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Title Agriculture, natural resources and food security : lessons from Nepal / Jagadish Timsina, Tek N. Maraseni, Devendra Gauchan, Jagannath Adhikari, Hemant Ohja, editors
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 451, C1 pages)
Series Sustainable development goals series
Sustainable development goals series.
Contents Introduction and Overview -- Part I. Agriculture, Horticulture, and Post-harvest Management -- Cereal Demand and Production Projections for 2050: Opportunities for Achieving Food Self-Sufficiency in Nepal -- Fruits and Vegetables for Food and Nutrition Security and Income Generation in Nepal -- Potential for Citrus Export from Nepal to Tibet -- Postharvest and Quality Management of Fruits and Vegetables in Nepal -- Strengthening National Seed System for Food and Nutrition Security in Nepal -- Agrobiodiversity, and Neglected and Underutilized Species for Food, Nutrition, Livelihood, and Environmental Security in Nepal -- Improving Soil Health and Soil Security for Food and Nutrition Security in Nepal -- Plant Clinics for Crop Health and Food Security: Experiences from Nepal -- Toxins, Contaminants, and Adulteration in Food: Current Policies and Practices, and Future Strategies for Nepal -- Regenerative Agriculture for Sustainable Food Security and Livelihoods in Nepal: A Proposal for Multi-scalar Planning Framework -- Conservation Agriculture Technologies for Cropping Systems Sustainability and Food and Nutrition Security in Nepal -- Urban Agriculture as a Wellbeing Approach and Policy Agenda for Nepal -- Part II. Livestock and Fisheries -- Livestock Contribution to Food and Nutrition Security in Nepal -- Land and Livestock Ownership and Household Food Security in Nepal -- Sustainable Livestock Production Safeguarding Animal and Public Health in Post-COVID Nepal -- Changes in Transhumance Systems in Nepal: Analysing Socio-ecological Impacts Using Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response Framework -- Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture for Food and Nutrition Security in Nepal -- Part III. Forestry, Community Forestry, and Agroforestry -- Ecosystems Services from Community Forestry: Prospects and Challenges for Improving Local Livelihoods in Nepal -- An Assessment of Selective Logging Policies and Practices in Nepal -- Assessing the Potential of Agroforestry in Nepal: Socio-economic and Environmental Perspectives -- Part IV. Cross-Cutting Topics -- Achieving Water, Energy, and Food Security in Nepal Through Nexus Approach to Planning and Development -- Potential of Crop Simulation Models to Increase Food and Nutrition Security Under a Changing Climate in Nepal -- Agrobiodiversity Management for Gender-Equitable Adaptation to Climate Change: Investigating the Gendered Roots of Vulnerability in the Nepal Himalayas -- Correction to: Agriculture, Natural Resources and Food Security
Summary This book explains how a former net food exporting Nepal has become a net food importing country due to a lack of an integrated system-wide approach to planning and governance of agriculture and natural resources. It demonstrates how various components of the food system, such as agronomy, agrobiodiversity, plant health, post-harvest management, livestock and fisheries, and socio-economics including marketing and trade, have been managed in sectoral silos, crippling the very foundations of food systems innovations. The book also explores ways to tackle climate change impacts while considering gender, social equity, conservation agriculture practices, and crop modeling as cross-cutting themes. This book utilizes Nepal as a case study in relation to wider questions of food security and livelihoods facing South Asia and synthesizes lessons that are relevant to the Global South where countries are struggling to harmonize and integrate natural resources management for sustainable and effective food security outcomes. As such, it significantly contributes to the knowledge toward achieving various United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 11, 2022)
Subject Agriculture -- Nepal
Agricultural resources -- Nepal
Food security -- Nepal
Sustainable development -- Nepal
Agricultural resources
Agriculture
Food security
Sustainable development
Nepal
Form Electronic book
Author Timsina, Jagadisg, editor.
Maraseni, Tek Narayan, editor.
Gauchan, Devendra, editor.
Adhikari, Jagannath, 1960- editor.
Ohja, Hemant, editor
ISBN 9783031095559
3031095553