Forest or Farm? The Politics of Poverty and Land Hunger in Nepal.

GHIMIRE, KRISHNA

ISBN 10: 019562890X / ISBN 13: 9780195628906

Published by Delhi-Bombay-Calcutta-Madres, Oxford University Prerss 1992, 1993

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Original publisher's red cloth hardback, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, 8vo: xvi, 214pp., tables, figs., maps, conclusion, summary major findings, notes, epilogue, bibliography.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Forest or Farm? The Politics of Poverty and Land Hunger in Nepal.
• Publisher: Delhi-Bombay-Calcutta-Madres, Oxford University Prerss 1992
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019562890X
• ISBN 13: 9780195628906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

This book proposes that the historical unequal distribution of cultivated land across tenure classes--and in particular the extremely small land units combined with the declining yields and population growth--has produced a gradual process of landlessness in Nepal. One result has been the high level of migration and spontaneous land settlement in forest areas in the Nepal Tarai, where prospects for land settlement are still substantial. The work demonstrates how recent state policies emphasizing forest protection seal off this "last" agricultural frontier and subject landless migrants to official intimidation, frequently accompanied by the destruction of their homes and crops and eviction from their settlements.