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022			_a2071-1050
024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.3390/su12010374
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100	1		_911068 _aDevkota, R.
245	1	0	_aResponsible agricultural mechanization innovation for the sustainable development of Nepal’s hillside farming system
260			_aBasel (Switzerland) : _bMDPI, _c2020.
500			_aPeer review
500			_aOpen Access
520			_aAgricultural mechanization in developing countries has taken at least two contested innovation pathways—the “incumbent trajectory” that promotes industrial agriculture, and an “alternative pathway” that supports small-scale mechanization for sustainable development of hillside farming systems. Although both pathways can potentially reduce human and animal drudgery, the body of literature that assesses the sustainability impacts of these mechanization pathways in the local ecological, socio-economic, cultural, and historical contexts of hillside farms is either nonexistent or under-theorized. This paper addresses this missing literature by examining the case of Nepal’s first Agricultural Mechanization Promotion Policy 2014 (AMPP) using a conceptual framework of what will be defined as “responsible innovation”. The historical context of this assessment involves the incumbent trajectory of mechanization in the country since the late 1960s that neglected smallholder farms located in the hills and mountains and biased mechanization policy for flat areas only. Findings from this study suggest that the AMPP addressed issues for smallholder production, including gender inequality, exclusion of smallholder farmers, and biophysical challenges associated with hillside farming systems, but it remains unclear whether and how the policy promotes small-scale agricultural mechanization for sustainable development of agriculture in the hills and mountains of Nepal.
546			_aText in English
650		7	_2AGROVOC _910570 _aSloping land
650		7	_2AGROVOC _92557 _aFarms
650		7	_2AGROVOC _91123 _aGender
650		7	_2AGROVOC _96662 _aAgricultural mechanization
650		7	_2AGROVOC _92327 _aSustainable agriculture
650		7	_2AGROVOC _94423 _aInnovation
651		7	_2AGROVOC _93932 _aNepal
700	1		_911283 _aPant, L.P.
700	1		_8001711820 _aGartaula, H. _gSocioeconomics Program _gSustainable Agrifood Systems _911063
700	1		_911066 _aPatel, K.
700	1		_911152 _aGauchan, D.
700	1		_911280 _aHambly-Odame, H.
700	1		_911281 _aThapa, B.
700	1		_911282 _aRaizada, M.N.
773	0		_dBasel (Switzerland) : MDPI, 2020. _gv. 12, no. 1, art. 374 _tSustainability _x2071-1050
856	4		_yOpen Access through DSpace _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/20681
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