Reinvigorating food production in Nepal: Strengthening the irrigation–agriculture nexus

Nepal is increasingly dependent on food imports, which rose by about 60% between 2015 and 2020, according to foreign trade statistics. This trend threatens Nepal’s agricultural future and undermines food security – an undesirable outcome for a country already classified as having a ‘moderate level o...

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Autores principales: Adhikari, Manju, Shrestha, Nirman, Mishra, Krishna Kumar, Singh, Sunil Kumar, Nepal, Santosh
Formato: Blog Post
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR System Organization 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131662
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author Adhikari, Manju
Shrestha, Nirman
Mishra, Krishna Kumar
Singh, Sunil Kumar
Nepal, Santosh
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description Nepal is increasingly dependent on food imports, which rose by about 60% between 2015 and 2020, according to foreign trade statistics. This trend threatens Nepal’s agricultural future and undermines food security – an undesirable outcome for a country already classified as having a ‘moderate level of hunger’ in the 2022 Global Hunger Index.
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spelling CGSpace1316622025-06-30T08:32:27Z Reinvigorating food production in Nepal: Strengthening the irrigation–agriculture nexus Adhikari, Manju Shrestha, Nirman Mishra, Krishna Kumar Singh, Sunil Kumar Nepal, Santosh irrigation agriculture food production water productivity subsidies governance seeds fertilizers insurance Nepal is increasingly dependent on food imports, which rose by about 60% between 2015 and 2020, according to foreign trade statistics. This trend threatens Nepal’s agricultural future and undermines food security – an undesirable outcome for a country already classified as having a ‘moderate level of hunger’ in the 2022 Global Hunger Index. 2023-02-13 2023-08-28T15:44:35Z 2023-08-28T15:44:35Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131662 en Open Access CGIAR System Organization Adhikari, M.; Shrestha, N.; Mishra, K.K.; Singh, S.K.; Nepal, S. 2023. Reinvigorating food production in Nepal: Strengthening the irrigation–agriculture nexus. Montpellier, France: CGIAR. https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/reinvigorating-food-production-in-nepal-strengthening-the-irrigation-agriculture-nexus
spellingShingle irrigation
agriculture
food production
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governance
seeds
fertilizers
insurance
Adhikari, Manju
Shrestha, Nirman
Mishra, Krishna Kumar
Singh, Sunil Kumar
Nepal, Santosh
Reinvigorating food production in Nepal: Strengthening the irrigation–agriculture nexus
title Reinvigorating food production in Nepal: Strengthening the irrigation–agriculture nexus
title_full Reinvigorating food production in Nepal: Strengthening the irrigation–agriculture nexus
title_fullStr Reinvigorating food production in Nepal: Strengthening the irrigation–agriculture nexus
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title_short Reinvigorating food production in Nepal: Strengthening the irrigation–agriculture nexus
title_sort reinvigorating food production in nepal strengthening the irrigation agriculture nexus
topic irrigation
agriculture
food production
water
productivity
subsidies
governance
seeds
fertilizers
insurance
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