Name: 
Dr. Ujjal Tiwari
Designation: 
Assistant Professor
Department: 
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management
Email: 
utiwari@afu.edu.np
Mobile: 
+977-9855083475
Qualification: 
PhD (Agricultural Economics), Justus-Liebig University, Germany (2014)
Professional Experience: 
Assistant Professor, Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Nepal (May 2018 - date)
Scientific Publications: 

1. Maharjan, S.K., Maharjan, K.L., Tiwari, U. and Sen, N.P. (2017). Participatory vulnerability assessment of climate vulnerabilities and impacts in Madi Valley of Chitwan district, Nepal. Cogent Food & Agriculture, Vol. 3, Issue 1.

2. Pandey, A. and Tiwari, U. (2016). Promoting Green Economy in Hill Areas of Nepal, Conference Proceedings: Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development (Tropentag 2016), Vienna, Austria. 09/2016

3. Tiwari, U. and Bauer, S. (2015). Perceptions and Responses of Farmers to Climate Change in the Tropical Region of Nepal, International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, Vol. 7, Issue. 3, pp. 29-43.

4. Timilsina, G.R. and Tiwari U. (2015). The Economic Viability of Jatropha Biodiesel in Nepal, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper (WPS 7295).

5. Tiwari, U., Joshi, G.R. and Bauer, S. (2015). Crop Yield Responses to Climate Change in the Tropical Region of Nepal, Nepalese Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 2&3, pp. 88-107.

6. Tiwari, U. (2014). Socio-economic Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Nepalese Agriculture, Margraf Publishers, Vol. 148, Germany.

7. Tiwari, U. and Bauer, S. (2013). Importance of Climate Change on Farmers’ Production Decisions in Nepal, Book of Abstracts, Tropentag 13, Agricultural Development within the rural-urban continuum.

8. Tiwari, U. and Bauer, S. (2013). Crop Yield Responses to Climate Change in Nepal. Book of Abstracts, Tropentag 13-Agricultural Development within the rural-urban continuum.

9. Tiwari, U. and Bauer, S. (2013). Farmers' Perceptions of and Responses to Climate Change in Nepal, Book of Abstracts, Tropentag 13, Agricultural Development within the rural-urban continuum.

10. Tiwari, U. and Immink, V. (2007). Costs Analysis of the Measures used in Farmed Fish Welfare, Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), The Netherlands.

11. Tiwari, U. (2007). Importance of risk on farmers’ production decisions: use of the FSSIM bio-economic model, MSc Thesis, Wageningen University.

12. Several publications (project related): project baseline study, project end-line (impact) study, value chain analysis (VCA), sub-sector analysis (SSA), participatory market chain analysis (PMCA), participatory rural appraisal (PRA)

Research Interests: 
1. Socioeconomic studies
2. Climate change: CC impacts and adaptations, Climate-smart agriculture
3. Food and nutrition security (FNS)
4. Disaster risk management
5. Bio-economic modelling, Household modelling
6. Benefit-Cost analysis
7. Farm risk assessment
8. Value chain analysis
9. Value chain finance
10. Integrated farming systems
11. Business and market system development, MSME development
12. Project baseline and impact assessments
13. Project planning, monitoring and evaluation