Patch Analysis of Cultivated Land Abandonment in the Hills of Western Nepal

Chidi, Chhabi Lal

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-2890-8_6

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“…If the market center is nearby, people can easily import food grains from the market and are not forced to cultivate their own land to maintain food security [8,9,34].…”

Section: Market Centersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Female household heads are thought to be more likely to farmland abandonment compared to the male household head. Households with significant off-farm income are more likely to leave their farmland abandonment [8,9,20,23,24] In this expression, Y is the dependent variables in which P denotes the probability of farmland abandonment (yes, no) and X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , . .…”

Section: Reduction In Labor Forcementioning

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“…Khanal and Watanabe (2006) conducted household survey in 78 households from two villages during 1999-2000. After 2000, Nepal witnessed many changes, particularly in population growth, increased foreign migration, political changes and others [8,41,42]. Thus, it is clear that farmland abandonment is common in the Hill region and has been an increasing trend in recent years.…”

Section: Farmland Abandonment In Different Physiographic Regionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Still, the Tarai region is gaining population from the Hill and Mountain regions, as Tarai provides more economic options to migrants. Population increase is mainly due to in-migration, more fertile soil, and advanced agriculture opportunities in the Tarai region [8,37]. One study presented that population changes caused by political events, such as the democratic movement in 1951 and the more recent Maoist revolution of 2005/2006, have caused significant population movements throughout the country, particularly in the Tarai region [44].…”

Section: Factors Influencing Farmland Abandonmentmentioning

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Status of Farmland Abandonment and Its Determinants in the Transboundary Gandaki River Basin

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Farmland abandonment is a common phenomenon worldwide, including in the Gandaki River Basin (GRB) in the central Himalayas. This study examined the status of farmland abandonment, along with its trends and determinants, based primarily on interviews with 639 households in different physiographic regions: Mountain, Hill, Tarai and Gangetic Plain (GP). Binary logistic regression was used to examine the contributions of various factors of farmland abandonment. The results indicate that nearly 48%, 15%, 4%, and 16% of total farmland (khet and bari) in the Mountain, Hill, Tarai and GP regions, respectively, has been abandoned. Such differences in the proportion of farmland abandonment among the regions are mainly due to variations in biophysical conditions, agricultural productivity, access to infrastructure facilities, off-farm employment opportunities, and the occurrence of natural hazards. The major determinants for farmland abandonment were also found to vary within the region. Distance from market centers to residence, reduction in the labor force as a result of migration, and household head age were found to be significant factors in farmland abandonment in the Mountain region. Similarly, in the Hill region, eight significant factors were identified: distance from market centers to residence, distance from residence to farmland, lack of irrigation facilities (p = 0.004), reduction in labor force (p = 0.000), household head occupation, lack of training for household head and size of bari land. Household head occupation and household head age were found to play significant roles for farmland abandonment in the Tarai region. In the GP region, distance to market centers and lack of irrigation facilities had positive relationships with farmland abandonment. It is suggested that specific policies addressing the differences in physiographic region, such as horticulture and agroforestry for the Mountain and Hill regions and crop diversification and the adaptation of drought tolerant species with improvement in irrigation systems for the GP region, need to be formulated and implemented in order to utilize the abandoned farmland and have environmental, economic, and sustainable benefits.

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“…If the market center is nearby, people can easily import food grains from the market and are not forced to cultivate their own land to maintain food security [8,9,34].…”

Section: Market Centersmentioning

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Section: Reduction In Labor Forcementioning

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Section: Farmland Abandonment In Different Physiographic Regionsmentioning

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“…It caused land degradation and decreasing productivity (Ekholm, 1975). Last two decades heavy outmigration of hill farmers have resulted labor shortage for agriculture and their land management system (Chidi 2016). However, agriculture is still the predominant economic activity in Nepal and there is an increasing demand for information on soils as a means to produce food.…”

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Physico-Chemical Properties of Soil in Jita and Taksar Area of Lamjung District, Nepal

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Physicochemical property of top layer of soil is very important for plant growth having life supporting agriculture production, forestry and environmental sustainability. Soil texture and its chemical properties are determined by various factors inversely soil property determines productivity for them. This study was conducted in Jita and Taksar area of Lamjung district of Nepal. Soil samples were collected from the field. Coarse fragments, soil texture and pH were measured from soil samples. Properties of soil were analyzed by mechanical and chemical methods such as sieve, hydrometer and digital pH meter. Dominant soil textural class is loam followed by silt loam. Higher proportion of sand is found in higher elevation and steeper slope. Inverse relationship is found of silt. Dominant soil is found to be slightly to moderately acidic. Soil pH level decreases with increasing altitude and slope gradient. Cultivated land is less acidic than other land cover category. It is found that lower elevation and lower slope gradient have more proportion of coarse fragments. Chi-square test proves the significant difference of pH, soil texture class, soil particle size and coarse fragment at different elevation, slope gradient and land use. However, variation of sand at different slope gradient and land use is not explained well.

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An application of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale to assess food security in rural communities of Nepal

Pandey

Bardsley

2019

Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

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The state of food (in)security in rural communities of different ecological zones of the Kaligandaki Basin, Nepal, is assessed using a Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS). The data were collected from 360 households using face-to-face interviews. The results show poor availability of food from subsistence production in the Middle-Mountains and Trans-Himalaya, whereas most households with sufficient purchasing power are able to access additional food from the market. Net food security is poor, with the highest level of insecurity in the Middle-Mountains, followed by the Trans-Himalaya and the Tarai. Although weaknesses were found in application of the HFIAS method due to respondent bias in subjective assessments of food insecurity in producer-consumer rural households, the method was found to be effective for rapidly incorporating utilization and stability elements into appraisals. Although not comprehensive, this approach has the potential to complement other forms of knowledge for designing targeted food policy in Nepal. ---This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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Patch Analysis of Cultivated Land Abandonment in the Hills of Western Nepal

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Status of Farmland Abandonment and Its Determinants in the Transboundary Gandaki River Basin

Status of Farmland Abandonment and Its Determinants in the Transboundary Gandaki River Basin

Physico-Chemical Properties of Soil in Jita and Taksar Area of Lamjung District, Nepal

An application of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale to assess food security in rural communities of Nepal

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