that can cope with climate induced crop failures
How Nepal can avert an economic crunch
Just diversify the tourism and remittance-based economy and explore commercial agriculture
Sky is the limit for Nepal’s women scientists
There are many examples to prove that, given the right opportunities, Nepali women can perform as well as, if not better than, their male…
Made in Nepal peanut butter in Japan
A Japanese social entrepreneur brings skills and income to Khotang’s peanut farmers by finding export market
Agroecology, Nepal’s answer to climate change
Agriculture is one of the largest contributors to climate change but can also be one of the most significant solutions. All photos: ZACHARY…
COPOUT at COP26
The south face of Mt Gauri Shankar (7,134m) on the border between Nepal and China is bare rock, and shows how dramatically the snowline has…
How the climate crisis adds to child marriage in Nepal
As harvests fail due to drought and floods, girls from marginalised families are forced to marry earlier to escape poverty