ASSESSING LINK BETWEEN ON FARM AGRO-BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD SELFSUFFICIENCY IN TWO AGRO-ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF NEPAL

Biodiversity is more recognized as a critical component of food production and food security and an important component of environment conservation. So, the paper tries to address the key research questions about the factors influencing crop diversity on the farm and are the household with high farm...

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Autores principales:	Pradeep Bhusal, Biplav Ghimire, Subodh Khanal
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Publicado:	Zibeline International 2021
Materias:	agro-biodiversity agriculture ecological zones food security nepal Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4ddcb4a40a374f73a1ea4467ebb143872021-11-24T03:07:28ZASSESSING LINK BETWEEN ON FARM AGRO-BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD SELFSUFFICIENCY IN TWO AGRO-ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF NEPAL 10.26480/ees.02.2021.78.842521-08822521-0483https://doaj.org/article/4ddcb4a40a374f73a1ea4467ebb143872021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://environecosystem.com/archives/2ees2021/2ees2021-78-84.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2521-0882https://doaj.org/toc/2521-0483Biodiversity is more recognized as a critical component of food production and food security and an important component of environment conservation. So, the paper tries to address the key research questions about the factors influencing crop diversity on the farm and are the household with high farm diversity more food secure or not? The study thus aimed to assess the on-farm crop diversity and their relation to food self-sufficiency in two different agro-ecological regions of Nepal, i.e. Tulsipur sub-metropolitan (inner terai) and Sundarbazar municipality (mid-hill). For this, a total of 70 households were randomly selected, 35 from each region, and semi-structured interviews, direct observation, and focus group discussion were employed to collect primary data. And the richness, Shannon–wiener, Simpson index, and food self-sufficiency level of households were assessed. The Shannon Wiener index of vegetables, spices were found to be 3.770 and 3.721 and that of fruits was found 2.772 and 2.607 in the home garden of Tulsipur and Sundarbazar respectively. Food self-sufficiency was achieved among 40% of households in the Tulsipur while the figure of the Sundarbazar was only 28.6%. The size of cultivated area and species richness was found moderately positive correlated. Statistical analysis showed that agro-biodiversity across two regions had less difference and finally, the paper showed that biodiversity level has a direct link to household food self-sufficiency level which helps in reducing food insecurity. Our results, therefore, promote to make effective implementation of regional food security strategies and policies to improve.Pradeep BhusalBiplav GhimireSubodh KhanalZibeline Internationalarticleagro-biodiversityagricultureecological zonesfood securitynepalEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350ENEnvironment & Ecosystem Science, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 78-84 (2021)
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spellingShingle	agro-biodiversity agriculture ecological zones food security nepal Environmental sciences GE1-350 Pradeep Bhusal Biplav Ghimire Subodh Khanal ASSESSING LINK BETWEEN ON FARM AGRO-BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD SELFSUFFICIENCY IN TWO AGRO-ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF NEPAL
description	Biodiversity is more recognized as a critical component of food production and food security and an important component of environment conservation. So, the paper tries to address the key research questions about the factors influencing crop diversity on the farm and are the household with high farm diversity more food secure or not? The study thus aimed to assess the on-farm crop diversity and their relation to food self-sufficiency in two different agro-ecological regions of Nepal, i.e. Tulsipur sub-metropolitan (inner terai) and Sundarbazar municipality (mid-hill). For this, a total of 70 households were randomly selected, 35 from each region, and semi-structured interviews, direct observation, and focus group discussion were employed to collect primary data. And the richness, Shannon–wiener, Simpson index, and food self-sufficiency level of households were assessed. The Shannon Wiener index of vegetables, spices were found to be 3.770 and 3.721 and that of fruits was found 2.772 and 2.607 in the home garden of Tulsipur and Sundarbazar respectively. Food self-sufficiency was achieved among 40% of households in the Tulsipur while the figure of the Sundarbazar was only 28.6%. The size of cultivated area and species richness was found moderately positive correlated. Statistical analysis showed that agro-biodiversity across two regions had less difference and finally, the paper showed that biodiversity level has a direct link to household food self-sufficiency level which helps in reducing food insecurity. Our results, therefore, promote to make effective implementation of regional food security strategies and policies to improve.
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author	Pradeep Bhusal Biplav Ghimire Subodh Khanal
author_facet	Pradeep Bhusal Biplav Ghimire Subodh Khanal
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title	ASSESSING LINK BETWEEN ON FARM AGRO-BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD SELFSUFFICIENCY IN TWO AGRO-ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF NEPAL
title_short	ASSESSING LINK BETWEEN ON FARM AGRO-BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD SELFSUFFICIENCY IN TWO AGRO-ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF NEPAL
title_full	ASSESSING LINK BETWEEN ON FARM AGRO-BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD SELFSUFFICIENCY IN TWO AGRO-ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF NEPAL
title_fullStr	ASSESSING LINK BETWEEN ON FARM AGRO-BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD SELFSUFFICIENCY IN TWO AGRO-ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF NEPAL
title_full_unstemmed	ASSESSING LINK BETWEEN ON FARM AGRO-BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD SELFSUFFICIENCY IN TWO AGRO-ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF NEPAL
title_sort	assessing link between on farm agro-biodiversity and food selfsufficiency in two agro-ecological regions of nepal
publisher	Zibeline International
publishDate	2021
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ASSESSING LINK BETWEEN ON FARM AGRO-BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD SELFSUFFICIENCY IN TWO AGRO-ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF NEPAL

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