food-insecurity

Climate crisis → drought → food deficit → migration

Half-century of eastern Nepal’s rainfall data points to a link between chronic drought and depopulation

Paddy production falls in west Nepal

Harvest decline will worsen food insecurity, especially in far west Nepal

Grain drain

Covid, climate and conflict have combined to make hunger more acute in Nepal

Chandra Kishore

The Karnali’s hunger emergency

The government’s fortified flour scheme is not a long term solution to the region's chronic food insecurity

Farm to fork

Combatting increased food insecurity caused by the combination of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ukraine crisis and the climate change

The pandemic of hunger

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the livelihoods of the most neglected communities in Nepal, with a direct impact on the food intake...

Are Nepalis really eating more rice?

Nepal’s population has not increased by that much more in the past year, and a favourable monsoon increased paddy harvests. Yet, Nepal’s...

Are Nepalis really eating more rice?

Nepal’s population has not increased by that much more in the past year, and a favourable monsoon increased paddy harvests. Yet, Nepal’s...

Quarter of Nepalis still hungry during pandemic

Nepalis continue to suffer from pandemic-induced food insecurity even as Nepal sees the first signs of the second wave of Covid-19. A new report...

UK aid for Nepal’s Covid-affected

The UK government has contributed $5.75 million to help Nepal’s most vulnerable 160,000 families to cope with the impact of the pandemic in the...