The District of Jumla and Its Problems Jumla is a remote district in the Karnali Zone, in the Midwestern development region of Nepal.
Commodities flown in from outside are prohibitively expensive for local subsistence farming people.
Freight costs limit large-scale cash crop production or processing. Food shortages and limited access to health services, smoke from pinewood open fires, as well as lack of sanitation, education, and clothing, lead to a high incidence of infant mortality and low life expectancy. Gender and caste disparity lead to further suffering amongst women and low castes. Altitude and remoteness also influence the relative poverty of communities. Above the rice growing threshold of altitude 2600m, many villages subsist on wheat, barley, and potatoes.