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local farmers in the Tarai region. According to an estimate three thousand
people have been employed in fishing in Banke district.

The Hilly Region

It is in the central part of Nepal. It has
activities more or less as in the Tarai except

fishery. Most of the people are farmers.
They produce paddy, maize, wheat, millet,
vegetables, etc. They are sustaining from
farming. But, they are not self-sufficient in
production. They get foodstuffs from the
Tarai. tourist trekking in the Hilly Region

Business is another economic activity next to agriculture. They do business
in towns, cities and in small market places. They have some industries
too.

Tourism has a great prospect in the region. There are places of natural
beauty in almost all the areas. Many tourists come to visit those places
for trekking. So, if we improve transport facilities this business can be a
blessing to the people of the region.

The Himalayan Region

Life is difficult in this region. The main
occupation of this region is animal
rearing and horticulture. Due to cold

climate and land features, they grow
only some maize, wheat, barley and
millet in the southern part. They import
all the foodstuffs from the Tarai.

They rear animals as their occupation.
They mainly rear animals like sheep,
goat, yak, horse and donkey. They trade those animals among themselves,
and outside the region. They use horses for their travelling, donkeys for
carrying loads and sheep and goats for meat.

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