Abstract
This study was conducted in Gulmi and Palpa districts in western hills of Nepal in 2017 AD with the main objective to assess the impacts of earthquake in coffee production and marketing. One hundred and sixty coffee producers were selected by a three- stage sampling procedure. In this study only 6.9 % of coffee producers had said that they had experienced impacts of massive earthquake 2015 AD on coffee production and marketing. Among the coffee producers(6.9%) who said that they had experienced the impact of earthquake 2015 AD, majority (37%) of them said that they had suffered some minor (repairable) cracks in their houses and sheds while 27% of them had said that rate of drying of water sources is accelerated after earthquake leading to shortage water for drinking and irrrigating coffee fields. Since eathquake 2015AD had minor impacts on coffee production and marketing, pre earthquake preparedness like public awareness programs, quality construction practices, preparation of new codes and standards for infrastructure design and training coffee producers, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders should be done in the study area to cope with the unforeseen consequences of earthquake in future.
 Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 7(1): 114-119
Highlights
Earthquakes occur due to the vibrations created by the movement of earth crust
Coffee being one of the potential exportable agricultural commodities of Nepal this study is focused on capturing the impact of massive earthquake 2015AD in coffee production in western hills of Nepal
The benefit cost ratio of coffee producers and pulper operators was found 2.49 and 1.53 respectively which clearly indicates that coffee production is a profitable enterprise (Table 1)
Summary
Earthquakes occur due to the vibrations created by the movement of earth crust. According to Statista (2018) around 9624 people died worldwide in 2015 due to earthquake. Nepal Disaster Management Reference Handbook (2015) had mentioned that Nepal is highly vulnerable to earthquake as it is situated upon the AlpineHimalayan belt where 7% of world's largest earthquake occurs as the Indian plate pushes upwards into the Eurasian plate, causing great stress to build up in Earth's crust, only to be relieved through earthquakes. A devastating earthquake struck in Nepal on 25 April 2015 followed by several strong aftershocks that killed more than 9000 people and 23000 were injured (European commission, 2015).The epicenter of earthquake was located in Barpark, Gorkha which is approximately 77km northwest of Kathmandu (capital city of Nepal) and 73 km east of Pokhara (WHO, 2015).The earthquake has affected different socioeconomic sector of country overall, the event was catastrophic and had destroyed or damaged houses and animal shelters , livestock, crops and food stores, as well as social infrastructures such as school, health centers, banks, business centers, microenterprises , roads and trails.
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