It has an opening page from which buttons will lead to specific 'Chapters'. Pressing the first choice on the opening page ' District Agriculture at a Glance ' will lead to the page, which will contain a brief description and the agricultural situation in an HKH district. A choice list will then allow the user to choose a particular district of interest. The database file uses more user-friendly interfaces of 'forms' for presenting data for viewing, editing, and analysing. The forms are like a paper form with spaces allocated for various items of information, and they can display selectively the items of information sought.
Forms know their data from their respective core tables.
The database can filter the information further once a general District Information Page is reached. The rationale for such a document is to monitor basic environment and development parameters in the HKH and establish and advocate priorities based on the analysis of data and experiences from the HKH countries. The highlight of the document will be a comparative database covering a number of themes. For particular areas, more careful definition and delineation of the HKH boundaries may be needed for analytical purposes. It is proposed to include the following five important themes in the basic datasets.