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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Nepal's Experience in Hill Agricultural Development
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Author: Hill Agriculture and the Wider Market Economy
Author: Mahesh BanskotaSustainable Livestock Production in the Mountain Agro-ecosystem of Nepal
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251032732
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Food Grain Technology
Author: A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature
Author: Lee R. MartinPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452901791
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1073
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Land Degradation and Society
Author: Piers BlaikiePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317411943
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Why does land management so often fail to prevent soil erosion, deforestation, salination and flooding? How serious are these problems, and for whom? This book, first published in 1987, sets out to answer these questions, which are still some of the most crucial issues in development today, using an approach called ‘regional political ecology’. This approach acknowledges that the reason why land management can fail are extremely varied, and must include a thorough understanding of the changing natural resource base itself, the human response to this, and broader changes in society, of which land managers are a part. Land Degradation and Society is essential reading for all students of geography, agriculture, social sciences, development studies and related subjects.
High Frontiers
Author: Kenneth Michael BauerPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231509022
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Dolpo is a culturally Tibetan enclave in one of Nepal's most remote regions. The Dolpo-pa, or people of Dolpo, share language, religious and cultural practices, history, and a way of life. Agro-pastoralists who live in some of the highest villages in the world, the Dolpo-pa wrest survival from this inhospitable landscape through a creative combination of farming, animal husbandry, and trade. High Frontiers is an ethnography and ecological history of Dolpo tracing the dramatic transformations in the region's socioeconomic patterns. Once these traders passed freely between Tibet and Nepal with their caravans of yak to exchange salt and grains; they relied on winter pastures in Tibet to maintain their herds. After 1959, China assumed full control over Tibet and the border was closed, restricting livestock migrations and sharply curtailing trade. At the same time, increasing supplies of Indian salt reduced the value of Tibetan salt, undermining Dolpo's economic niche. Dolpo's agro-pastoralists were forced to reinvent their lives by changing their migration patterns, adopting new economic partnerships, and adapting to external agents of change. The region has been transformed as a result of the creation of Nepal's largest national park, the making of Himalaya, a major motion picture filmed on location, the increasing presence of nongovernmental organizations, and a booming trade in medicinal products. High Frontiers examines these transformations at the local level and speculates on the future of pastoralism in this region and across the Himalayas.
Deforestation
Author: J. IvesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000704904
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Originally published in 1988 Deforestation examines deforestation as a major environmental and development problem. It examines the issues of forests being cut in tropical and mountain areas, and how acid rain, pollution and disease wreak havoc in temperate zones. Some of the worst effects of deforestation have been changes in the world’s climate system, erosion and flooding, desertification, wood short-ages and the disappearance of some floral and fauna species. This book challenges the belief that deforestation is due to entirely rapid population growth and agricultural expansion and emphasises the effects of commercial exploitation and poor planning and management. In concludes with a programme for reforestation using agro-forestry, appropriate cottage industries, improved international programmes, local land reforms and community participation.
National Conservation Strategy for Nepal
Author: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural ResourcesPublisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782880321079
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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