Socio-Economic Contribution of Zanthoxylum armatum (Timur) in the Rural Household Income of Myagdi District, Nepal by Bijaya Neupane, Navin Gautam, Mahamad Sayab Miya, Anju Upadhyaya, Yajna Prasad Timilsina, Deepak Gautam, Shalikram Kandel, Bijaya Dhami

“…This study assessed the financial contribution of Zanthoxylum armatum and the influence of respondents’ various socio-economic characteristics on such contribution in Ghatan of Beni Municipality, Myagdi District, Nepal. For this study, we used semi-structured questionnaires to 80 purposively selected households, followed by 10 key informant interviews, four focus group discussions, and direct field observations. …”
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Assessment of land use land cover dynamics and its impact on springs water in Ritung Khola Sub-Watershed, Myagdi district, Nepal by Sachin Timilsina, Saurav Shrestha, Shankar Tripathi, Rajeev Bhattarai, Shambhu Kumar Mishra, Raju Raj Regmi, Diwakar Paudel, Mahamad Sayab Miya

“…This study was performed to determine the rate in change of land cover and its significant impact on springs water in the Ritung Khola sub-watershed of Myagdi district, Nepal, between 2010 and 2020. This study analyzes LULC dynamics and it’s impact on springs water using satellite imageries (Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS) and focus group discussions with the inhabitants. …”
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The 'double demonstratives' of Chantyal by Noonan, Michael

“…The Chantyal language [Tibeto-Burman: Bodic: Bodish: Tamangic] is spoken by about 2000 of the 11,000 ethnic Chantyal in the Myagdi District of west-central Nepal. I Chantyal attests a number of Bodic demonstrative etyma, but only members of three sets retain clear demonstrative senses and oppositions based on spatial deixis.2 In this paper, I will discuss these three sets of demonstratives and, in particular, how demonstratives from different sets can combine to form a construction I will call the `double demonstrative'.…”
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