Agritourism comprise of two words ‘Agriculture’ which means
the process of cultivation of crops,
fruits, vegetables and livestocks for businesss and ‘Tourism’ means to visit
place. any agricultural based operation or activity that brings visitors in the
farm is also agrotourism . Nepal is a
land locked country situated on the lap of Himalayan. Nepal lies at the height
from 59m to 8848m that has warm to cold temperature that favors different
plants to grow in wide range of temperature. The climatic and geographic
situation of Nepal is gift of nature to develop as agritourism country.
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| Pic (File Photo): Agrotourism |
Nepal is a agricultural country where about 65% people involve in the agriculture. There are plenty of natural resources in Nepal which help agritourism more popular and success in Nepal. The lower land in Terai can be developed as crops production areas, hills as fruits production and mountain as the livestock production according to the geographical situation of Nepal. Several cultivation practices of agricultural products in Nepal in different way in different ares make it more interesting to vvisit for tourist. There can be observe different field situation according to the season. In Summer farmer involved in plantation of rice with Ashare songs which make feel them avoid from hard work and make environment pleasant with songs.
Agriculture land in Gulmi
Agritourism has various different social, economical and
cultural benefits to the nation. It helps visitors to know the traditional
practice in these areas and also share their cultivatin practice also.
Agritourism in Nepal need to have high investment and research so that the
lifestyle and economic status of people
can be uplifted. There are many of beautiful places in Nepal to visit by tourist but lacks the
facilities of road network. There should proper development of the
infrastructure such as road networks, communication, lodging and fooding
facilities to visit such agricultural place with beautiful nature's gift. Many of the NGO's are running projects
for the development of agritourism in Nepal. With the colaboration with
government agencies, different people and organization involving in agritourism
can have a great role in the development of Nepal as Agritourism destination of
the world. Then finally we can have
Nepal as the best destination to visit with agriculture knowledge
and experince here by touists.
Upakar Bhandari
B.Sc.Ag ,AFU First Batch
