With economies heavily dependent on agriculture, South Asia is the world's most poverty-
dense region. Nepal—a country of considerable geographic variability ranging from …

Smallholder farmers in the mid-hills of Nepal are facing an acute labor shortage due to out-
migration which, in general, has affected the capacity to achieve timely crop establishment …

In the agricultural sector, labour shortage, and increase in wages resulting from out-
migration, and the necessity to employ sustainable intensification practices to minimise the …

Outmigration has become a key livelihood strategy for an increasing number of rural
households, which in turn has a profound effect on land management. Studies to date have …

Human wildlife conflict (HWC) impacts the livelihood of many rural communities worldwide.
This study investigated the impact of HWC on people living near community forests (CF) in …

It is widely accepted that climate change is having significant effects on global agriculture.
However, the precise impacts depend to a large degree on the nature of adaptations which …

Agricultural mechanization is viewed as a tool for transforming agriculture in the Global
South. Despite gaining traction among governments across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with …

This paper analyzes smallholder farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for the purchase of scale-
appropriate farm mechanization in the hill ecologies of Nepal using the case of mini-tiller …

This paper analyzes the relationship between migration, remittances, and agricultural
productivity using microdata from Nepal. Instead of focusing on total agricultural yield, a …

Farm mechanization among smallholder farming systems in developing countries is
emerging as a viable option to off-set the effects of labor out-migration and shortages that …