Transcript of papers presented in a seminar of the Social scientist and Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust titled India independent: economics, politics, culture held at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti, New Delhi on 22-24 February 2007

In this paper we explore the implications of Nepal's new federal Constitution — passed in September 2015 — for governance of the agricultural sector. Agriculture is the backbone of the Nepali economy, providing a livelihood for approximately two-thirds of the population, contributing...

The global hunger indices of 2008 and 2009 (Grebmer et al. 2008, 2009) point to persistently high levels of hunger and food insecurity and a worsening of the situation due to rising crop prices. At the same time, there is a lack of empirical knowledge on the demand- and supply-side determinants...