Prospects and problems of commercial vegetable farming A case study of Gajuri Rural Municipality, Dhading District
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नेपाली शिक्षा विभाग
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The study “Problems and Prospects of Vegetable Farming in Rural Area of Nepal “A Case Study ofGajuri Rural Municipality,Dhading District’’ focused on role of vegetable farming in socio economic status of farmers. The general objective of the study was to examine and analyze the problems and prospects of vegetables farming in the study area. The specificobjectives was to identify the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, to analyze thestatus of commercial vegetable farming in the study area, to examine the role of vegetable farming in the income generation, to analyze problems faced by the farmers and to analyze theprospects of vegetables farming in the study area.
Exploratory as well as descriptive research design was used to conduct the study.Structured questionnaire, focus group discussion and observation were used for collecting datafrom the selected households.50 households were selected simple random sampling techniques.Collected information was presented by using simple descriptive and statistical tools such astable, percentage, etc.
The findings of the study showed that all the selected householdswere involved in vegetablefarming; however64%of them practiced vegetable farming in off season. Similarly, the study showed the66%of increasing situation of vegetable farming. The farmers were found to plant different types of vegetables as Radish, Cabbage and potato mainly.
Regarding the contribution of vegetable farming to increase the income of the local farmers, it was found that vegetable farming contributed in a great extent for income generation.Nearly,40%of the respondents earned 51-75 thousands in a year from the farming.
Farmers found to face several problems such as lack of plain land for farming, lack ofirrigation, fertilizers and pesticides, high labor cost and low price of products.
As the prospectsof farming they were interested in vegetable farming and wanted to give continuity to it for a longtime. Further policy research and developmental studies are requestedto alleviate poverty through the development of commercialized urban agriculture in study area.