Agricultural intensification: Food insecurity to income security in a mid-hill watershed of Nepal

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-260

  Dahal, Bed Mani ^a,b   Nyborg, Ingrid ^a   Sitaula, Bishal Kumar ^a   Bajracharya, Roshan Man ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Caste group; Crop intensification; Environment; Farmers' perceptions; Nepal; Socio economic conditions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CASH CROPPING; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; INCOME; LABOR DIVISION; PERCEPTION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WATERSHED;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 77954149375     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2009.0436     Document Type: Article

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