Abstract
Ginger is the potential high value sub-sector in Nepal for small scale farmers’ livelihoods. In this context, this research was conducted in 2016 to analyze value chain of ginger sub-sector in Salyan district of Nepal. Dadagaun and Tharmare VDCs of Salyan were purposively selected for the study. Primary data were collected using semi-structured questionnaire for household survey as well as focus group discussion (FGD), key informant interview (KII) and rapid market appraisal (RMA) survey were used. Household level cross-sectional data from 140 households (70 from Dadagaun and 70 from Tharmare VDC) were sampled using simple random sampling technique. Descriptive statistics, and value chain analysis were used to analyse data. Average land under ginger cultivation was 1.62 ropani which was higher in Dadagaun (2.17 ropani) than Tharmare (1.07 ropani) and found statistically significance different at 1 percent level. The average marginal cost of fresh ginger was NRs. 12.15/kg. Local traders were the major market actor influencing the price of ginger and bargaining power as the major factor whereas farmers were seemed weaker in the value chain due to low bargaining power with lack of market information. Huge marketing margin (NRs. 94/kg) and low producers share (14.55%) showed that there was no strong linkage between the producers and traders. This study revealed that ginger value chain analysis in the study area found very unstructured and poor strengthening of business enabling environment, unorganized functional market chain and poor inputs and service provision. Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 6(2): 127-131
Highlights
Nepal is a small landlocked least developed country situated between the latitude of 26022’N to 30027’N and longitude 8004’E to88012’E with a total area of 147,181 square km
Area of Ginger Production The average area allocated for ginger production in the study area was found to be 1.62 ropani and the average area of Dadagaun VDC was found to be 2.171 and that of Tharmare was found to be 1.069 and it was found to be significant at 1 percent level of significance
Farmers of ginger were categorized into three groups as small farmers cultivating in the land of 0.0 - 1 ropani, medium farmers as the farmers cultivating in 1 - 2 ropani land and the farmers cultivating in more than in 2 ropani land were categorized as large farmers
Summary
Nepal is a small landlocked least developed country situated between the latitude of 26022’N to 30027’N and longitude 8004’E to88012’E with a total area of 147,181 square km. About 70percent of country’s area is covered by hills and mountains. Hills and mountains account for 23 percent, 42 percent and 35 percent, of the total area of the country, respectively (Karki, 2002). Due to its huge variation in topography and climate it has 136 ecosystems and it ranks 25th in the world in terms of biodiversity (CBS, 2014). The variation in temporal, altitudinal, topographical and aspects, has made such agricultural biodiversity possible (Shrestha, 2007).Agriculture sector contributes about 28.79 percent to the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (AICC, 2016). About 65.6 percent of the country’s total population is engaged in agriculture as livelihood and employment opportunity (CBS, 2011)
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