POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT-AGRICULTURE SECTOR

“Food security and adequate nutrition for all is

where sustainable development starts.”
GHANASHYAM BHUSAL
MINISTER AT MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT
PARTY: NEPAL COMMUNIST PARTY

CHAKRAPANI KHANAL-FORMER MINISTER (CHIEF POLITICAL ADVISER OF PUSHPA

KAMAL DAHAL)
AGRICULTURE SECTOR IN NEPAL
 More than 2/3 of Nepalese
live in Rural Depending upon
Agriculture
 Income of Agriculure sector-
811.3 billion 18/19
 26.50 contribution to gdp
  Two side of coin –Rural Area
and Agriculture
 Declining phase
 Cannot attract young people
 Migration of rural to urban
 Article (51 E)Government Emphasize
Agriculuture Development for-
 Poverty Alleviation
 Food Safety
 Export earnings-Higher Economic growth
Through-
1.Policy intervention and Relation building
with FAO,UN
 Woment emporement in Rural-Livestock (AFSP)
 Climate Change adaption.(GEF)
 Technical assistance-USAID
2.Allocation of Budget (41.40billion)
3. Policy of minimum acceptance price in
agriculture outputs with buy-back guarantee from
the government.
4. Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC)
5.Attracting FDI
CHALLENGES ON AGRICULTURE
SECTOR
 Climate-Flood,landslide,soil  Government Emphasis-
erosion, deforestation and
desertification
Close Cooperation with
 under-investment from both
FAO,GEF
public and private sectors.
 Only 3% of total Budget
allocated
 subsidies have usually been
politically sensitive agenda
 Infrastrucutre-Roads,Irrigation

 Technology-fixation of base
price,Machinery
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
 1. Agriculture friendly  Creating favorable
economic policy investment climate.
 supportive policies and  policies should promote
programs such as those agribusiness models
incentives, opportunities, which are in favour of
easy access to needed small scale producers. 
inputs and safety nets-
compensation
 cash-transfer program

 Agriculture Insurance
Policy(Mandatory for
insurance company)