Members of Nepal’s Sherpa community are known the world over for their mountain climbing expertise. But Ang Phurba Sherpa is proving that the inhabitants of villages below Mt Everest can be equally ...

Bir Magar heaved a large bucket of tomatoes from the hot sun into the shade of the barn, sat down and cracked a wide smile. “It makes me happy to feel the soil on my hands,” the 42-year-old said in ...

This story was originally published by Durga Rana Magar in Nepali Times. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Like many Nepalis, Surendra Dhami ...

The cultivation of the fish after a major earthquake five years ago in Nepal’s Nuwakot district is a story of perseverance against odds. The 2015 Gorkha earthquake was a singular natural disaster that ...

Smallholder cereal crop systems are essential to food and nutritional security in most regions of the developing world. However, the productivity of most rice, maize and wheat fields is falling well ...