Agricultural Transformation in Nepal

Facts about Nepal Earthquake

A strong (7.8) earthquake hit Nepal in the area near Barpak, a mountain village between capital Kathmandu and tourist town Pokhara. The earthquake was followed by many powerful aftershocks and a very powerful one (6.7) hit Nepal on Sunday April 26.

The earthquakes caused extensive damage to buildings and thousands of deaths and injuries and was even felt in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

Many (historic) buildings collapsed, temples have been ruined, roads destroyed. Nearly 8000 deaths in Nepal and tens of deaths in India & Tibet. The quake was followed by more than 430 aftershocks and another huge earthquake (6.8) on May 12.

Here is a presentation on the state of agricultural transformation in Nepal. The baseline is that the agricultural sector has to be linked to non-agricultural sector for a meaningful transformation, i.e. transformation cannot happen with operations done in silos. Intra-sectoral linkages (or inter-product linkages within agricultural sector) and inter-sectoral linkages (or linkages between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors) are essential.

Agricultural Transformation in Nepal