Ecosystem services; Source water protection; River basins; Nepal; Policy process

Bhattarai, Kiran Kumari, Pant, Laxmi and FitzGibbon, John (2020) Contested governance of drinking water provisioning services in Nepal’s transboundary river basins. Ecosystem Services, 45. ISSN 2212-0416 (doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101184)

Himalaya; ecosystem services; Nepal; climate change

KC, Krishna Bahadur, Tzadok, Edan and Pant, Laxmi (2022) Himalayan ecosystem services and climate change driven agricultural frontiers: a scoping review. Discover Sustainability, 3 (1):35. ISSN 2662-9984 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s43621-022-00103-9)

SDGs. climate change, sustainability, IPCC, synergies and trade-offs, interactions

Pradhan, Prajal, Joshi, Sushobhan, Dahal, Kshitij, Hu, Yaunchao, Subedi, Daya Raj, Putra, Muhammad Panji Islam Fajar, Vaidya, Shrijana, Pant, Laxmi Prasad, Dhakal, Shobhakar, Hubacek, Klaus, Rupakheti, Maheswar, Roberts, Debra C. and van den Hurk, Bart (2025) Policy relevance of IPCC reports for the Sustainable Development Goals and beyond. Resources, Environment and Sustainability (100192). ISSN 2666-9161 (doi:10.1016/j.resenv.2025.100192)

Traditional Markets, Wet Markets, China, COVID-19, Pandemic, Livelihoods, Food Safety

Pant, Laxmi Prasad (2020) Transforming industrial food systems to prevent future disruptions. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 9 (4). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2152-0801 (Online) (doi:10.5304/jafscd.2020.094.023)

agriculture, agricultural biodiversity, socioecotechnical systems, adaptive transition management, food security, Nepal

Pant, Laxmi Prasad, KC, Krishna Bahadur, Fraser, Evan D. G., Shrestha, Pratap Kumar, Lama, Anga Bahadur, Jirel, Santosh Kumar and Chaudhary, Pashupati (2014) Adaptive transition management for transformations to agricultural sustainability in the Karnali mountains of Nepal. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38 (10). pp. 1156-1183. ISSN 2168-3565 (Print), 2168-3573 (Online) (doi:10.1080/21683565.2014.942022)

agriculture, agrobiodiversity, food security, development, Nepal

KC, Krishna Bahadur, Pant, Laxmi Prasad, Fraser, Evan D. G., Shrestha, Pratap Kumar, Shrestha, Dinesh and Lama, Anga (2015) Assessing links between crop diversity and food self-sufficiency in three agroecological regions of Nepal. Regional Environmental Change, 16 (5). pp. 1239-1251. ISSN 1436-3798 (Print), 1436-378X (Online) (doi:10.1007/s10113-015-0851-9)

agriculture, food, sustainability transition, socio-ecological systems, socio-technical systems, innovation systems

Pant, Laxmi Prasad, Adhikari, Bhim and Bhattarai, Kiran Kumari (2015) Adaptive transition for transformations to sustainability in developing countries. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 14. pp. 206-212. ISSN 1877-3435 (doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2015.07.006)

agriculture, innovation systems, civil society, human values, triple-helix innovation, citizen science

Pant, Laxmi Prasad (2019) Responsible innovation through conscious contestation at the interface of agricultural science, policy and civil society. Agriculture and Human Values, 36 (2). pp. 183-197. ISSN 0889-048X (Print), 1572-8366 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s10460-019-09909-2)

biochar, crops, soil properties, carbon sequestration, negative emission technology, Net-zero agriculture

Magar, Menaka Pun and Pant, Laxmi Prasad (2025) Biochar application as a negative emission technology in South Asian agriculture: a scoping review. Discover Agriculture, 3 (1):146. ISSN 2731-9598 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s44279-025-00329-x)

broadband Internet, rural digital future, sustainability, agriculture, reflexive interactive assessment, Canada

Pant, Laxmi Prasad and Hambly-Odame, Helen (2016) Broadband for a sustainable digital future of rural communities: a reflexive interactive assessment. Journal of Rural Studies, 54. pp. 435-450. ISSN 0743-0167 (doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.09.003)

contested legitimacy; counterhegemonic spaces; collaborative governance; Melamchi; Nepal

Bhattarai, Kiran Kumari, FitzGibbon, John and Pant, Laxmi (2023) Rethinking collaborative governance: contested legitimacy of the Melamchi inter-basin water transfer for municipal use in Nepal. Regional Environmental Change, 23:161. ISSN 1436-3798 (Print), 1436-378X (Online) (doi:10.1007/s10113-023-02157-5)

courage; compassion; embodiment; listening; pedagogic resilience

Dyer, Sarah, Hill, Jennifer, Walkington, Helen, Couper, Pauline, McMorran, Chris, Oates, Yvonne, Pant, Laxmi, Rink, Bradley and West, Harry (2023) Courageous and compassionate teaching: international reflections on our responses to teaching geography during the pandemic. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. ISSN 0309-8265 (Print), 1466-1845 (Online) (doi:10.1080/03098265.2023.2266999)

digital agriculture, North America, automation, migrant labour, rural development, critical theory

Rotz, Sarah, Gravely, Evan, Mosby, Ian, Duncan, Emily, Finnis, Elizabeth, Horgan, Mervyn, LeBlanc, Joseph, Martin, Ralph, Neufeld, Hannah Tait, Nixon, Andrew, Pant, Laxmi, Shalla, Vivian and Fraser, Evan (2019) Automated pastures and the digital divide: how agricultural technologies are shaping labour and rural communities. Journal of Rural Studies, 68. pp. 112-122. ISSN 0743-0167 (doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.01.023)

dual-track education, food systems, decolonisation, curriculum

Atreya, Kishor, Kattel, Kanchan, Bhattarai, Kiran Kumari and Pant, Laxmi Prasad (2026) Moving beyond the colonial single-track education for food system transformation toward sustainability. In: Pradhan, Prajal and Pant, Laxmi Prasad, (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham, UK, pp. 53-71. ISBN 978-1035332847

folate, seaweed, biostimulant, nutrition, quality

Griffiths, Jennifer, Adams, Jessica, Turner, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8091-1108, Colgan, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0653-5845, Pant, Laxmi and Nikolaou, Charoula Konstantina (Dina) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6519-4174 (2025) What are the effects of seaweed application in lettuce growing regimes? A systematic review: a Systematic Review Protocol. PROCEED-25-00319. Collaboration for Environmental Evidence (CEE) - Julius Kühn Institute., Julius Kühn Institute. (doi:10.57808/proceed.2025.35)

food justice, spatial justice, sustainability transition, Global South

Pant, Laxmi Prasad (2025) Just transitions and food in the global south. In: Holloway, Lewis, Goodman, Michael K., Maye, Damian, Kneafsey, Moya, Sexton, Alexandra E. and Moragues-Faus, Ana, (eds.) The Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, pp. 330-333.

food justice, topic modelling, nutrition, food security, non-duality, food system transformation, alternative food movements

Pant, Laxmi Prasad, Wasti, Sharada Prasad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8833-7801, Nikolaou, Charoula Konstantia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6519-4174, Pradhan, Prajal, Hurst, Georgie and Bhattarai, Kiran Kumari (2025) A global scoping review of alternative food movements calls for food justice and justice beyond individual humans. Global Food Security, 46:100877. ISSN 2211-9124 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100877)

food system, sustainable development, SDGs, nexus, post-2030 Agenda, synergies and trade-offs

Pradhan, Prajal and Pant, Laxmi Prasad (2026) Introduction to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development. In: Pradhan, Prajal and Pant, Laxmi Prasad, (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham, UK, pp. 1-8. ISBN 978-1035332847

food systems, sustainable development, political ecology, food security

Pradhan, Prajal and Pant, Laxmi Prasad (eds.) (2026) The Elgar Companion to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 978-1035332847

gender mainstreaming; small-scale agriculture; agricultural innovation; gender analysis; public policy; Nepal

Devkota, Rachana, Pant, Laxmi Prasad, Odame, Helen Hambly, Paudyal, Bimala Rai and Bronson, Kelly (2022) Rethinking gender mainstreaming in agricultural innovation policy in Nepal: a critical gender analysis. Agriculture and Human Values, 39 (4). pp. 1373-1390. ISSN 0889-048X (Print), 1572-8366 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s10460-022-10326-1)

hillside farms, gender, agricultural mechanization, sustainable agriculture, responsible innovation, Nepal

Devkota, Rachana, Pant, Laxmi Prasad, Gartaula, Hom Nath, Patel, Kirit, Gauchan, Devendra, Hambly-Odame, Helen, Thapa, Balaram and Raizada, Manish N. (2020) Responsible agricultural mechanization innovation for the sustainable development of Nepal’s hillside farming system. Sustainability, 12 (1):374. ISSN 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:10.3390/su12010374)

just transition, dairy alternatives, food systems, plant-based milks, food justice, dietary transition

Hurst, Georgie and Pant, Laxmi Prasad (2024) The role of dairy alternatives in just food system transitions: a scoping review. Agriculture and Human Values. ISSN 0889-048X (Print), 1572-8366 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s10460-024-10659-z)

legitimacy co-production; social justice; contestation; water policy; Kathmandu; Nepal

Bhattarai, Kiran Kumari, FitzGibbon, John and Pant, Laxmi Prasad (2023) Rethinking collaborative governance to enhance legitimacy co-production: a multipurpose rural-urban water transfer in Nepal. International Journal of Water Resources Development. ISSN 0790-0627 (Print), 1360-0648 (Online) (doi:10.1080/07900627.2023.2218492)

nutrition security, food security, undernutrition, overnutrition, Health and Wellbeing

Wasti, Sharada Prasad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8833-7801, Upadhyay, Atul and Pant, Laxmi Prasad (2026) Chapter 4. Sustainable food systems for health and wellbeing. In: Pradhan, Prajal and Pant, Laxmi Prasad, (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham, UK, pp. 37-52. ISBN 978-1035332847

socio-ecotechnical systems, critical systems of learning competence, complexity, agricultural biodiversity, India, Nepal

Pant, Laxmi Prasad (2014) Critical systems of learning and innovation competence for addressing complexity in transformations to agricultural sustainability. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38 (3). pp. 336-365. ISSN 2168-3565 (Print), 2168-3573 (Online) (doi:10.1080/21683565.2013.833157)

sub-Saharan Africa, rural livelihoods, subsistence, smallholders, sustainable food security, participatory development, sustainable agriculture, community engagement

Eidt, Colleen M., Pant, Laxmi P. and Hickey, Gordon M. (2020) Platform, participation, and power: how dominant and minority stakeholders shape agricultural innovation. Sustainability, 12 (2):461. ISSN 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:10.3390/su12020461)

transformations, adaptive transition cycle, regime shifts, agroecology, innovation, food security

Pant, Laxmi Prasad (2016) Paradox of mainstreaming agroecology for regional and rural food security in developing countries. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 111. pp. 305-316. ISSN 0040-1625 (doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2016.03.001)

triple burden of malnutrition, undernutrition, overnutrition, non-communicable diseases, micronutrient deficiency, social determinants of nutrition

Nikolaou, Charoula ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6519-4174 and Pant, Laxmi Prasad (2026) Chapter 3. Ending all forms of malnutrition through food system transformation. In: Pradhan, Prajal and Pant, Laxmi Prasad, (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham, UK, pp. 23-36. ISBN 978-1035332847

‘Just in time’ governance; Mission-oriented innovation; Management by goals; Food system governance; Anticipatory governance; Equitable partnerships

Pant, Laxmi Prasad, Benton, Tim, Bhattarai, Kiran Kumari, Pandit Chhetri, Raju, Sapkota, Tek Bahadur and Pradhan, Prajal (2026) Conclusion: Directionality and diversity of food system governance partnerships toward sustainable futures. In: Pradhan, Prajal and Pant, Laxmi Prasad, (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham, UK, pp. 347-363. ISBN 978-1035332847