Publications

Refereed journal articles (WoS/Scopus indexed)

Given, M., Joshi, N.P. (2024). Associations between climate variability and livestock production in Botswana: A vector autoregression with exogenous variables (VARX) analysis. Atmosphere, 15(3), 363. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15030363 (16th March, 2024)

Saparova, G., Khan, G.D., Joshi, N.P. (2024). Linking farmers to markets: Assessing small-scale farmers’ preferences for an official phytosanitary regime in the Kyrgyz Republic. Economic Analysis and Policy, 81, 696-708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2023.12.016 (30th December, 2023) 

Liu, Y., Lee, C.Y., Kaneko, S., Joshi, N.P. (2023) Intergenerational education effect of child marriage in marginal settlements of Nepal. Third World Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2023.2215173 (8th June, 2023)

Alam, G.M.M., Khatun, M.N., Sarker, M.N.I., Joshi, N.P., Bhandari, H. (2023) Promoting agri-food systems resilience through ICT in developing countries amid COVID-19. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6: 972667. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.972667 (27th January 2023)

Masese, A.N., Mbithi, L.M. Joshi, N.P., Machuka, S.M. (2022) Determinants of maize production and its supply response in Kenya. International Journal of Agronomy, 2597283. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2597283 (10th November 2022).

Sarker, M.N.I., Alam, G.M.M., Firdaus, R.B.R., Biswas, J.C., Islam, A.R.M.T., Raihan, M.L., Hattori, T., Alam, K., Joshi, N.P., and Shaw, R. (2022) Assessment of flood vulnerability of riverine island community using a composite flood vulnerability index. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 82: 103306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103306 (23rd September 2022).

Barsila, S.R., Joshi, N.P., Poudel, T.N., Devkota, B., Devkota, N.R. and Chalise, D.R. (2022) Farmers' perceptions of grassland management in Magui Khola basin of Madi Chitwan, Nepal. Pastoralism 12, 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-022-00243-7 (22nd September 2022).

Joshi, N.P. (2021) Ecological and ethnobotanical values of weeds found in the spring rice fields of Chitwan, Nepal. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 22, 2-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.22.37.1-19 (21th November, 2021)

Joshi, N.P. and Piya L. (2021) Food and nutrient supply from organic agriculture in the least developed countries and North America. Sustainability 13(9), 5068. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095068 (30th April, 2021)

Joshi, N.P. and Piya L. (2021) Determinants of Small-Scale Commercial Vegetable Farming Among Vegetable Growers in Nepal. Sage Open, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211010168 (24th April, 2021)

Moahid, M., Khan, G.D., Yoshida, Y., Joshi, N.P. and Maharjan, K.L. (2021) Agricultural Credit and Extension Services: Does Their Synergy Augment Farmers’ Economic Outcomes? Sustainability, 13(7), 3758. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073758 (28th March, 2021)

Sapkota, M., and Joshi, N.P. (2021) Factors Associated with the Technical Efficiency of Maize Seed Production in the Mid-Hills of Nepal: Empirical Analysis. International Journal of Agronomy, 2021, 5542024. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5542024  (24th February, 2021)

Joshi, N.P., Piya, L., and Maharjan, K.L. (2017) Rural household poverty dynamics in the Far-Western Hills of Nepal: empirical evidence from panel data. International Social Science Journal. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/issj.12123

Sapkota, M., Joshi, N.P., Kattel, R.R. and Bajracharya, M. (2017) Determinants of maize seed income and adoption of foundation seed production: Evidence from Palpa district of Nepal. Agriculture & Food Security, 6:41. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-017-0119-3

Piya, L., Joshi, N. P. and Maharjan, K. L. (2016) Vulnerability of Chepang households to climate change and extremes in the Mid-Hills of Nepal. Climatic Change, 135(3) 521-537. DOI 10.1007/s10584-015-1572-2.

Piya L., Maharjan, K.L., and Joshi, N.P. (2013) Determinants of adaptation practices to climate change by Chepang households in rural Mid-hills of Nepal, Regional Environmental Change, 13(2): 437-447.

Maharjan, K.L., and Joshi, N.P. (2011) Determinants of household food insecurity in Nepal: A binary logistic regression analysis, Journal of Mountain Science, Vol. 8(3): 403-413. DOI 10.1007/s11629-011-2001-2.

Refereed journal articles (non-indexed)

Joshi, N. P., and Piya, L. (2019) Large Cardamom (Amomum Subulatum Roxb.) Production, marketing and trade in the Indian sub-continent. Journal of Contemporary India Studies: Space and Society, Hiroshima University, 9: 1-13.

Sapkota, M., Joshi, N.P., Kattel, R.R. and Bajracharya, M. (2018) Profitability and resource use efficiency of maize seed production in Palpa district of Nepal. SAARC Journal of Agriculture, 16(1): 157-168. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sja.v16i1.37431

Joshi, N. P., Paneru, S. and Piya, L. (2016) Opportunity cost of REDD+ in community forest in the Mid-Hills of Nepal: A case study of Thangsa Deurali Community Forest, Dolakha. Journal of Contemporary India Studies: Space and Society, Hiroshima University, 6: 27-39.

Piya, L., and Joshi, N. P., (2016) Migration and remittance in Nepal: A review of the push-pull factors and socioeconomic issues. Journal of Contemporary India Studies: Space and Society, Hiroshima University, 6: 41-53.

Joshi, N.P., Maharjan, K.L., and Piya, L. (2012) Understanding the relationship between climate change and poverty in Nepal, Journal of International Development and Cooperation, 18(4), Special Issue: 21-35.

Piya, L., Maharjan, K.L., and Joshi, N.P. (2012) Comparison of adaptive capacity and adaptation practices in response to climate change and extremes among the Chepang households in rural of Mid-hills Nepal, Journal of International Development and Cooperation, 18(4), Special Issue: 55-75.

Shrestha, S. L., Maharjan, K. L., and Joshi, N.P. (2012) Relationship between climate variables and yield of food crops in Nepal: Cases of Makwanpur and Ilam district, Journal of International Development and Cooperation, 18(4), Special Issue: 37-54.

Joshi, N.P., Maharjan, K.L., and Piya L. (2012) Determinants of income and consumption poverty in Far-western rural hills of Nepal – A binary logistic regression analysis, Journal of Contemporary India Studies: Space and Society, Volume 2: 51-61.

Piya, L., Maharjan, K.L., and Joshi, N.P. (2012) Perceptions and realities of climate change among the Chepang communities in the rural mid-hills of Nepal, Journal of Contemporary India Studies: Space and Society, Volume 2: 35-50.

Joshi, N.P., Maharjan, K.L., and Piya, L. (2011) Effect of climate variables on yield of major food crops in Nepal: A time-series analysis, Journal of Contemporary India Studies: Space and Society, Vol. 1: 19-26.

Joshi, N.P., Maharjan, K.L., and Piya, L. (2011) Production economics of rice in different development regions of Nepal, Journal of International Development and Cooperation, Vol. 17(1): 103-112.

Piya, L., Maharjan, K.L., and Joshi, N.P. (2011) Forest and food security of indigenous people: A case of Chepangs in Nepal, Journal of International Development and Cooperation, Vol. 17(1): 113-135.

Piya, L., Maharjan, K.L., and Joshi, N.P. (2011) Livelihood strategies of indigenous nationalities in Nepal: A case of Chepangs, Journal of International Development and Cooperation, Vol. 17(2): 99-114.PowerPoint Presentation

Piya, L., Maharjan, K.L., Joshi, N.P., and Dangol, D.R. (2011) Collection and marketing of non-timber forest products by the Chepang community in Chitwan district of Nepal, Journal of Agriculture and Environment, Vol. 12: 10-21.

Maharjan, K.L., and Joshi, N.P. (2010) Relationship between income-poverty and food insecurity in Rural Far-western Mid-hills of Nepal, Nepalese Journal of Development and Rural Studies, Vol. 7(1): 59-70.

Joshi, N.P., Maharjan, K.L., and Piya L. (2010) Poverty and food insecurity in Nepal: A review, Journal of International Development and Cooperation, Vol. 16(2): 1-19.

Maharjan, K.L., Piya, L., and Joshi, N.P. (2010) Annual subsistence cycle of the Chepangs in mid-hills of Nepal: An integration of farming and gathering, Himalayan Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 4: 105-133.

Joshi, N.P., and Maharjan, K.L. (2008) A study on rural poverty using inequality decomposition in Western Hills of Nepal: A case of Gulmi district, Journal of International Development and Cooperation, Vol. 14(2): 1-17.

Joshi, N.P., and Maharjan, K.L. (2007) Assessment of food self-sufficiency and food security situation in Nepal, Journal of International Development and Cooperation, Vol. 13(1&2): 209-230.

Maharjan, K.L., and Joshi, N.P. (2007) Rural poverty analysis of Baitadi district in Nepal: An inequality decomposition analysis, Nepalese Journal of Development and Rural Studies, Vol. 4(1): 16-35.

Iamtrakul, P., Joshi, N.P., Solikin, A., Rugayah, N., Situmorang, J., and Djatna, T. (2011) Promoting waste-to-energy program for BRT project based on participatory research approach: A case of used cooking oil in Bogor city, Indonesia, Journal of International Development and Cooperation (Special Issue),  Vol. 18 (2): 29-41.

Books/ Book chapter (Scopus indexed)

Joshi, N. P., Piya, L. and Aryal, D. (2021) Agriculture and Climate Change in Nepal: GHG Emissions, Mitigation, Indications of Climate Change, Impact on Agriculture, Adaptation, and Co-benefits. In Alam, G.M.M., Erdiaw-Kwasie, M.O., Nagy, G.J., and Filho, W.L. (Eds.) Climate Vulnerability and Resilience in the Global South: Human Adaptations for Sustainable Future. Switzerland, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77259-8_8    

Piya, L., Maharjan, K.L. and Joshi, N.P. (2019) Socio-economic issues of climate change: A livelihood analysis of the Chepang community in rural mid-Hills of Nepal. Japan; Springer.

Maharjan, K.L. and Joshi, N.P. (2013) Climate change, agriculture and rural livelihoods in developing countries. Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research, Japan; Springer.

Books (Non-indexed and non refereed)

Joshi, N.P., Maharjan, K.L., and Piya, L. (2013) Understanding Maoist conflict in Nepal: Initiatives of civil societies on social capital development for peacebuilding in Hills. Germany; Lambert Academic Publishing.

Piya, L., and Joshi, N.P. (2013) Role of microfinance in poverty alleviation of women: A case of small farmers cooperative limited in Kumroz, Chitwan, Nepal. Germany; Lambert Academic Publishing.

Joshi­, N.P., (2011), Poverty and food-insecurity analysis in far-western Hills of Nepal: A case of Baitadi district. Germany; Lambert Academic Publishing.

Book chapters (Refereed)

Piya, L.  and Joshi, N.P. (2020) The dynamics of the food basket composition among the Chepangs. In Principles and Practices of Food Security: Sustainable, Sufficient, and Safe Food for Healthy Living in Nepal. Association of Nepalese Agricultural Professionals of Americas (NAPA), USA, pp. 125-144. (August 1, 2020)

Joshi, N.P. (2019) “Agricultural market development, its status and contribution in agricultural trade in Nepal and beyond”. In Maharjan, K.L. and Kawai, A. (eds.) Marketing of agricultural produce in Indian subcontinent and prospective of trade with Japan, pp. 45-53.

Joshi, N.P., Maharjan, K.L., Piya, L., and Tamang, D.T. (2018) “North-South agricultural trade dependence in Nepal and reliance on import”. In Maharjan, K.L. (ed.) Development of food marketing system in Indian sub-continent and its possibilities of trade links with Japan, pp. 97-110.

Maharjan, K.L., Joshi, N.P., and Piya, L. (2012) “Sources of climate change, its impact and mitigation issues in Nepal”. In Singh, S. and S, M. (eds.), Climate Change An Asian Perspective, pp. 51-77. Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

Research reports (Non-refereed)

Eaton, D. Joshi, N.P. and Gibson, D. (2020) Extending electric service to rural Nepal. Policy Research Project Report #212. LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Eaton, D. and Joshi, N.P. (2018) Post-earthquake home reconstruction in the surrounding of hills of Kathmandu valley, Nepal. Policy Research Project Report #200. LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Piya, L., Paudyal, D., Ghimire, A.J., Rai, U.P., Acharya, D.P., Magar, D.B.T., Bhattarai, S., Neopane, S.P., Dahal, K.K., Gurung, L.M., and Joshi, N.P., (2014) Baseline Survey for Feed the Future Nepal. Forward Nepal, Chitwan, Nepal.

Piya, L, Acharya, D.P., Paudyal, D., Dhakal, R., Dahal, R.N., Neupane, R.K., Magar, D.B.T., Pande, D.P. and Joshi, N.P. (2013) Research and analysis of agricultural inputs sector in selected districts. Forward Nepal, Chitwan, Nepal.

Maharjan, K.L. and Joshi, N.P. (2012) Climate change, agriculture and rural livelihoods in developing countries with reference to Nepal. Hiroshima International Center for Environmental Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Japan.

Maharjan, K.L., Joshi, N.P., and Joshi, N.M., (2008) Initiatives of civil societies on social capital development for peacebuilding in Hills of Nepal. Discussion Paper Series Vol. 4, Hiroshima University Partnership for Peacebuilding and Social Capacity (HIPEC), Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima University.