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Item Current Farming Practice at Pelkachour VDC, Syangja(Central Department of Rural Development, 2019) Gurung, YogendraMillions of people are living with undernourishment and hunger in the world due to shortage of food. So, many countries of the world are prioritizing for food security. However, in Nepal, a quite opposite phenomenon is taking place. Fertile agricultural lands are being abandoned at an unprecedented degree in recent years. A critical question that then arises is: How and why productive lands are being abandoned by farmers who otherwise had cultivated them for so many generations? The question is much more relevant for a country like Nepal that faces severe food insecurity. The aim of this paper is to investigate the drivers of agricultural land abandoned practice in VDC of Syangja District. This study applies a mixed method approach to data collection, using household survey and key informant interview, in three village of Pelkachour VDC of Syangja district. The results indicate three key drivers: first, shortage of farm labour due to outmigration; second, reduced agricultural production, concomitant with availability of more attractive alternative opportunities; third, increment in the demand for the cash for health, education and other social services, cannot get output instantly from farming as money. The paper concludes by highlighting some ways to address the agricultural land abandoned practice issue.Item Milk Value Chain in Rural Dairy Farming System in the Selected Districts of Gandaki River Basin, Nepal: A Case Study of Gorkha, Tanahun, Chitwan Districts(entral Department of Rural Development Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 2015-10) Banskota, NirajThe Research entitled Milk Value Chain in Rural Dairy Farming System in the Selected Districts of Gandaki River Basin, Nepal is an academic research work for MA, Rural Development. The General Objective of this study is to analyze the existing status of milk production and milk products value chain in Chanuli, Dumre and Palungtar. It studies the in-depth assessment of the milk and milk products marketing through identifying actors’ factors and relationships. The study follows descriptive and exploratory research design where both qualitative and quantitative information have been included. The universe of the study was 500 samples. The farmers providing at least 10 liters of milk production in the cooperatives were selected. Simple random sampling was used as respondents .The sample size was 18 % of the total universe balancing the same percentage from the existed milk cooperatives. Both secondary and primary data from the five major milk producing was collected covering the whole milk value chain from production to the market as well as the policy, regulatory and institutional framework under which the sub-sector is operating. Actively working intermediates (key informants) were also used. Household survey, interview, observation, focused group discussion and interview with the key informants were adopted to collect data. For this, structured questionnaire and guidelines were developed. The GRB region is rich in animal resources as it owns ~20% of cattle population and ~30% of buffalo population of the country (MoAD, 2012). Cattle in Gandaki River Basin are almost entirely of the zebu type and are sources of milk. Buffaloes alone contribute about 84% of the milk production in the GRBs. There are approximately 1.5 million cattle, 1.5 million buffaloes, 0.1 million sheep, 2 million goats. Livestock production in pastoral areas system that supports an estimated 10% of population covers 50-60% of the total area. The key actors in the formal dairy value system include milk producer farmers, MPCSs, MCCs, and milk processing plants/cheese factories. Firstly, there are rural farmers and their function is to be engaged in milk production. The next are MPCSs established in the rural areas, Milk and milk products were channeled to consumers vi through both formal and informal marketing systems through private and DDC businesses. The strength of dairy sector to develop the rural area is; strong dairy cooperatives with their presence from the grass root level i.e. rural area to the source of income. The pragmatic weakness of the dairy sector were hygienic milk production/ lack of stringent measure on quality control / lack of awareness, scattered production and difficult geography- increased cost in collection and transportation, poor infrastructure for milk collection, chilling and transport etc. The opportunities are wide as livestock are widely distributed with even distribution of cattle and buffaloes throughout, consumption of milk and dairy products is traditional but there is increasing gap between demand for and supply of milk and milk products, market opportunities of milk and milk products have increased particularly in the densely populated urban areas. Compulsion for coexistence of productive and unproductive (old, male, diseased) cattle further depleting scarce feeding resources, poor competitiveness- upsurge in import of milk and milk products, , increasing cost of inputs including labor, shortage of labor- young generation seeking jobs overseas, reluctance of financial institutions on lending for agriculture, high opportunity costs of land and labour particularly around the main highways and townships where the dairy farming activities pragmatic threats of the milk producing areas in the Gandaki river basins. There are opportunities which the competitiveness of milk subsector that can be built up on untapped high milk production potential. Since, small portion of the total marketable milk reaches the terminal market due to different needs to be addressed for overcoming value chain approach. These supports for the organizational and business management and development gaps among the small- scale milk processing units. The main theme of the recommendation is that; any interventions in the milk and milk value chain should address the poor and women pastoralists/ producers for livelihood enhancement of these poor.Item Possibility of Commercial Jatropha Farming to Reduce the Rural Poverty and Fuel Dependency in Nepal(Central Department of Rural Development, 2010) Neupane, Bibek KantAvailable with Full TextItem Pottery Industry in Madhyapur Thimi (A Case Study of Chapacho Vdc, Bhaktapur,Nepal)(Department of Geography, 2008) Thapa, ChandeshworiNot AvailableItem Problems and Prospects of Small Scale Commercial Goat Farming(Central Department of Rural Development Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 2016-08) DAWADI, SHIVA DATTANepal, being one of the developing agricultural country, sustainable development is only possible through the way of agricultural resonances by investigating and investing in resent technologies, ideas, skills and land matching seeds including commercialization in animal husbandry.The prime concern of the study were to analyze the status of small scale commercial goat farming in Chitwan district, to analyze the socio economic impact of small commercial goat farming in Chitwan District, to explore the supporting and constraining factors of small scale commercial goat farming in Chitwan district. A set of questionnaire entitled 'Problems and Prospects of Small Scale Commercial Goat Farming'was the tools for the collection of data, which were distributed to 114households of Jagatpur VDC in Chitwan districts who were rearing at least four goats in their home for the purpose of business.Collected data have been analyzed and interpreted in descriptive ways. The study has used purposive and convenience sampling method. The result of the study showed that the Chitwan district is one of the potential district for the commercial goat farming and found most of the households used to rear at least some goats in their home for the purpose of self consume as well as the purpose of the business, it has great role in the socio-economic status of the people. The major problems of such small scale commercial goat farming in the study were found as lack of grass for feeding, lack of developed caste of goat, lack of manpower, lack of livestock insurance, lack of facilitated loan, lack of proper training ( about livestock), lack of veterinary facility, low price of meat. And the different significant prospects were found in this profession which was as prospects to develop goat farming as a main occupation, prospects to increase the level of income, prospects to increase employment, prospects to capture national meat market, prospect to increase the production capacity of land, prospect to make healthier life.Item Socio-Economic Impact of Large Cardamom Farming in Taplejung: A Study of Sirijangha Rural Municipality, Taplejung District(Central Department of Rural Development, 2017) Baniya, Raj KumarLarge cardamom is an important cash crop and livelihood option for people in eastern region of Nepal, especially in Taplejung. This high-value, minimal labor-intensive and non-perishable crop is cultivated as an understory perennial crop. This study entailed 'Socio-Economic Impact of Large Cardamom Farming in Taplejung: A Study of Sirijangha Rural Municipality, Taplejung District' is based on primary data collection. The main objective of the study is to analyze the socio-economic impacts of the large cardamom farming in rural community. The specific objectives include examining the status of cardamom farming, major utilization pattern of income from large cardamom, role of large cardamom farming in changing socio-economic conditions of people and major challenges faced by cardamom farmers in using their income from cardamom farming for productive use. This study has applied both descriptive and explanatory research design. The sources of data were primary & secondary and nature of data was both qualitative & quantitative. A total of 86 households has been selected purposively and interviewed to investigate the status, utilization pattern, roles and challenges associated with large cardamom farming. This was supplemented by the field observation of cardamom plantations and interviews with four key informants, one FGD and one challenges analysis including farmer's group members, demo farmers, women and other stakeholders. The findings revealed that, despite its economic importance and increased farming in recent years, the price has been declined regularly. Yet, cardamom remains a major cash crop and the major source of income for livelihoods followed by remittance and employment. The sex ratio of household's population is 102.01 and economically active population is about ¾ while, about ¼ populations is economically inactive. The average cardamom cultivated area is 15.10 ropani per household. The average income from cardamom farming is Rs 1, 82,468 per household per year, which summed to 52.42% of total household's income. Whereas remittances contribution is only15.02%, The income from cardamom is expended in different sectors; most of the incomes were used in productive sectors like saving, land purchases, children education, and assets purchase. Some incomes from cardamom were used in unproductive sectors like jewelers purchase, non-basic food and other demonstrative use. After cardamom farming, different socio-economic changes have been found in the community, like 42.09% of income source from agriculture has been increased to 63.08%. Some changes in housing conditions, health facility use, education and sanitation were found. Other important positive changes were increased assets composition like fixed assets, liquid assets & modern assets. But the negative change in food sufficiency has been observed due to increasing coverage of cardamom farming. There are many challenges faced by the cardamom farmers for productive use of their income from large cardamom farming. The major challenges are fluctuation of price of cardamom, low level of awareness, demonstration effects, insufficient financial institution and absence of investment friendly environment. Despite some measurable challenges, cardamom farming is one of the least labor intensive, high-valued, non-perishable and leading crops. The geographical location and climatic conditions are suitable for cardamom farming. But production, price and market value of large cardamom have highly fluctuated. It justifies the need for diversifying livelihood options by searching alternatives of cardamom forming through change in cropping pattern, multi-cropping, inter-cropping and crop diversification of livelihood options.