Technology Demonstrations and Value Chain Interventions for Commercial Promotion of Lentil in Rice Fallows in the Terai of Nepal <Article>

国際協力研究誌 20 巻 3 号 29-43 頁 2014-03-31 発行
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Technology Demonstrations and Value Chain Interventions for Commercial Promotion of Lentil in Rice Fallows in the Terai of Nepal <Article>
作成者
Neupane Ram Krishna
Sharma Anjana
Aryal Deepak
Shah Rakesh
Gupta Shiva Ratan
Maldonado Kate
収録物名
国際協力研究誌
Journal of International Development and Cooperation
20
3
開始ページ 29
終了ページ 43
抄録
Lentil is a leading pulse crop of Nepal. It is also a high value crop, having an immense potentiality of export to other countries. Although Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) has recommended ten varieties and improved production technologies of lentil, the adoption at farmer’s field has been low due to which the average yield is far below its attainable yield. Poor access to improved seeds, technical knowledge and services among farmers, and lack of appropriate market intervention are major shortcomings to develop this sector commercially. So, to enhance the productivity and production of lentil and to improve linkages among the value chain actors, FORWARD Nepal implemented the project on commercial farming of lentil in 11 terai districts of Nepal in 2011/12 and 2012/13. The project introduced a technology package consisting of improved varieties, rhizobium inoculation, seed priming and basal application of fertilizer diammonium phosphate (DAP) on a cost share basis with farmer groups. Value chain improvement activities including collective marketing were intervened to help growers realize competitive price of the produce.

The project used HH surveys and group discussions with concerned stakeholders for the study. The effectiveness of project interventions were assessed through baseline and endline surveys of the randomly selected sample households from the project districts. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and ANOVA techniques.

The findings reveal the effectiveness of project interventions in increasing the production, productivity and household (HH) income of lentil growers. As a result of technology adoption, average lentil productivity increased by 18%, total HH production by 44%, area under lentil by 25%, HH sale by 29% and HH income by 115% over the baseline figure. It is concluded that in addition to delivery of technology packages to farmers, improvements in value chains and marketing play crucial roles in enhancing farm level profitability and commercial farming of lentil in Nepal.
内容記述
This article is an outcome of the project NEAT-GRA-STN-001 "Commercial promotion of lentil subsector in eleven terai districts of Nepal" with financial supports from the people of United States of America.
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農業 [ 610 ]
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英語
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広島大学大学院国際協力研究科
発行日 2014-03-31
出版タイプ Version of Record(出版社版。早期公開を含む)
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収録物識別子
[ISSN] 1341-0903
[NCID] AN10482914