agriculture

Farmers whose land is located near a river have started to use the “Barsha Pump” – or “Rain Pump” – to irrigate their land.

In hill and mountain communities, food insecurity and lack of income continue to drive thousands of young men abroad.

Once upon a time, all farming in Nepal was purely organic. But over the last one or two decades, a significant commercialization in the more productive farm areas has taken place. Population and income levels in Kathmandu and major towns…

The heat is undeniable these days. Some say it’s part of “global warming“, others suspect smog pollutants to be the cause, still others point to a regional cycle of climate change. But in either case, the weather over Nepal is…