Population, social structure and strategic behavior: An essay on polyandry, fertility and change in Limi Panchayat

One of the fundamental goals of anthropological research in Nepal must be to generate data, explanations and recommendations which can be used by policy makers to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants without causing either long or short term degradation of the environment. In particular the socio-economic systems of existing hill and mountain populations must be stabilised in their environments so that current patterns of population growth, out-migration and ecosystem degradation do not continue or become exacerbated and systems based on sustained yields instituted