Tag: #food insecurity
Articles tagged with #food insecurity
Epicentre of hunger
Despite improvement in maternal and child survival, malnutrition is rife in Nepal’s western mountains
Climate crisis → drought → food deficit → migration
Half-century of eastern Nepal’s rainfall data points to a link between chronic drought and depopulation
Paddy production falls in west Nepal
Harvest decline will worsen food insecurity, especially in far west Nepal
Grain drain
Covid, climate and conflict have combined to make hunger more acute in Nepal
The Karnali’s hunger emergency
The government’s fortified flour scheme is not a long term solution to the region's chronic food insecurity
Farm to fork
Combatting increased food insecurity caused by the combination of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ukraine crisis and the climate change
The pandemic of hunger
Photo: MARTY LOGANThe Covid-19 pandemic has affected the livelihoods of the most neglected communities in Nepal, with a direct impact on the…
Are Nepalis really eating more rice?
Nepal’s population has not increased by that much more in the past year, and a favourable monsoon increased paddy harvests. Yet, Nepal’s import…
Are Nepalis really eating more rice?
Nepal’s population has not increased by that much more in the past year, and a favourable monsoon increased paddy harvests. Yet, Nepal’s import…
Quarter of Nepalis still hungry during pandemic
Photo: WFP NEPALNepalis continue to suffer from pandemic-induced food insecurity even as Nepal sees the first signs of the second wave of…
UK aid for Nepal’s Covid-affected
The UK government has contributed $5.75 million to help Nepal’s most vulnerable 160,000 families to cope with the impact of the pandemic in the…
UK aid for Nepal’s Covid-affected
The UK government has contributed $5.75 million to help Nepal’s most vulnerable 160,000 families to cope with the impact of the pandemic in the…
EU, UNICEF support child nutrition during lockdown
A mother in Kalikot District measures arm of her child using a MUAC tape after receiving a short orientation on family MUAC NTThe European Union…
Work for food
Upkeep of agriculture during the lockdown will keep Nepal fed, make the country more self-reliant and resilient
No Dasain in Kalikot
Photo: Seetashma ThapaMore than 200 women have gathered outside the district hospital in Manma, the main town in one of Nepal’s most underserved…
Life and livelihood in remote Nepal
A villager in Maspur, Humla weaves a doko basket from strips of bamboo.“Jai grihasthi” is a greeting heard often in the Far West and Karnali…