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7 articles found for keyword search: livestock

  • Effects of Climate Change on the Livestock Population in Mustang District, Nepal

    Ananta Koirala and K.B. Shrestha
    There is strong evidence to suggest that climate change has affected and will continue to affect the occurrence, distribution, and prevalence of livestock diseases in Nepal. This study investigated how climate change has affected the livestock population in Mustang District. The outbreak of new...
    Volume 14 Issue No. 1 (June 2017)

  • Nepal's Sacred Cattle: Profitability Analysis and Policy Implications

    Kehinde Elizabeth Ojo, John J. VanSickle, and Bhawna Thapa
    This paper analyzes Nepal’s current livestock policy, which is rooted in culture and religion, and the extent to which its design has not kept pace with the continuing transformation of the country’s agricultural landscape. It estimates the impact of the no-slaughtering of cattle policy...
    Volume 19 Issue No. 1 (June 2022)

  • Linking the Gross National Happiness Concept to Smallholder Farm Level: An Empirical Application

    Tashi Samdup, Henk M.J. Udo, Eddie A.M. Bokkers, and Fokje A. Steenstra
    This study aims to refine the gross national happiness (GNH) development concept of Bhutan at the farm level and to show the major temporal and spatial trends in the development of rural areas with differing agroecological conditions and adoption of cattle crossbreeding. The study areas (four...
    Volume 16 Issue No. 1 (June 2019)

  • Bio-Economic Assessment of Climate-Smart Tea Production in The Northern Mountainous Region of Vietnam

    Tuong The Tran, Giacomo Branca, Aslihan Arslan, and Trinh Van Mai
    Agricultural production in the face of climate change requires a climate-smart transformation and reorientation at multiple scales. Vietnam is one of the developing countries that is agriculture-based and severely affected by climate change; therefore it is crucial that the agricultural system...
    Volume 15 Issue No. 2 (December 2018)

  • The Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change of Two Different Farmer Communities in Tanggamus Region, Lampung Province, Indonesia

    Ktut Murniati, Jangkung Handoyo Mulyo, Irham, and Slamet Hartono
    The study aimed to calculate the livelihood vulnerability of organic and non-organic rice farmers' households to climate change. The sample was determined by a census comprising 60 organic and 80 non-organic rice farmers who lived in Pematang Sawa Sub-district, Tanggamus Region, Lampung...
    Volume 14 Issue No. 2 (December 2017)

  • Climate Change and Asian Agriculture

    Mark W. Rosegrant, Gary Yohe, Mandy Ewing, Rowena Valmonte-Santos, Tingju Zhu, Ian Burton, and Saleemul Huq
    Asian and global agriculture will be under significant pressure to meet the demands of rising populations, using finite and often degraded soil and water resources that are predicted to be further stressed by the impacts of climate change. In addition, agriculture and land use change are prominent...
    Volume 7 Issue No. 1 (June 2010)

  • Agriculture Diversification in the Mekong Delta: Farmers' Motives and Contributions to Livelihoods

    Roel H. Bosma, Cao Quoc Nam, Henk M.J. Udo, Johan A.J. Verreth, and Leontine E. Visser
    Although specialization is the global trend in agriculture, integrated farming systems have emerged in Vietnam. An important motive was the desire to improve the livelihoods and the diet of the nuclear families; this was evident in the analysis using the household life cycle of five phases. Off-farm...
    Volume 2 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2005)

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