Nepal Hero bro,

Glad the discussion is going strong. I urge everyone to google 'CIA Factbook, Nepal'. this site provide all the info about any country that trange from geography to economy to population.

Nepal is ~147,000 sq km in size - a lot smaller then the island of Madagascar (just comparision). ~80% of Nepal's land is rugged terrains, ~ 20% is terai. where is the most concentration of the population? obviously terai. so we have ~ 20% of land that is arable and ur plan is to boost agriculture to feed the whole nation. we already have 76% labor force in agriculture that shows, our land productivity has reached the peak. terrace farming in the midhills contributes something but it is contributing plenty to soil erosion. the major of soil erosion is the loss of top soil which is the most fertile one for crops. this is why bangladesh delta is rich and fertile.

again if u ask me and most people agrees with me, we have to build our infrastructure and for that we need money and skilled manpower. if i was given any respectable position, i would push 'ecotourism' to a great length cause we have top eight mountains and rhino to attract any tourist. this is the practice of sustainability or it is a win win situation. we don't have to clear our forests or irrigate our rivers dry. we have to monitor the revenue very closely and with this very revenue we can boost other sectors such as hydropower. with the revenue, we can pave airstrips in the mountain and terai regions so tourist don't have to travel 5-6 hrs in a bus to get to see rhino. again, to achieve this, we need educated personnels who knows the definition of tourism, knows computer and hot tools like GIS and remote sensing. it all boild to only one thing = eductaion!!