Hill Agriculture and the Wider Market Economy: Transformation Processes and Experience of the Bagmati Zone in Nepal |
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Acharya and Bennett agricultural development agricultural products Bagmati Zone Bhaktapur Bidur cent cereal changes comparative advantage constraints cottage industry cultivation demand development programmes DRCG economically active ecozones effective environmental extension factors fertilizer forest growth hill agriculture hill areas hill economy hill farmers hills and mountains hills of Nepal ICIMOD identified important improved access income groups increasing infrastructure inputs institutions integration investment irrigation Kathmandu Valley labour force lack land resources levels limited linkages livestock major manufacturing middle hills migration mountain areas multiple cropping multiple cropping systems non-agricultural Nuwakot district off-farm activities off-farm employment opportunities organizations overall Panchayat planning policies population Potatoes potentials problems Rasuwa Rasuwa district road rural areas rural hill rural to rural rural to urban Sajhas sector service centres settlements specialization subsistence farming supply Table Terai Terai plains trade transport Trishuli types urban areas vegetables wage wider market economy