Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Overview
I have a research background in environmental economics, climate change adaptation, and behavioural economics. I completed PhD in Agriculture and Environmental Economics from Charles Darwin University in 2020. I designed and set up an index-based agricultural insurance premium rate against multiple risks as a risk mitigation strategy in my PhD research. Additionally, I explored farmers’ knowledge of and risk perceptions towards three extreme events whose frequency, duration, and intensity will increase with climate change, how they are affected by, on a personal and farming level, and how they chose to adapt and identify socio-economic and psychological factors that affect farmers’ choices and intensity of intended adaptation. The research reduced the risk of these events to the farming community by identifying and implementing innovative and sustainable farming adaptation and mitigation measures. Recently, I joined Sustainable Landscape Group as a postdoctoral research fellow, where I will focus on identifying, developing and implementing how social science and economic components drive landholders’ engagement in private land conservation and how climate-related extreme events, including wildfires and drought, will affect landholders’ adoption on private land conservation by integrating economic, environmental and social data modelling. This research supports innovative and efficient climate-resilient private land conservation initiatives.
Qualifications
- Doctoral (Research), Charles Darwin University
- Masters (Coursework), Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Masters (Coursework) of Economics, Tribhuvan University
Publications
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Journal Article: Evaluation of a community-led program for primordial and primary prevention of rheumatic fever in remote Northern Australia
Ralph, Anna P., Kelly, Angela, Lee, Anne-Marie, Mungatopi, Valerina L., Babui, Segora R., Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji, Wade, Vicki, Dassel, Jessica L. de and Wyber, Rosemary (2022). Evaluation of a community-led program for primordial and primary prevention of rheumatic fever in remote Northern Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (16) 10215, 10215. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610215
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Journal Article: Assessing farmers’ preparedness to cope with the impacts of multiple climate change-related hazards in the Terai lowlands of Nepal
Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji, Paton, Douglas, A. Lassa, Jonatan and Zander, Kerstin K. (2020). Assessing farmers’ preparedness to cope with the impacts of multiple climate change-related hazards in the Terai lowlands of Nepal. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 49 101656, 101656. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101656
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Other Outputs: Economic and social impacts of extreme weather events on the agricultural sector in the lowlands of Nepal
Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji (2020). Economic and social impacts of extreme weather events on the agricultural sector in the lowlands of Nepal. PhD Thesis, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University. doi: 10.25913/4sm1-m513
Publications
Journal Article
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Ralph, Anna P., Kelly, Angela, Lee, Anne-Marie, Mungatopi, Valerina L., Babui, Segora R., Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji, Wade, Vicki, Dassel, Jessica L. de and Wyber, Rosemary (2022). Evaluation of a community-led program for primordial and primary prevention of rheumatic fever in remote Northern Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (16) 10215, 10215. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610215
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Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji, Paton, Douglas, A. Lassa, Jonatan and Zander, Kerstin K. (2020). Assessing farmers’ preparedness to cope with the impacts of multiple climate change-related hazards in the Terai lowlands of Nepal. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 49 101656, 101656. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101656
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Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji, Paton, Douglas, Lassa, Jonatan A., Bhatta, Gopal Datt and Zander, Kerstin K. (2020). Heat, cold, and floods: exploring farmers’ motivations to adapt to extreme weather events in the Terai region of Nepal. Natural Hazards, 103 (3), 3213-3237. doi: 10.1007/s11069-020-04127-0
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Farmers’ interest and willingness-to-pay for index-based crop insurance in the lowlands of Nepal
Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji, Lassa, Jonatan A., Pun, Sirish and Zander, Kerstin K. (2019). Farmers’ interest and willingness-to-pay for index-based crop insurance in the lowlands of Nepal. Land Use Policy, 85, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.03.029
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Nepalese farmers’ climate change perceptions, reality and farming strategies
Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji and Zander, Kerstin K. (2019). Nepalese farmers’ climate change perceptions, reality and farming strategies . Climate and Development, 12 (3), 204-215. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2019.1612317
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Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji and Zander, Kerstin K. (2019). Socio-economic impact of and adaptation to extreme heat and cold of farmers in the food bowl of Nepal. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (9) 1578, 1-24. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16091578
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Shah, Ghulam-Muhammad, Khadka, Manbar S., Ahmad, Farid, Budhathoki, Nandakaji and Shrestha, Anu Joshi (2017). Assessment of Himalayan nettle (Girardinia diversifolia) value chain development interventions: evidences from rural households in the far western Nepal. Journal of Agricultural Science, 9 (5), 19-32. doi: 10.5539/jas.v9n5p19
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Adoption of improved rice varieties in Nepal: impact on household wellbeing
Budhathoki, Nandakaji and Bhatta, Gopal D. (2016). Adoption of improved rice varieties in Nepal: impact on household wellbeing. Agricultural Research, 5 (4), 420-432. doi: 10.1007/s40003-016-0220-z
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Relative impact of climate change on land value across agro-ecological regimes in Nepal
Budhathoki, Nandakaji and Bhatta, Gopal Datt (2015). Relative impact of climate change on land value across agro-ecological regimes in Nepal. Economic Journal of Nepal, 35 (2).
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Microcredit and women empowerment in the rural areas of Nepal
Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji (2010). Microcredit and women empowerment in the rural areas of Nepal. The Economic Journal of Nepal, 33 (4/132), 288-304.
Other Outputs
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Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji (2020). Economic and social impacts of extreme weather events on the agricultural sector in the lowlands of Nepal. PhD Thesis, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University. doi: 10.25913/4sm1-m513
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Climate change: perceptions, reality and agricultural practice: evidence from Nepal
Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji (2017). Climate change: perceptions, reality and agricultural practice: evidence from Nepal. SANDEE Working Paper. 125-17. South Asian Network for Development and Enviornmental Economics (SANDEE).
