Ranked the 10th most vulnerable country to climate change, Nepal has in recent years ramped up its efforts to adopt climate smart agriculture technologies, however, challenges remain. This strategy paper critically reviews the constraints for adoption and scaling up for three chosen CSA technologies: direct seeded rice, alternate wetting and drying, and drip irrigation based on available literature as well as consultations. While these technologies have proven to minimize use of scarce water resources, reduce GHG emissions, as well as improve yields, many factors – technological, institutional as well as resource-related – have constrained their uptake.
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