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Cooperatives, Corporate, and Organic Farming: Asta-Ja for Grassroots-based Agricultural Development

5 years ago Sunday, July 21, 2019telegraphnepal

Prof. Durga D. Poudel, School of Geosciences University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Almost 68% of Nepal’s nearly 29 million people depend on agriculture for livelihoods. Nepalese agriculture contributes about 33% to national GDP. The National Sample Census of Agriculture 2011/12 showed a total of 3,715,555 households engaged in crop production (having > 0.01 ha […]

Claimed Socialist Economy in Nepal-a Myth or Reality?

6 years ago Tuesday, June 4, 2019telegraphnepal

Ranjan Parajuli, Ph. D. Back then to the era of 1950s, the time the tradition of presenting annual budgets promulgated in Nepal, many things are rolling-over the roads leading to fiscal accounts, government expenditure and earnings. They, since then, showed many hopes and beliefs that the country is marching towards the prosperity, by then, unfortunately […]

Threats to Nepal’s Vital Interests

6 years ago Tuesday, February 19, 2019telegraphnepal

Retired Brigadier Ranadhoj Limbu, Nepal Army Put simply, security is a physical, mental, and psychological feelings, relative to time, space, environment, and consciousness levels of the people concerned. As, nothing in life, especially at the micro level, is more or less unrelated to security, misunderstanding arises regarding the meaning of security, at times. When talking […]

Nepal’s Foreign Policy: Issues and Interest

6 years ago Monday, February 18, 2019telegraphnepal

Sambhu Ram Simkhada, PhD Annette Baker Fox in her classic work The Power of Small States, Diplomacy in World War II, wrote The distinctive power of great states flows from their military strength For the Small state, diplomacy is the tool of statecraft. Historically foreign policy has been a vital tool of Nepali statecraft and […]

Nepal: Failing Federalism

6 years ago Saturday, February 16, 2019telegraphnepal

Prof. Durga D. Poudel, USA: On August 2, 2009, I published an article entitled “Federalism in Nepal: Issues and Concerns” in one of the online portals in Nepal, stressing a need for a thorough discussion on advantages and disadvantages of federalism before adopting it in the country. Obviously, the ultimate goal of any administrative and political […]

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