NEPAL Fact Sheet
Nepal is an agrarian country where the majority of people lives in rural areas and depends on agriculture for their food source, income, and livelihood. Agriculture contributes 27 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. Nepal is richly endowed with agro-biodiversity where farmers grow diversified crops to hedge against erratic and uncertain weather and other unfavourable conditions. Rice, maize, millet, wheat, barley, and buckwheat are the major staple food crops.
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