Cropland abandonment threatens food security in rural Nepal: understanding the role of long-term and seasonal migration

Qi Zhang, Conghe Song, Sophia Graybill, Erin Sills, Rajan Parajuli, Richard Bilsborrow

July 2026 Coupled Human and Natural Systems

Type

Publication

Land Use Policy

This study examines cropland abandonment and rural out-migration in the Middle Hills region of Nepal. Long-term and seasonal migrants with their remittances play different roles in land-use decisions.

Author: Qi Zhang
Updated: July 2026

cropland abandonment labor migration social-ecological systems Nepal

Cropland abandonment threatens food security in rural Nepal: understanding the role of long-term and seasonal migration

Qi Zhang

Research Assistant Professor

Conghe Song

Professor

Sophia Graybill

Doctoral Candidate

Richard Bilsborrow

Research Professor

Related