Low External Input Agriculture (LEIA) and natural resources :

• Practiced in developing countries like Nepal
• Practiced by resource poor farmers
• Practiced in areas with adversity (in climate and topography), fragility (of
• ecosystem) and inaccessibility (of infrastructures, inputs and technical support)
• Practiced in dry land and rainfed areas
• External inputs are used at low quantity
• Exploitation of natural resources like land and forest
• Impact: Deforestation, loss of vegetation cover, land slides, soil erosion,
• declining soil productivity
• Food insecurity and unsustainable farming system