Back to the land in the cities
Urban agriculture can be Nepal's solution to falling food production, can create jobs, recharge groundwater and preserve open spaces
food-security
More equal than others
Nepal is lagging behind in meeting 2030 targets on eliminating hunger and reducing inequality
Food security is national security
Nepal’s checklist for improving agricultural production
Nepal’s citizen scientists track climate change
The village of Phorste below Mt Everest has the highest number of high altitude guides who have died climbing in the Himalaya,...
The geopolitics of food
Already reeling from child hunger and wars in Yemen and across Saharan and central Africa, the developing world is now bracing for...
Nepal less and less able to feed itself
Despite two-thirds of its population dependent on agriculture, and having fertile land ideal for farming, Nepal’s annual food imports are rising exponentially due to...
Karnali’s Covid blues
The news of Covid infections in Karnali do not readily reach the capital. But remote districts in this far-flung region have some...
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...
Hunger for governance
Nepal has had one emergency heaped on top of another for more than a year now. The Covid-19 emergency, wildfires, and now floods.Political flux in...
The interface of politics and science
Nepal’s politicians study neither biology nor political science, and we are paying the price during this pandemic
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