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Nepal
Nepal is a developing country located in South Asia, sandwiched between India in the south, east and west and the People's Republic of China in the north, Nepal is a small landlocked developing country (Sharma, 2014). With Nepal being landlocked country means that it has no access to the ocean or sea ports, anything exported to Nepal from another country must be brought in through the borders of one of these two countries. The majority of imports travel through India as Nepal shares a border of more than 1800 kilometers (Jayaraman & Pohit,2002). Nepal has had trade problems due to being landlocked by the countries of China and India. Nepal has been isolated from the global economy and, until just a few decades ago, its external trade was limited to its two neighbours (Dugar, 2014).
Land Types
Nepal is a country made up of many different land types these include Himalayas, Mountains, Mid Hills, Foot Hills, Terai (T. Chapagain, personal communication, September 16 2016). Having many different types of land allows for a variety of different plants to be grown, it also provides difficulty as certain land forms can only grow certain crops. Due to the different land types there is issues with irrigation in certain areas of the country. There is also a major change in altitude from one land type to another this causing difficulty for farmers. The Terai land type produces small grain, the hills and mountain produce fruits vegetables and livestock (T. Chapagain, personal communication, September 16 2016).
Farming
Nepal currency is called a rupee; one rupee is equivalent to approximately 1.2 cents Canadian. How much a rupee is worth shows that Nepal is a developing country; it is a developing country the relies heavily on its agricultural industry to survive. More than 90% of the population depends on the agriculture which contributes about three-fifths of the total GDP and more than 70% of total export earnings (Sharma, 1986). Agriculture is important not only for the individual but for a country as a whole. Improvements to the agriculture industry will not only help the local farmer but will also allow improvements for the entire country including increase in GDP. Figure 1 below illustrates how as the agricultural growth goes up so does the economic growth there is a clear correlation that is presented in this graph between Agriculture and economics in Nepal.
References
Dugar, V. (2014). NEPAL: LANDLOCKED BUT RELEASED by new trade opportunities. International Trade Forum, 2 (25)
Jayaraman, T. K., & Shrestha, O. L. (1976). Some trade problems of landlocked Nepal. Asian Survey, 16(12), 1113-1123.
Sharma, K. (2014). Trade policymaking in a land-locked developing country: The WTO review of Nepal. The World Economy, 38(9), 1335-1349.
Sharma, S. (1986). Nepal's economy: Growth and development. Asian Survey, 26(8), 897-908.
Jayaraman, T. K., & Shrestha, O. L. (1976). Some trade problems of landlocked Nepal. Asian Survey, 16(12), 1113-1123.
Sharma, K. (2014). Trade policymaking in a land-locked developing country: The WTO review of Nepal. The World Economy, 38(9), 1335-1349.
Sharma, S. (1986). Nepal's economy: Growth and development. Asian Survey, 26(8), 897-908.