Land equity for food security

Food insecurity will continue to rise if the government fails to protect agricultural land.

Nepal confronts a moderate level of hunger, ranking 81st out of 121 qualifying countries with a score of 19.1 on the Global Hunger Index. However, the country’s growing dependency on food imports paints a bleak picture of its food security situation. From mid-July 2022 to mid-May 2023, Nepal imported agricultural and commodity goods worth Rs250 billion from 184 countries. Unfortunately, the intervention to improve food security from the government and non-government sectors is more technical than structural, which fails to identify and address the causes that have gradually led the country to severe food insecurity. The land question is often overlooked, but it must be understood and addressed to effectively tackle food insecurity.