Despite billions spent in improving productivity, Nepal’s agriculture is still underperforming
Nepal’s mountain farmers are already adapting to the impacts of climate change on their own
For an airline executive, Birendra Basnet has his feet firmly planted in Nepal’s soil
A female collective in a remote village is a powerful model for independence and income
Vertical hydroponics can revolutionise farming in Nepal's urban areas
Is it any surprise that farmers in Chitwan are agitating?
Nepali farmers come together to preserve local seed varieties that can cope with climate induced crop failures
An enterprising couple has made Palpa the lemon capital of Nepal
38-year-old Ramkali Mahato from Babargunj, Sarlahi district has a keen interest in learning climate sensitive farming techniques. She has leased…
Nep Bahadur Chaudhary and his wife Rupa Chaudhary at their banana plantation.Democracy is expensive and funding political activities can be…
A Japanese social entrepreneur brings skills and income to Khotang’s peanut farmers by finding export market
All photos: SMITA MAGAR“How the dry earth must have sizzled today, kanchhi!” my sister-in-law Birmati said in delight after heavy rain finally…
Farming communities across Nepal came out by their hundreds of thousands to transplant rice seedings on Tuesday, which is officially National…
All photos and videos: AMIT MACHAMASIEarly and heavy monsoon rains in Nepal have caused death and destruction, but farmers in Kathmandu Valley…
As part of the Government of Nepal and international partners’ 'Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development (GRID)' approach, Ministry of Foreign…
All photos and videos: MUKESH POKHRELWomen members of the Chisapani Community Forest in Bardaghat in this district in Nepal’s Tarai plains used…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAIt is nothing new that Nepal’s farmers this year faced an acute fertiliser shortage. That there were kickbacks involved is…
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of Nepal’s economy, especially in falling agricultural production and the reliance on migrant…
Upkeep of agriculture during the lockdown will keep Nepal fed, make the country more self-reliant and resilient
Photo: LISA CHOEGYALThe COVID-19 lockdown by the government is an effort at ‘primary protection’, and builds on the experience of how other…
Farmers in the Tarai displaced by floods return to their homes, better protected for the next disaster
Bishnu Bhujel has returned home to farm and rescue his family from bankruptcy
Wild dogs get a bad press in Nepal, almost as bad as hyenas. The fact that the Nepali word for the wild dog (bwanso) is also used to refer to…
Photo: KUNDA DIXITThe first thing one notices these days while travelling by road in the Tarai are hundreds of cattle blocking the East-West…
