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The common perception on shifting cultivation is that the practice is subsistence, economically unviable, and environmentally destructive
. Governments across the world have, therefore, encouraged settled agricultural practices such as wet rice cultivation, horticulture, and cash crops as alternatives to replace shifting cultivation, and in the process, strived to promote economic development of communities practising such agriculture, thus facilitating their inclusion within the folds of mainstream economic development
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Supported by the MacArthur Foundation, ICIMOD undertook a series of research activities together with partners in the Eastern Himalayas from 2007 to 2008 to provide a preliminary assessment of the impacts and vulnerability of this region to climate change
. Activities included rapid surveys at country level, thematic workshops, interaction with stakeholders at national and regional levels, and development of technical papers by individual experts in collaboration with institutions that synthesised the available information on the region. A summary of the findings of the rapid assessment was published in 2009. The present publication is one of six technical papers used in the assessment. The main synthesis report is being published separately.
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Climate change is affecting Nepal and the impacts will be increasingly felt with necessitate changes in people’s livelihoods and lifestyles
. Nepalese women are playing an important role in maintaining households and communities and in managing natural resources. However, their role is seldom recognized, and their perspectives, needs, and interests are not properly taken into account in development and environmental policies and strategies.These issues should be addressed in research, development, disaster preparedness, and adaptation and mitigation strategies.
Climate change is already affecting people’s livelihoods and food security. The poor are the most vulnerable because they do not have the necessary reserve of assets to adapt. Development interventions will have to address individual and collective capacity to adapt to climate change, such as expanding information networks and communication infrastructure, building capacity for decision-making, and increasing the security of people’s assets.In additon, the climate change results the incidence of natural hazards will increase and be more intense. So, it is important to put a human face on climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. Even with the best infrastructures, alert systems, or intervention plans, it is people’s reactions and responses that will make the policies work or not
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