Mountain Farming and Policies: Nepalese Perspective

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Agrarian Studies, , course: Agricultural Policy, language: English, abstract: Geographical Condition: Nepal, predominantly a mountainous, agrarian and landlocked country, has an area of 147,181 sq.km. with a population of about 22.3 million. It is geographically divided into three geo-ecological zones: Mountain (4,877m ¿ 8,848 m above the mean sea level), Hills (610 m ¿ 4,877m), and Terai (59 m ¿ 610m).

The Terai region, a low flat land, is an extension of the Gangetic plains of India. It is a narrow tropical belt occupying 23 percent of the country¿s total land area providing dwelling to 49.06 percent of the total population. About 40 percent area of the region is cultivable. [...]