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Biosecurity Status of Food and Agriculture in Nepal

Year of publication 2014

Pages 124 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Category Other document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Nepal has been making efforts to improve food safety and quality, control diseases and pests, chemical pesticides, quality of medicines (including veterinary medicines), strengthen quarantine capacity and manage genetically modified organisms. About a dozen policies, over two dozens of legal acts and government eight departments are directly or indirectly geared towards these efforts. However, the efforts are found scattered with many gaps and overlaps. In the meantime, the country suffers from health risks emanating from food products, leading to public health problems, limited ability to meet sanitary and phytosanitary requirements for agricultural exports, and increased food import dependency, notably in the high income segments which includes the tourism sector. These problems are also responsible for the weak linkages of the smallholder production to high income food markets, thus compromising their livelihood.

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