Essays about: "agriculture in nepal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words agriculture in nepal.

1. 1. Traditional Knowledge and Practices for Resilience to Climate Change in Nepal’s Mid-Hills: Perspectives from Darma and Madi Rural Municipalities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Dina-Josepha Rodehorst; Tabitha Black-Lock; [2023]
   Keywords : Climate change; traditional knowledge; Indigenous knowledge; Nepal; resilience; agriculture; Magar; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : With climate change impacting countries around the world, rural communities in Nepal are among those most affected. As acknowledged by global climate discourses, traditional knowledge plays a vital role in understanding and adapting to climate change. READ MORE

3. 2. Inventory of Taxus walliciana and Swertia chirayita : as a part of the The SLU/KU Greenhouse-project for biodiversity and social justice in Nepal

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

   Author : Johanne Linstad; [2023]
   Keywords : Biodiversity; medical plants; nature conservation; sustainability; social justice;

   Abstract : To prevent loss of biological diversity and medical plant resources in Nepal, The Swedish University of Agriculture (SLU) and Kathmandu University (KU) have started a project with the combined aim of nature conservation and social justice where endangered medical plants have been harvested from naturally growing populations in order to cultivate them in greenhouses to help them recover in their natural habitat. The purpose of my study was to see if the project was fulfilling the intended aim, or not. READ MORE

4. 3. Dynamics of Hydro-power Development in Nepal: Water-Energy-Food Security Prospect

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   Author : Jaya Lal Neupane; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Sustainable Hydropower; WEF Security; Benefit-sharing; Trade-offs; Benefits;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns with water, energy, and food (WEF) security in Nepal in relation to hydropower development. Hydropower is challenging to WEF security in three ways: First, the focus is only on energy generation which overlooks the impacts on land, forest, water and biodiversity. READ MORE

5. 4. “We do not like to stay in the villages just cutting grass and looking after the livestock” : patterns of change in the rural Ramechhap district of Nepal

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Rebecca Hymnelius; [2019]
   Keywords : changes; empowerment; feminization of agriculture; lifeworld; migration; Nepal; remittance; rural households; women;

   Abstract : This thesis is about continuity and change in rural Nepal with the purpose of understanding what changes migration has brought about in rural villages in the Ramechhap district. Migration is not a new phenomenon in Nepal, which has a long history of both domestic and foreign migration. READ MORE

6. 5. Sustainable Livelihoods: Household adaptation strategies to climate change and Gender structures : - A case study in two mid-hills agrarian mountain communities of Nepal

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

   Author : Jonna Elofsson Bjesse; Sara Gräntz; [2017]
   Keywords : Climate Change; Vulnerability; Adaptation; Livelihood diversification; Gender; Nepal;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate the influence of livelihood strategies and gender structures for climate change adaptation among rural households in two mid-hills agrarian mountain communities in Nepal. The Sustainable Livelihoods (SL) framework has been used to provide a holistic and micro-level perspective of livelihood strategies. READ MORE