Home Institution
University of Vermont
Publication Date
Spring 2012
Abstract
The purpose of this Independent Research Project is to make a documentary film about the effects modernization has had on the apple farming industry in Lower Mustang since its 1967 introduction. This film focuses on both the influence of Buddhi Ratna Sherchan, the senior horticulturalist who first introduced apples to Mustang, as well as the both positive and negative effects modernization and climate change have had on the region. Findings indicate a general movement towards mass production of apples that utilizes the new road to export high volume production. The heavy hail and rain fall brought about by climate change is having serious effects on the villages south of Marpha while villages to the north are benefiting from warmer temperatures and cultivatable land. From the first seeds, to the current profits coming in from export of apples and other apple products, this documentary film uses apples as a vehicle to tell the story of modernization and climate change in hard-to-access Mustang valley villages.
Disciplines
Agricultural and Resource Economics | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Place and Environment
Recommended Citation
Powers, Gretchen, "Seeds of Change The Development of Apple Farming in Mustang A Documentary Film" (2012). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 1641.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1641
Included in
Agricultural and Resource Economics Commons, Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment Commons, Place and Environment Commons
Program Name
Nepal: Development and Social Change