Rice is by far the most important crop in Nepal and accounts for about 50% of the total agricultural area and production in the country. It is grown on about 1.45 million ha, and total production since 1988/89 has hovered between 3.2 million and 2.5 million tonnes. Rice contributes approximately one-fourth of the GDP and […]
आज फेरि कृषि सँग सम्बन्धित रहेर छलफल गर्न मन लाग्यो। मानव अस्तित्वको विकास सरी पुरानो इतिहास बोकेको कृषि लाई फर्केर हेर्ने हो भने विविध स्वरूप देख्न सकिन्छ। ढुङ्गे युग देखि आजको मोर्डन यानिकी आधुनिक खेति प्रविधि सम्म आइपुग्दा, कृषिले नया रूप लिगेको छ, धेरै परिवर्तन भएका छन्, ती परिवर्तनका पनि आफ्नै विशेषता अनि आवश्यकता छन्। […]
Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) relates to a person’s genuine knowledge, a population that reflects traditional experiences as well as more recent encounters with new technologies. It is assumed that there is no systematic record of their origin about what they do and how they can be modified, their operations, boundaries, and applications. It exists in […]
Natural farming which is also known as “ do nothing farming” is an eco-friendly and sustainable way of growing food without interfering with crop and soil relationships as found in nature. It is simply a process of imitating nature to establish the balance between different components of nature in the farm. Its principles and techniques […]
अदुवा (Zingiber officinalis L.) जिन्ज़ीबरेसि (zingiberaceae) परिवार अन्तर्गत पर्ने मसला बाली हो्र पानीको निकासको राम्रो व्यावस्था भएको कालो, हलुका तथा खुकुलो माटो र चिस्यानयुक्त उष्णरउपोष्ण हावापानी अदुवा खेतिको लागि उपयुक्त मानिन्छ । ४० देखि ५० ग्रामको स्वस्थ र पोटिलो बिउ गानो लाई ३० से.मि. को दुरी कायम गरी फाल्गुन देखि चैत्र महिनामा रोप्न सिफारिस गरिएको […]
Nepal is diversity rich country; diversity in people, culture, tradition, knowledge, lifestyle; diversity in flora, fauna; resources, and mainly the Agrobiodiversity: Diversity on that Agriculture on which the country’s 80% households and 66% labor force depends as a source of income (IFAD 2018). But the status of farms and those farmers is very low. Resource-poor […]
Nepalese agriculture is characterized by subsistence farming and the concentration of most lands in the hands of a few people. Even though more than 66% of people here are involved in agriculture, Nepal is a food deficit country importing both cereals and high-value agricultural commodities. In addition, this occupation is not considered a fine line […]
Agriculture is the world’s largest industry where millions of people are practicing it for ages and producing agricultural commodities to feed the world. With rapid population growth, the demand for agricultural commodities is also increasing drastically. To meet the demand of the world on agricultural commodities farmers are shifting agricultural practices to high external input […]
Agricultural biodiversity has been realized as fundamental to agricultural production and food security throughout the world. At the genetic, species, and farming systems levels, biodiversity provides valuable ecosystem services and functions for agricultural production as well as a valuable ingredient of environmental conservation. The pattern of agricultural growth has eroded biodiversity i.e. plant and animal […]
हालको समयमा नेपालको कृषि क्षेत्रले धेरै नै ब्याकपता पाइरहेको छ। समयको गति सगैं नेपालको कृषि क्षेत्रमा नयाँ प्रबिधिहरुको प्रयोग पनि हुदैआइरहेको हामिले देख्न सक्छौ। अहिले कृषि क्षेत्र किसानको मात्र नभएर विध्यार्थी, युवा, व्यापारी गर्दै देशको बिकासको अभिन्न अङ्गको रुपमा रहेको छ। देशको ६०.४ % जनसङख्या कृषि मै निर्भर रहेर जिविकोपार्जन गरिरहेका छन्। देशको तिब्र बिकासमा […]
