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Nepal Agriculture Policy And Strategies For Poverty Alleviation And Food Security
Abstract:
The Support for Policy and Programme Development (SPPD) facility of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) aims to develop policies and programmes that could be of assistance to member countries of the organization. Within the framework of this facility, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) implemented the project Policy and Strategy for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Household Food Security in Nepal (NEP/99/023). The main objectives of the project were the to review poverty and food insecurity issues and concerns at the macro and micro levels and the policy and strategy framework to address these issues; To examine the reasons for the lack of sustained and broad-based agricultural growth and poverty alleviation; and To design and implement appropriate poverty policies and programme initiatives responsive to the needs and participation of the rural poor, including women.
Publisher: FAO Type / Script:
Annual Report  in  English
Keywords:
 POVERTY, FOOD SECURITY, AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS, AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION, AGRICULTURAL PLANNING, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK SERVICES, FORESTRY, CIVIL SOCIETY
Thematic Group:
FAO, (2001)
Thesaurus:
04.01.01 - Agricultural Economics And Policy; Rural Sociology
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