Search Results - "Nepal"

Generalidades del cultivo by Díaz D., Cipriano Arturo

“…Actualmente se encuentra en Sudáfrica, Kenia, Zimbabwe, Australia, Nueva Zelanda, Hawai y la India donde se siembra comercialmente; además se encuentra en las zonas frías de otros países como China, Malasia, Nepal entre otras, Verheij, Coronel 1991.…”
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Hägnutnyttjande och beteende hos röd panda (Ailurus fulgens) på Nordens Ark by Ohlsson, Elin

“…They live in subtropical and temperate forests from Nepal in the west to China in the east. The red panda is considered endangered by the IUCN because it has decreased by 50 % the last 18 years. …”
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Potential of climate-smart agriculture in reducing women farmers’ drudgery in high climatic risk areas by Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, Regmi, Punya Prasad, Chanana, Nitya, Aggarwal, Pramod K.

“…The study is illustrated for Nepal where feminization of agriculture is rapidly increasing, a high level of climatic risks persists, and adaptive capacity to climate change is very low, especially among women in agriculture. …”
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Ambivalences of collective farming: Feminist political ecologies from the Eastern Gangetic Plains by Leder, Stephanie, Sugden, F., Raut, Manita, Ray, D., Saikia, P.

“…Our results in Saptari/ Eastern Terai in Nepal, Madhubani/Bihar, and Cooch Behar/West Bengal in India demonstrate how intra-household, group and community relations and emotional attachments to the family and neighbors mediate the redistribution of labor, land, produce and capital. …”
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The consensual politics of development: a case study of hydropower development in the eastern Himalayan region of India by Joshi, Deepa, Platteeuw, J., Teoh, J.

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Hydro-energy cooperation in South Asia: prospects for transboundary energy and water security by Saklani, U., Shrestha, P. P., Mukherji, Aditi, Scott, Christopher A.

“…The last decade has witnessed rapid progress in energy cooperation between the countries of the BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal) sub-region. Cooperation has been bilateral, with each of the countries entering into separate energy development and trade agreement with India, broadly similar to the water sector where national governments engage bilaterally on transboundary cooperation and dispute resolution. …”
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Assessment of long-term hydrogeological changes and plausible solutions to manage hydrological extremes in the transnational Ganga River Basin by Surinaidu, L., Amarasinghe, Upali, Maheswaran, R., Nandan, M.J.

“…The Ganga is an international transboundary river that flows across three major riparian countries: India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, where India shares a significant proportion of the total basin area. …”
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Between a rock and a hard place: early experience of migration challenges under the Covid-19 pandemic by Nicol, Alan, Abdoubaetova, A., Wolters, A., Kharel, A., Murzakolova, A., Gebreyesus, A., Lucasenco, E., Chen, F., Sugden, F., Sterly, H., Kuznetsova, I., Masotti, M., Vittuari, M., Dessalegn, Mengistu, Aderghal, M., Phalkey, N., Sakdapolrak, P., Mollinga, P., Mogilevskii, R., Naruchaikusol, S.

“…This working paper was produced under the European Union Horizon 2020 funded AGRUMIG project and traces the impact of Covid-19 on migration trends in seven project countries – China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand. The context of global migration has changed dramatically due to the coronavirus pandemic. …”
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Protocol for collaboration between the National Genebank and Community Seed Banks by Community Technology Development Trust, Seed Savers Network, National Agricultural Research Organisation, Uganda, Wageningen University & Research Centre, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

“…In recent years, national genebanks of some countries (e.g. Bhutan, Mexico, Nepal, South Africa and Uganda) have started to collaborate with community seed banks on the important task of conservation of crop (and tree) varieties. …”
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Agroforestry to Achieve Global Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Targets: Are South Asian Countries Sufficiently Prepared? by Dhyani, S., Murthy, I.K., Kadaverugu, R., Dasgupta, R., Kumar, M., Gadpayle, K.A.

“…Our review indicates the need to shift from planning to the implementation phase following strong examples shared from India and Nepal, including carbon neutrality scenarios, incentives and sustainable local livelihood to enhance preparedness.…”
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Advances in the registration of farmers’ varieties: Four cases from the global South by Jonge, Bram de, López Noriega, Isabel, Otieno, Gloria Atieno, Cadima, Ximena, Terrazas, Franz, Hpommalath, Siviengkhek, Oudehoven, Frederik van, Shrestha, Santosh, Pudasaini, Niranjan, Shrestha, Deepa Singh, Gauchan, Devendra, Kasasa, Patrick, Bwerazuva, Tsungai, Mujaju, Claid, Manjengwa, Sipiwe

“…This article describes the experiences of four countries—Bolivia, Laos, Nepal and Zimbabwe—that are developing alternative variety registration systems for farmers’ varieties. …”
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Patterns and Drivers of Agricultural Biodiversity in South Asia: A preliminary overview of a regional dataset by Kamal, Mustafa, Faisal, Asif Al, Kafle, Krishna, Karki, Saral, Krupnik, Timothy J., Urfels, Anton

“…Bangladesh, Pakistan, Northen and Eastern India, and Nepal appear to be more diverse and dedicate larger shares of cultivated land to cereals than Western and Central India. …”
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Mixed Farming Systems in the tropics, a CGIAR Initiative in 5 countries. Challenges and Collaboration in Laos by Mienmany, Soytavanh

“…In SEast Asia the initiative is working in Bangladesh, Nepal and Laos. In Laos, the Initiative is focusing on two sites, one in the northern uplands where mostly maize is grown but farmers who are now transitioning into more livestock raising and fodder crops. …”
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Developing a women’s empowerment in energy index: Conceptual framework and empirical evidence by Alvi, Muzna, Vemireddy, Vidya, Ringler, Claudia, Tank, Nikita

“…We test this using detailed survey data from India, Pakistan, and Nepal, using empirical evidence linking women’s energy use portfolio to measures of empowerment.…”
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Availability of national policies, programmes, and survey-based coverage data to track nutrition interventions in South Asia by Neupane, Sumanta, Jangid, Manita, Scott, Samuel P., Kim, Sunny S., Murira, Zivai, Heidkamp, Rebecca, Carducci, Bianca, Menon, Purnima

“…Survey data on nutrition intervention coverage was most available in India and Nepal, while Bangladesh and Bhutan had the least. …”
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Agricultural mechanization and child labour in developing countries: Background study by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Vos, Rob

“…The new FAO-IFPRI study provides a rigorous quantitative assessment for seven developing countries in Asia (India, Nepal and Viet Nam) and sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania) based on comparable farm household survey data.…”
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Will promotion of agricultural mechanization help prevent child labour? by Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, International Food Policy Research Institute, Vos, Rob, Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…The new FAO-IFPRI study provides a rigorous quantitative assessment for seven developing countries in Asia (India, Nepal and Viet Nam) and sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania) based on comparable farm household survey data.…”
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Resource allocation for agricultural research in South Asia: Trends, challenges, and policy implications by Stads, Gert-Jan

“…Compared with India, agricultural R&D faces greater challenges in the four other South Asian countries for which data were available (Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka). Underinvestment in agricultural R&D in these countries is considerable, and agricultural research staff is significantly lessqualified than in India, the combined result of prolonged recruitment freezes, losses of highly qualified senior staff, limited training opportunities, and an aging population of researchers. …”
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Stories of Change: Rwanda: Understanding how Rwanda created an enabling environment for improvements in nutrition and the challenges that remain by Iruhiriye, Elyse, Olney, Deanna K., Ramani, Gayathri V., Heckert, Jessica, Niyongira, Emmanuel, Frongillo, Edward A.

“…This study was modeled after similar studies conducted in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Odisha (India), Nepal, Senegal, and Zambia under the Stories of Change in Nutrition project.…”
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Banking on the poor: unleashing the benefits of microfinance by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Insights presented here are based on a series of detailed household surveys conducted in nine countries of Africa and Asia: Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, and Pakistan.... [The brief asks us to consider these questions:] What kinds of financial services do the poor value? …”
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