Agricultural land abandonment is a complex, multidimensional and non-linear global
phenomenon driven by multiple factors and with contrasting impacts on agrobiodiversity …

Cropland abandonment is an emerging human-induced land use and is a growing national
problem in Nepal. It is a key, current concern for local governance bodies and restoration …

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 …

Despite widely reported trends of agricultural land abandonment across many parts of the
globe, this land use change phenomenon is relatively new in the context of Nepal. In recent …

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 …

Agroforestry is recognized as a sustainable land use practice. However, the uptake of such a
promising land use practice is slow. Through this research, carried out in a Terai district of …

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 …

Purpose This study examines the adoption drivers of scale-appropriate mechanization in
Nepal's maize-based farming systems. The authors also assess the contribution of scale …