From high school, Nepali students memorise that Nepal is an ‘agricultural country’, and that 80% of the population is engaged in farming. While it is true that most Nepalis are still dependent on ...

This story was originally published by Durga Rana Magar in Nepali Times. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Like many Nepalis, Surendra Dhami ...

The Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development announced in May that Nepal would become agriculturally self-sufficient within a year. But the government’s budget, planning and practices in ...

This article by Sanjib Chaudhary was originally published in Nepali Times and an edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Across Nepal, the soil has ...

In Nepal, Jumla district is well-known for its cultivation of Marshi rice and Fuji apples. Their crops are shipped around the world and communities rely on farming for their livelihoods. However, in ...

KASARA, Nepal (Reuters) - As Prem Sharma steps gingerly into the sand-filled chamber, lines of baby crocodiles basking in the warm sunshine splash into a pond, eyes glinting behind their long, thin ...

Landslides and floods have caused widespread destruction in several parts of Nepal and the neighbouring Indian state of West ...