Nepal relies heavily on agriculture, with over 65% of people directly dependent on it for their livelihood. The earthquake in 2015 devastated the agriculture sector, damaging crops, livestock, and food stocks. Agriculture in Nepal faces problems like a lack of infrastructure, use of traditional practices, and high post-production costs. However, Nepal also has strengths in agriculture like being the largest producer of cardamom and having indigenous fruits and fungi to explore. The IAAS Nepal organization works to improve agriculture through discussion programs, awareness events, and ICT training for youth.

1. Presenter : Upakar Bhandari
Delegates From IAAS Nepal
Namaskar
Greeting From Nepal

2. Agriculture In Nepal
Nepal the Himalayan country with lots of biodiversity that favor most
of the agricultural products to grow
More than 65% people directly depend on agriculture for the
livelihood as major occupation
Terai in the southern side for growing the crops with tropical climate
Hill in the middle for the fruit production with moderate climate
Mountain in the northern for livestock and tourism with temperate
Country with the biggest peak of the world mount Everest and birth
place of lord Gautam Buddha

3. Status of agriculture in Nepal After Devastating
earthquake 2015
• 7.8 Richter scale earthquake hits Nepal on April 25 , 2015
• 8700 people loss life , 22,200 people injured and about 5 million
people were out of home
• That affect 40% of Nepal (39 districts damaged out of 75 districts)
• Agriculture also affected badly damaging livestock, standing crops,
food stocks and agricultural inputs
• Still people in the devastated region are on starvation

4. Problems in Nepalese agriculture :
• Lack of infrastructure on agriculture
• Low market value of the agricultural products
• Middle man as barrier of agriculture development
• Use of traditional way of farming practice
• Lack of youth manpower in agriculture
• High post production cost
• No update on new invention on agriculture

5. Agriculture Identities of Nepal
• Largest producer country of cardamom (Elichi) known as black gold
of Nepal
• Many indigenous fruits and agri products more to explore
• Yarshagumba (Fungi) in Mountain of Nepal which is half insect and
half plant
• Yak in the mountain jewellery of Himalayan
• Lots of traditional foods
• Agrotourism destination

6. Events of IAAS Nepal
• Discussion program with farmers and concerned authority to
improve the agriculture status
• Awareness program on various issue on agriculture
• ICT for Agriculture Training for the Young Graduates
• There are separate committee of IAAS at IAAS , TU (Institute Of
agriculture And Animal Science (Lamjung, Paklihawa) ), and AFU
organizing various program

7. Some glimpse of events :

8. Awareness program to the farmer in
earthquake region

9. ICT training for young graduates

10. Think Globally Act Locally
Thank You
IAAS Nepal