Western Nepal hills are known for food deficiency for long. As the Maoist insurgency has spread in the area the problem of food shortage has became more acute. As majority of the able-bodied persons fled due to threat to their lives there are very few youth in the village to work on the field. The unfavourable monsoon has adverse effect on the production. On the other hand, because of the insurgency transportation of food supplies in the area have been hampered.

CIJ sent a team to look into the problem. It produced two print stories, one video documentary and one radio documentary.