Researchers

Category

Supervising agency

Executing agency

Research focus

Head count

FTEs

Year

Government

Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC)

Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC)

Crops, livestock, fisheries, socioeconomics

331

331.0

2003

Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST)

Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (RONAST)

Natural resources, crops

25

12.5

2003

Ministry of Forest and Soil Conversation (MFSC)

Department of Forest Research and Survey (DFRS)

Forestry, natural resources

13

5.2

2003

Nonprofit

Local Initiatives for Biodiversity Research and Development (LIBIRD)

Crops, socioeconomics, natural resources

18

18.0

2003

New ERA

Socioeconomics, forestry

20

6.0

2003

Center for Environmental and Agricultural Policy Research and Development (CEAPRED)

Socioeconomics

1

1.0

2003

Universities

Tribhuvan University

Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS)

Crops, livestock, fisheries

169

33.8

2003

Institute of Forestry (IOF)

Forestry

na

25.0

2003