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Nepal Hazard Risk Assessment
2.11 AGRICULTURE SECTOR
Agriculture is one of the most important sectors of the country. This is one of the most GDP contributing
sectors and renders livelihood to large sector of society. Current floods and drought situation has
reflected in food insecurity in the country. Figure 2.15 shows North western part of the country is having
least agriculture due to mountainous terrain. The terai and part of hills are considered as bowl of food for
Nepal. South and central part of the country feeds the whole country. These zones are having high
density of river network and always prone to floods and drought. The Figure 2.16 shows the production
of various crops in the country.
Figure 2.15. Distribution of Agriculture land in Nepal
Figure 2.16. Agriculture Production (source: (ICIMOD and CBS, 2003b))
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