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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Agriculture in Nepal



Nepal is most beautiful country. In Nepal the economy is dominated by agriculture. In the late 1980 it was the living for more than 90 percent of the population though only just about 20 percent of the total land area was cultivable, it accounted for, on average, about 60 percent of the GDP and around 75 percent of exports. Since the formulation of the Fifth Five Year Plan (1975–80), agriculture has been the highest priority because economic growth was dependent on both increasing the productivity of existing crops and diversifying the agricultural base for use as industrial inputs. According to the World Bank, agriculture is the main source of food, income, and employment for the majority.


In trying to increase agricultural production and diversify the agricultural base, the government focused on irrigation the introduction of new implements and new seeds of high-yield varieties, and the provision of credit. The lack of distribution of these inputs, as well as problems in obtaining supplies, however, inhibited progress. Although land reclamation and settlement were occurring in the Terai Region, ecological squalor and ecological imbalance resulting from deforestation also prevented progress.
Although new agricultural technologies helped augment food production there still was room for further growth. Past experience indicated bottlenecks, however in using modern knowledge to attain a healthy growth. The contradictory goals of producing cash crops both for food and for manufacturing inputs also were taxing
 

According to Statistical Information on Nepalese Agriculture (2008/2009) only 65.6% of people depend on agriculture and 21% of land is cultivated whereas 6.99% of land is uncultivated.

Rice is the most important cereal crop. In 1966 total rice production amounted to a little more than 1 million tons by 1989 more than 3 million tons were produced. Fluctuation in rice production was very common because of changes in rainfall; overall, however, rice production had increased following the introduction of new cultivation techniques as well as increases in cultivated land. By 1988 approximately 3.9 million hectares of land were under paddy cultivation other food crop included wheat, millet, barley and coffee, but their contribution to the agricultural sector was small



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Monday, December 14, 2015

TAAN delegation meets Forest Minister



A delegation of Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) on Friday met with Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Agni Sapkota and apprised him of the problem that TAAN member agencies have been facing while handling groups in national parks and wildlife conservation areas.
Among others, the delegation requested Minister Sapkota to take needful decision for allowing TAAN to open TIMS counter near the counters of Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) and Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP), among others, so that it becomes easier for trekkers to complete formalities at the same place. It also reminded Minister Sapkota that DNPWC and ACAP officials have been putting pressure on TAAN to remove its TIMS counters time and again.
Stating that the decision to slap permit fee of Gaurishankar Conservation Area on trekkers heading to Everest Base Camp via Jiri and Annapurna Conservation Area on trekkers returning from Manaslu Conservation Area was impractical, the delegation led by TAAN President Chandra Prasad Rijal requested Minister Sapkota to look into the issue and take needful decision.
The delegation also requested Minister Sapkota to take initiative for allocating separate budget to national parks and conservation areas for identification and promotion of new tourism destinations.


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Friday, December 11, 2015

Geranium Family ( Geraniaceae)



Geranium Family ( Geraniaceae)
  We are all familiar with garden balsams and geranium, well known for variegated flowers, often double under cultivation. Many species of balsams occur in the Himalaya and besides the common trifoliate oxalis species with yellow and rose colored flowers others  common in grassy meadows include Geranium collinum and Geranium pretense with large purple flowers, growing as prostrate, much branched boary herbs, with orbicular leaves, often 3-9 partite up to 3600m.


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 A high grassy meadow at an elevation of about 4000m, strewn with masses of purple geraniums and some white flowers of Inula.


                                       Geranium lambertii at 3300m


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