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Estimates indicate that food production will have to increase 70 percent globally to feed an additional 2.3 billion people by 2050. The survey emphasises that economic and financial incentives to create and adopt new technologies will require policy reforms including taxes and subsidies, as well as regulatory reforms. (Agency)
‘Nepal’s push for urbanization is poorly managed’
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However, poorly managed urbanisation in Nepal is ringing alarm bells as many problems have emerged. Particularly, the growth of cities is associated with rise in unemployment, inadequate health service, poor sanitation, urban slums, environmental degradation and crime. The World Bank last year warned that unless the government seriously manages urbanisation better, the country could fail to attain economic efficiency from the process. In March 2013, the bank also published another report entitled ‘Urban Growth and Spatial Transition: An Initial Assessment’ which warns about the consequences of unmanaged urbanisation in Nepal. ‘Nepal’s urban centres, particularly the Kathmandu Valley, are already facing serious challenges due to multiple factors such as inadequate infrastructure, haphazard planning and poor business environment,’ states the report. The report strongly advocates for the government to prioritise on investment in infrastructure, connect cities internally and externally and make growth inclusive in order to foster the growth and sustainability of urban area
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