Rabin Kushma Tharu

2 months ago | cgiar.org | Prem Bhatt |Mosharaf Hossain |Swati Nayak |Rabin Kushma Tharu

By Prem Raj Bhatt, Mosharaf Hossain, Swati Nayak, Rabin Kushma Tharu, Jitendra SahRice accounts for 53% of cereal grain production in Nepal and contributes 5.7% to the country’s total GDP and 13.5% to agricultural GDP (MoALD, 2023). Nearly two-thirds of farming households rely on rice farming for their primary source of income and nutrition, with rice providing 40% of the daily calorie intake in rural areas (Poudel et al., 2021).