Nepal

NEPAL

Publications
While male outmigration from rural areas increases the number of women farm managers, it doesn't shift the composition of their productive activities.
Webinar
Widespread male migration from rural areas is one of the most important forces shaping agrarian transformation in Nepal. How does it affect irrigation governance?
Events
Book launch: Key challenges of Nepal agriculture and suggested policy measures to improve delivery of critical inputs and services to smallholders.
Publications
Select 2019 journal articles from PIM and partners on natural resource governance.
Blog
In Nepal, bureaucrats’ local knowledge and motivation make a difference in serving rural farmers. Danielle Resnick and Jordan Kyle share recent research findings on agricultural extension service provision from Nepal.
Blog
The new paper examines how subnational variation in capacity affects access to agricultural extension in rural Nepal, finding that even when resources are scarce, knowledgeable and motivated bureaucrats can deliver surprisingly high levels of services.
Blog
In the 1970s, Nepal began an ambitious nationwide forests rights devolution program, eventually seeing a significant range of forest uses and management taken out from the purview of the national government and put in the hands of Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs). PIM-supported research by CIFOR looks at the changes in ecosystem services following the shift to CFUGs, showing a host of improvements, particularly for women.