Nepal
The Basics
Nepal is a landlock country located between China and northern India. With an area of 147,181 square kilometers and the native language being nepali, Nepal is also home to the largest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. Nepal is a very poor country with most of of the people there living on less then 2 dollars Canadian per day. This also means that the majority of Nepalese people participate in subsistence farming.
Nepal is a landlock country located between China and northern India. With an area of 147,181 square kilometers and the native language being nepali, Nepal is also home to the largest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. Nepal is a very poor country with most of of the people there living on less then 2 dollars Canadian per day. This also means that the majority of Nepalese people participate in subsistence farming.
The Earthquake
In 2015, on April 25, Nepal was hit with a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that resulted in thousands of casualties and thousands of injuries. Following the first earthquake were many more, still significantly large aftershocks with the largest being a 7.3 magnitude aftershock on May 12 of the same year (BBC, 2015). Even still today the Nepalese are still recovering. Nepal has an average GDP of $694.10 USD meaning on average each person in Nepal lives on a little less then two dollars a day. If this earthquake somehow damaged their own livelihood, then those specific Nepalese could be in trouble. The university of Guelph in collaboration with other sources created a project called SAKNepal, which researches into better agricultural techniques that can be used throughout the developing world (Global Affairs Canada, 2016).
In 2015, on April 25, Nepal was hit with a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that resulted in thousands of casualties and thousands of injuries. Following the first earthquake were many more, still significantly large aftershocks with the largest being a 7.3 magnitude aftershock on May 12 of the same year (BBC, 2015). Even still today the Nepalese are still recovering. Nepal has an average GDP of $694.10 USD meaning on average each person in Nepal lives on a little less then two dollars a day. If this earthquake somehow damaged their own livelihood, then those specific Nepalese could be in trouble. The university of Guelph in collaboration with other sources created a project called SAKNepal, which researches into better agricultural techniques that can be used throughout the developing world (Global Affairs Canada, 2016).
This Product and Nepal?
Nepal is a perfect place for this product to launch because it could stimulate the economy and help take people out of poverty. The goal of this product is to make the work to do on the farm easier and help create more oppourtunities to increase yield and decrease crop lose.
Nepal is a perfect place for this product to launch because it could stimulate the economy and help take people out of poverty. The goal of this product is to make the work to do on the farm easier and help create more oppourtunities to increase yield and decrease crop lose.