Agricultural Policy Review for Coffee Promotion in Nepal

Abstract

Coffee is one of the important cash generative crops in the mid hills of Nepal. Coffee, being an important high value crops, is mostly grown in marginal areas with minimum use of improved technologies. In line with the focus of agricultural policies, the concerned organizations have not taken adequate initiatives for the promotion of coffee cultivation. In Nepal majority of coffee is wet processed, which is considered best method for good quality coffee. However, there is lack of updated manpower and improved technologies to work in this regard. As a result of which, quality of Nepalese coffee is below international standard. Around 65 percent of Nepalese coffee is exported and the rest amount is processed and supplied in the domestic market. Majority of coffee is exported through personal contact of traders rather than institutionalized marketing channel. Therefore, there is gap between what policies have stated and what actually implemented in the real fields for the promotion of coffee .Key words: Agricultural policies; Production; Processing and marketing of coffeeThe Journal of AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTVol. 11, 2010Page: 138-147Uploaded date: 16 September, 2010