Study2025Ratnanagar Municipality, Chitwan, Nepal
Responses to Unseasonal Rainfall among Smallholder Rice Farmers in Ratnanagar Municipality
How smallholder rice farmers responded to unseasonal rainfall, and what stood in the way.
A brief record based on Riju’s CV. Methods and full results will be added when the study documents are available.
01 / The findings
- Labour scarcity was identified as the primary cause of crop losses during unseasonal rainfall (reported as 40%; the measure is being confirmed).
- National early-warning policy was not matched by local implementation, leaving structural barriers to farmer resilience unaddressed.
02 / Research record
- Type
- Study
- Period
- 2025
- Location
- Ratnanagar Municipality, Chitwan, Nepal
- Status
- Study
- Sources