CHAPTER VII: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
7.4 ACTION PLAN
Committees, one each in Sunsari, Morang, Jhapa, and Dhankuta districts as a pilot project. The major actors and their specific roles are as described below.
Stakeholders Role and Responsibility Processor /
Buyer (Rijal Tashi Industry)
• Specification of variety
• Selection of pocket, producer, and production area
• Seed procurement and distribution
• Transfer of production technology
• Recommendation for credit from financial institutions
• Monitoring and follow-up
• Buying guarantee
• Facilitation of loan repayment
Farmers • Production of recommended variety in recommended area
• Adoption of given production technology
• Sell to the producer/industry according to the contract Farmers
Cooperative
• Awareness creation
• Training to farmers
• Coordination between farmers, processors and related line agencies
DADO • Pocket identification
• Technical support
• Subsidy for inputs
• Follow-up and monitoring CADP • Subsidy in inputs
• Provide training to the farmers
• Organize observation tours
ADBL • Provide credit for inputs, output marketing, trading, purchase of processing plants and equipments on the recommendation of processor (Rijal Tashi Industry)
7.4 ACTION PLAN
Based on the findings of the study, an indicative action plan for future activities and interventions has been proposed. At this stage it is just an indicative plan which attempts to provide a checklist of what needs to be done on a priority basis, where should such activities take place, how much effort is needed, how are the activities to be carried out and who should be responsible. Details must be worked out after a more detailed study on the various aspects of the issues involved, actions to be taken, detailed time frame and resource requirements. The activities and actions identified by the present study are summarized in the following Table. The proposed plan has focused mostly on activities that need to be carried out by CADP.
What? Where? How Much? How? By Whom?
What? Where? How Much? How? By Whom?
Cold Storage Provision of quality inputs
All pockets Mobilize
cooperatives
CADP Mainstreaming
gender
Dhankuta Training CADP
Energizing farmers’
associations
All districts Training to
create a bridge between service providers and farmers
CADP
Contract farming
Sunsari, Morang, Dhankuta, Jhapa
Contract among
processors, producers, and farmers’
cooperatives
CADP
ANNEX
Annex 1 List of Market Chain Actors Interviewed
Name Function Address Madan Bastola Producer, Collector, Trader Guthitar Belhara-7 Dhankutta Dhruba Raya Producer Belhara, Dhankuta
Makrdhwaj Rai Producer Belhara, Dhankuta Hari Bastola Producer
Punya Prasad Rolaya Producer Belhara, Dhankuta Chandra Bahadur Dahal Producer Ankhisalla, Dhankuta Durga Khadka Producer Belhara, Dhankuta Rabindra Raj Yogi Producer Belhara, Dhankuta Madan Ghimire Producer Belhara, Dhankuta Lok Bahadur Rana Producer Belhara, Dhankuta Tilak Basnet Producer Belhara, Dhankuta
Kaji Giri Trader Chairman, Agricultural Products Marketing Association, Dharan
Ramesh Kumar Shah Trader Dharan
Binod Poudel Trader Mulghat, Dhankuta Nanda Kumar Subba Trader Terhathum
Rajan Wagle Trader Fresh Vegetable Producer and Collection Center, Guthitar, Belhara, Dhankuta Meena Tamang Trader--- Dhankuta
Kumar Pande Collector Mulghat, Dhankuta Purna Giri Collector Mulghat, Dhankuta
Santosh Kumar Magar Collector Rudrabari Fresh Vegetable Collection Center, Rudrabari, Belhara, Dhankuta
Bikash Bista Wholesaler and retailer Pathari, Morang Narayan Timsina Retailer Dharan
Padam Singh Bhandari Packaging laborer Belhara, Dhankuta K. D. Sharma, Bishnu
Neupane Processor Rijal Tashi Industry Pradip Kumar karki T6, Chief of horticultural
section Regional Agricultural Research Center Horticultural Research Unit, Tarhara, Sunsari Shambhu Raj Katuwal: Manager Agricultural Products Marketing Center,
Amarhat, Dharan, Sunsari
Sanjay Kumar Yadav DADO District Agricultural Development Office Jhapa Puisparaj Poudel Agricultural Extension
Officer District Agricultural Development Office Dhankutta
Annex 2
Product Chain Analysis
Commercial Agriculture Development Project Checklist
Name of the Commodity:
General Background
The Product
Tomato
Markets
Tick mark Specify Who do you sell your products to?
• Local consumers
• Traders
• Exporters
•
•
Where do sell your products?
Within the district
• Farm
• Markets
• Collecting Centers
•
Outside the district
• Markets
• Collecting Centers
•
• Marketing
Tick mark Specify How do you market your products?
• By yourself
• Collectors/Traders comes to buy
Have you ever considered selling your products directly to national markets? Or Exports?
Yes/No Because, ………
Date of interview: …../…..../2065 Interviewer: ………..
Interviewee's Position in Value chain: (Farmers / Producers) Interviewee's Contact Details:
Village/town : ………
VDC : ………
District : ….………
Distance from district HQ : ….………
Nearest Markets/Haats : ……….
Demography of the area
Population : ………….. Ethnicity : …………..
No. of households : …………..
Infrastructure/support services
Road networks : ………….. Technical Service centers: ………
Communication : ………….. Others: ……….
Miscellaneous
Land use/Cropping pattern : ………….
Other industries : ………….
No. of grower in your village/VDC/...No of middle man...No of processor...
Accessibility/Transportation
How do you transport your products to?
• Local consumers
• Traders
• Exporters
•
•
Use of the products
Do you know for what purpose your product is being bought?
For consumption (as vegetable, salad…….) For use in processing plants as raw materials (Achar )
Production Cost Estimate & Production
Nursery (Unit Cost) Commodity: Tomato
Plantation (Unit Cost)
B Land preparation
Tractor Hour
Plough Day
TOTAL, for 1 unit area
Pricing
Could you describe on how you set prices with buyers?
Starting price, Rs./kg End price, Rs./kg
Are you satisfied with the price?
(Please rate your price) - Unfair
- Relatively fair - Fair
- Good
What are the factors governing the price in your area?
- Seasonality - Production volume
- Production in other districts - Demand from other districts - Demand from Indian Market - Bargaining/negotiating strength - Availability of processing unit in the area - Availability of markets
- Road/transport system
- Blockade/strike (in own area/highway) - Market information
- Others
Who are the major players in determining the price in your area?
- Collectors/Traders/middle man - Processors
Labor supply situation
Labor other than locals
Own/Household
Services of Credit Supplying Institutions/Individuals Credit Availabili
ty of credit
Interest rate Terms &
Conditions
Quality of Product
Quality criteria Who set the criteria? Who check for quality? Where the inspection is done?
Factors affecting success of the product
Determining factor Specify Grade
Availability of planting materials & inputs on time Quality of seed, fertilizer & other inputs
Technical know-how & technical support services Land
Irrigation Weeding
Major Problems & Constraints
Determining factors Specify Grade
Availability of planting materials & inputs Quality of seed, fertilizer & other inputs
Technical know-how & technical support services Supporting infrastructure
- processing units - road & transport - collection centers - credit
- land
- quality control units
Information on price and market Good relationship with buyer
Other
Solutions and area of interventions
Obstacle Solutions Availability of planting materials & inputs
Quality of seed, fertilizer & other inputs
Technical know-how & technical support services Supporting infrastructure
- processing units - road & transport - collection centers - credit
- land
- quality control units
Information on price and market Good relationship with buyer
Other If the possibility would be there, would you be willing to produce the product in larger quantities?
No (under no conditions…) Yes, but with some conditions
Yes and even if there are some bad years
Undecided Overall impression
Answer farmer Reason farmer:
Risky but profitable Risky and unprofitable Unrisky and profitable Unrisky but not profitable