Issues in Mountain Development is a series released from time to time to brief planners, development workers, researchers and donors on recent trends, findings, and issues affecting mountain development. The papers in this series can be quoted with due acknowledgments.
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An Example from the Mountains of Nepal Food security in some mountain areas can be improved through cash crop farming based on mountain-specific comparative advantages, such as favourable agroclimatic conditions. There is also a need to collate existing data and create a database on the extent of poverty and hunger. The Context Food security essentially means a state of affairs in which people have access to sufficient and nutritious food in order to maintain a healthy and active life throughout the year. Food insecurity anywhere is a problem of inadequate access, resulting from inadequate purchasing power. In the context of mountain development, food security should not lay emphasis on growing foodgrains only, rather it should provide productive options for growing high-value crops having comparative advantages.