This is how climate-smart agriculture can help Nepal ensure food security

Global climate change has a devastating impact on agriculture as it changes rainfall and temperature patterns. This has threatened agricultural production and increased the vulnerability of people dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods. It has affected the world’s developing countries and Nepal is one among them. Climate change not only poses threats to production levels but also disrupts the food supply in the market accordingly as countries like Nepal have failed to internalise the idea of climate-smart agriculture.

In this connection, global bodies working on food security and food sovereignty, such as United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) and International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ), have conducted in-depth research to mitigate climate change’s impact on agriculture with the proposition of climate-smart agriculture, which Nepal can use to combat potential threats to food security.