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Neglected no more [1]

With less than one percent of the world’s area, Nepal is home to a disproportionately large number of plant species. Yet large numbers of the population are food insecure, and hunger and malnutrition are prevalent. Statistics show that the situation has worsened during the past two decades. The worst-affected segments of the population are the tribal and nomadic communities, whose local agriculture and natural resource management systems are jeopardised by public and private programmes built around a high-external-input agriculture. Isn’t it time to try a different approach?

Publication Date: 
01/09/2011
Bhim Chaulagain [2], Surendra Osti [3], Bed Prasad Khatiwada & et al [4]
Farming Matters [5]
18-20
Tags:
Agriculture [6], Traditional Knowledge [7], Nepal [8], South Asia [9], Food Security [10], Tribals [11], Millets [12], Nutrition [13], Seeds [14], Legumes [15], Farmers [16]
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