Why are farmers keeping cultivatable lands fallow even though there is food scarcity in Nepal?

Analysis of Farmland Abandonment at Parcel Level: A Case Study in the Mountainous Area of China

(2016) Tiechou Shi et al.   Sustainability

Improper agricultural practices lead to landslide and mass movementdisasters: A case study based on upper Madi watershed, Nepal

(2012) Anup Gurung et al.   Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Drivers of land abandonment in Southern Chile and implications for landscape planning

(2010) G. Ignacio Díaz et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Soil Carbon Sequestration or Biofuel Production: New Land-Use Opportunities for Mitigating Climate over Abandoned Soviet Farmlands

(2009) Nicolas Vuichard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Trade liberalization and food security in Nepal

(2009) Bishwambher Pyakuryal et al.   FOOD POLICY

Implications of higher global food prices for poverty in low-income countries1

(2008) Maros Ivanic et al.   AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS