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Terraced farming on the foothills of the Himalayas is a common sight in many of the villages in Nepal Nepalese women planting rice Cultivation in the Kathmandu Valley. In Nepal, the economy is dominated by agriculture. In the late 1980s, it was the livelihood for more than 90% of the population.
The Terai is the most productive region in Nepal with the majority of the country's industries. Agriculture is the basis of the economy. [62] Major crops include rice, wheat, maize, potato, peas, lentil, mustard, sugar cane, ginger, turmeric, cardamom, garlic and chili. Fruits comprise mango, lychee, guava, papaya, banana and jackfruit. [63]
The economy of Nepal is a developing category and is largely dependent on agriculture and remittances. [6] Until the mid-20th century Nepal was an isolated pre-industrial society, which entered the modern era in 1951 without schools, hospitals, roads, telecommunications , electric power, industry, or civil service.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is major responsible organization for agricultural development in Nepal. This consists of five divisions, two centers, one research and development council, four departments, four projects and autonomous bodies of one research council (Nepal Agriculture Research Council), four corporations and a few development committees and boards.
The crop is favoured for its productivity and short growing season under hot dry conditions. The millets are sometimes understood to include the widely cultivated sorghum; apart from that, pearl millet is the most commonly cultivated of the millets. [3] Finger millet, proso millet, and foxtail millet are other important crop species. Millets ...
Building dams in Nepal is controversial due to seismic activity, glacial lake formation, sedimentation rates, and cross-border equity issues between India and Nepal. Nepal's land cover is dominated by forests, which cover 39.09% of the country's total geographical area, followed by agriculture areas at 29.83%.
Paspalum scrobiculatum, commonly called kodo millet or koda millet, [1] [2] [3] is an annual grain that is grown primarily in Nepal (not to be confused with ragi (finger millet, Eleusine coracana)) [4] [5] and also in India, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and in West Africa from where it originated.
The flora of Nepal is one of the richest in the world due to the diverse climate, topology and geography of the country. Research undertaken in the late 1970s and early 1980s documented 5067 species of which 5041 were angiosperms and the remaining 26 species were gymnosperms . [ 1 ]