Agricultural Policies and Rural Development in Nepal: An Overview

Chaudhary, Deepak

doi:10.3126/rnjds.v1i2.22425

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“…Sustainable economic growth can be achieved through agriculture development avoiding deforestation, and land degradation. Therefore, the government should make the policy of local governance effectively both in terms of strategy and implementation aspects (Chaudhary, 2018). It would be better if the government would undertake responsibility to marketing of the product.…”

Section: Expectation Of the Commercial Vegetable Farmersmentioning

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Impact of vegetable farming on farmers livelihood patterns in Dhankuta, Nepal

Paudel

Bhandari

2021

Geog. J. Nepal

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This paper deals with the livelihood pattern and the socio-economic condition of vegetable farmers of Chhathar Jorpati rural municipality, which lies in the eastern part of Dhankuta district of Nepal. The study applied household questionnaire survey, focus group discussion and field observation to collect information of vegetable farming and the impact of vegetable farming on farmers’ livelihood. The study conducted 45 households questionnaire survey in total using simple random sampling in ward number six of Chhathar Jorpati rural municipality. The statistical analysis of collected field survey data was preformed through correlation test and standard deviation. The result shows that the socio-economic condition and the livelihood of the vegetable farmers is improving in recent years. Before doing commercial vegetable farming, farmers cultivated potatoes and used to exchange their production with cereal crops to the neighboring villages. Farmers used to cultivate maize in their farmland, but due to the climatic and the topographic condition it took almost nine months (from January to October) for production. Among the total households, 24.4 percent farmers have seven members in their family and the average family size is 6.3. The Chhetri is the dominant ethnic group of the study area. Among educated groups, the majorities have completed secondary level of education. Most of the farmers are (35.5%) holding land size between 16 and 20 Ropani (0.82-0.10ha.). The majorities of the farmers cultivated high valued vegetables i. e., cauliflower, cabbage, tomato, pea, radish, carrot and green leafy vegetables. The average income from vegetable farming is NRs. 250000/household per year. Primarily, farmers use their income to manage foods, clothes, children education and daily-required goods. Further, due to the lack of sufficient human resources, improved seeds and fertilizer, the majorities of the farmers are facing challenges in their vegetable farming. In addition to this, the vegetable farmers are utilizing their capabilities and are devoted to enhance their livelihood through vegetable farming.

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Section: Expectation Of the Commercial Vegetable Farmersmentioning

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Impact of vegetable farming on farmers livelihood patterns in Dhankuta, Nepal

Paudel

Bhandari

2021

Geog. J. Nepal

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“…Representatives at local government act as change agents of the society in terms of economic, social and political activities. The role of local governance is vital in rural development including agriculture development (Chaudhary, 2018). The authority, autonomy, capacity, and accountability and leadership are the major framework for the effectiveness of local governance.…”

Section: The Conceptual Framework Of Decentralization/ Devolution Lomentioning

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The Decentralization, Devolution and Local Governance Practices in Nepal: The Emerging Challenges and Concerns

Chaudhary

2019

J Polit Sci

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Nepal has been facing political changes and systems over the decades. Presently Nepal has adopted the unitary federal political system. Under the system, devolution of power is shared to local levels in order to strengthen localism and development. The devolution is a broader concept of decentralization where power and authority are provided to a sub-national level of government constitutionally. This paper discusses the devolution and its implication on local levels that are directly related to local people and grass-roots democracy. The Constitution of Nepal 2015, Local Government Operations Act 2017, Inter Governmental Fiscal Transfer Act 2017 and other sectoral legislation and published related documents are reviewed for this paper. Besides, three numbers of local levels (rural municipalities) are taken as an empirical inquiry to find out the problems and challenges facing by local levels. The Constitution of Nepal 2015 provided enough power and authority to the local levels based on devolution under federalism. Despite that, the inadequacy of laws, and policies, and lacking coordination between local levels and center-province and poor mobilization are major challenges to local levels and the question of good governance and leadership is more pronounced in this regard. The relationship among the center, province and local levels is still debatable. Overall, the present collateral form of local governance is not being well functioned. The effectiveness of Leadership seems to be important to cope with local governance for local development and grass-roots democracy.

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“…The majority of Nepalese depends on agriculture and its linkages. Agriculture with livestock is the major means of livelihood for the majority of Nepalese; however, agriculture in Nepal represents subsistence in nature and youths are reluctant to engage in it [45].…”

Section: The Rebuilding Of Agriculture and Tourism Sectorsmentioning

confidence: 99%