Availability and structure of census data and other surveys on land use, crops, cropping systems, livestock and livestock systems in Nepal

摘要

The Nepalese people derive their livelihoods from agriculture. The contribution of agriculture to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been estimated to be about 40.2%, with 81% of the population being engaged in agriculture. The most important cereal crops are rice, wheat, maize, millet and barley; oilseeds, potato, tobacco and sugarcane are the principal cash crops; and lentil, chickpea, pigeon pea. black gram, grass pea, horse gram, and soybeans the main pulses. The contribution of crops to the agricultural GDP is 23.6% in the Tarai, 18.8% in the hills and 3.4% in the mountains (Table 1). A similar trend exists for horticultural crops.