Role of Commerical Vegetable Faring on Household Income in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-4,Chitwan

Abstract

This thesis entitled “ROLE OF COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE FARMING ON HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN BHARATPUR METROPOLITAN CITY- 4, CHITWAN” has been conducted to study the contribution of commercial vegetable farming on the household income and household welfare. The general objective of this study was to assess the socioeconomic status of household involved and examine the impact of vegetable farming on earned in household income in commercial vegetable farming. The study covers total enumeration (72 farm households) of the ward No 4 of Bharatpur. The municipality was selected as it was representative of one of the pocket areas of commercial vegetable farming in the periphery of Chitwan valley. The research design applied in this study is descriptive as well as exploratory. Data are based on qualitative and quantitative both methods. Which have been collected from field survey using structured questionnaire, collected data has been coded, edited, and finalized the qualitative data has been analyzed and presented at paragraph and quantitative data will presented in table and graphs, piecharts etc. and processing, classification, tabulation. And analysis of data by the computer software, SPSS and table and chart were prepared in MS-Excel. This study found that farmers of the study site have only 3.52 kattha of land, and those who hire land should pay more. Vegetable forming is the main occupation which contribute in an average Rs. 196444 (34.62 percent) of annual income. Mushroom is the top most income earner vegetable. But very limited few households harvest this type of farming. Potato, carrot, radish, and cucumber are the common vegetable farming. This study also shows that the commercial vegetable farming helps to increase social as well as economic power of the household. The vegetable farming has support in daily life activities. The broker and market problem is the major facing problem among them. It is sure that the vegetable farming is an important farm activity to earn income as well as increase the status of the livelihood. Key words: Agriculture, Vegetable, Farm, Pesticide, Rent Land