Profile of a Fragile Marginal Land: The Hindu Kush Himalayas as Represented by Nepal : for the Rockefeller Foundation1980 - 220 pages |
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... Energy - Hydropower , Nepal's greatest potential source of energy , is the least exploited source . The estimated 83,000 mega- watts is one - fourth of the potential of the Asia - Pacific region and 3 percent of the world's total , yet ...
... Energy - Hydropower , Nepal's greatest potential source of energy , is the least exploited source . The estimated 83,000 mega- watts is one - fourth of the potential of the Asia - Pacific region and 3 percent of the world's total , yet ...
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... energy source over the past decade . Wood continues to be the main energy source in the households of the hills . Maunch1 reported the per capita annual forest re- source demand of the population in a hill area , Jiri , to approximate ...
... energy source over the past decade . Wood continues to be the main energy source in the households of the hills . Maunch1 reported the per capita annual forest re- source demand of the population in a hill area , Jiri , to approximate ...
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... Energy and Power The majority of farming operations in the hills is performed by the farm family using simple hand tools . This is possible and practical due to the small size and fragmented nat- ure of the holdings . There is ...
... Energy and Power The majority of farming operations in the hills is performed by the farm family using simple hand tools . This is possible and practical due to the small size and fragmented nat- ure of the holdings . There is ...
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activities agencies Agricultural Development Agricultural Inputs altitudes animals Annex Annexure annual assistance average Bank baseline survey Bhraman breed buffaloes cash crop cattle Center climate cooperatives cultivated Department devel distribution established estimated extension farm families farming systems feed fertilizer Fifth Plan flocks fodder trees food grain forage forest grasses grazing growth hectares Hill Agriculture Himalayas Hindu Kush Hindu Kush Himalayas hydropower IFAD improved increase India indicated Institute integrated rural development irrigation Katmandu Katmandu Valley land reform livestock loans maize major ment mid-hills million Ministry monsoon mountains National Planning Commission Nepal Nepali Congress opment paddy Panchayat pasture percent period Pokhara population potential production region rural development projects Sajha SATA season sector seeds sheep slopes soil storage survey targets Terai tion UNDP USAID village village panchayat wheat zone zones of Nepal