Agriculture Production and Food Security in State Number Five, Nepal
Prem Sagar Chapagain,PhD
Citation : Prem Sagar Chapagain, Agriculture Production and Food Security in State Number Five, Nepal International Journal of Research in Environmental Science 2018, 4(1) : 76-82
Agriculture is the bases of livelihood, a major sector of employment and the major source of GDP of Nepal. Nepalese agriculture is subsistence in nature and the situation of the state five is also the same. Out of twelve districts of the state, each of the six districts have less than 20 percent agricultural land of the total area of the district. Within the available agricultural land, temporary crops which primarily include cereal crops have dominated as permanent crops have covered less than five percent of the total area in most of the districts. Paddy, maize, wheat and millet are the major crops. Out of the total production of cereals, paddy share about 52 percent. In addition, major cash crops include oilseeds, sugarcane, ginger and coffee of which ginger and coffee are primarily grown in Hill districts and rest in the Tarai districts. Crop productivity is low and vary by district. The province is food secure in terms of total production. However, a few districts namely Banke, Rolpa, Pyuthan, and Nawalparasihave negative food balance.