This article examines the feasibility of integrating five non-timber forest product (NTFP) species into field crop cultivation in eastern Nepal. Cost-benefit analyses including Net Present Value (NPV) and Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR) show that all the NTFP species are more profitable than field crops...
Pandit, B.H.
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[Factors influencing the integration of non-timber forest products into field crop cultivation: a case study from Eastern Nepal]
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Factors influencing the integration of non-timber forest products into field crop cultivation: a case study from Eastern Nepal
In recent years, awareness has grown in Nepal and globally regarding two of community forestry’s most critical challenges: equity and livelihoods. Yet even as understanding of these challenges has improved, actors from the local to the national levels in Nepal continue to be confronted with the d...
McDougall, C.
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Ojha, H.
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Banjade, M.R.
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Pandit, B.H.
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Bhattarai, T.
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Maharjan, M.R.
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Rana, S.
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[Forests of learning: Experiences from research on an Adaptive Collaborative Approach to community forestry in Nepal]
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Forests of learning: Experiences from research on an Adaptive Collaborative Approach to community forestry in Nepal
This paper examines the influence of an adaptive collaborative management approach (ACM) on poor people’s control over, and benefits from, a community-based non-timber forest product (NTFP) network enterprise in the Eastern Hills of Nepal. The approach involved shifts in governance and management...
Pandit, B.H.
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McDougall, C.
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Belcher, B.
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Kumar, C.
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Maharjan, M.R.
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[Leveraging poor people’s access to ownership and benefits of community-based forest enterprises: the role of an adaptive collaborative management approach]
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Leveraging poor people’s access to ownership and benefits of community-based forest enterprises: the role of an adaptive collaborative management approach