{"product_id":"mountain-livelihoods-in-upper-humla-nepal-von-roy","title":"Mountain Livelihoods in Upper Humla, Nepal","description":"\u003cp\u003eHumla is a remote and mountainous district situated  in the north-west corner of Nepal, bordering with  China. Humlis belong to the Chhetri-Thakuri, and  Dalits social groups of the Indo-Aryan language group  and to the Lama social group of the Tibeto-Burman  language group. The objective of the research is to  assess the contribution of NTFPs to the overall  livelihood of upper Humla, and to explore ways of how  this contribution could further be improved.  In Humla, agriculture is the major livelihood  activity. Agricultural production, however, is not  enough to feed family members. Thus, livelihood is  supplemented with trading and employment as off-farm  income generation activities. Food deficits were  found to differ between the social groups. In order  to overcome food deficit, wild edible plants were  consumed with daily meals whereas medicinal plants  were used for primary health care at household  whenever necessary and also for trading to make  money. The fallow and unproductive Lek agricultural  lands could be used to cultivate economically  valuable NTFPs species. In Humla, accessibility of  markets is, however, a limiting factor for the  trading of NTFPs species.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783843363747\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAn Appraisal of the Contributions of Non Timber Forest Products\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783843363747","offer_id":39497181691997,"sku":"9783843363747","price":68.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/2998dd50-e545-4218-992d-5f2b915902dc.jpg?v=1776057873","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/mountain-livelihoods-in-upper-humla-nepal-von-roy","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}