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promoting negleCted and underutilized speiCes in nepal 155 in the same village. The cost: benefit ratio was calculated on per Bahan 6 basis. The survey revealed that preparation and selling of alcoholic beverages seemed profitable (Table 5). The farmers could obtain net benefit of NR 13.5 per kg by selling good quality alcohol at the rate of NR 18 per bottle, which is a very attractive income for Nepalese small entrepreneurs. Table 5. Cost: benefit analysis of beverage production at household level in Kalabang (per Bahan) Particulars Quantity Unit cost (NR) Total cost (NR) Cost of preparation millet grain 10 kg 12 120 Marcha7 (cake) 25 (no.) 1 25 Firewood 1 Bhari 50 50 Water 200 lit. 0 0 depreciation cost of utensils lump sum 10 human labour (women) 1 md 70 70 A. Total Cost Income 275 alcohol 5 pane8 (good quality) 20 bottles 18 360 By-product (kat) 5 kg 10 50 B. Total Income 410 Net profit (B-A) 135 Net profit (NR) per kg millet from alcohol preparation source: Key informant survey, 2004 13.5 5.3 Gender involvement in crop production and utilization A household survey was conducted in the project villages with the aim to identify the role of male and female farmers in finger millet crop production, utilization and gender-based benefit sharing. The survey revealed that women superseded men in all the activities i.e. crop production, sale as well as access and control over the income obtained from millet irrespective of the sites and the communities (Table 6). In the Gurung community, males had very little role as compared to those in the Brahmin and Chettri communities except beverage production. The Gurung was a dominant ethnic community at Kalabang followed by disadvantaged groups whereas Brahmin and Chettri were the major ethnic groups at Ralmare. 6Bahan is the quantity used in preparing alcoholic beverage at a time that equals to 10 kg millet grain 7Marcha is a kind of cake and used as a catalyst in preparing alcohol at houshold level 8Pane indicates the quality of alcohol
156 minor millets in south asia Table 6. Gender involvement in crop production and utilization in Kaski (%) Activities Kalabang Ralmare Male Female Both Male Female Both Field selection 13.7 68.6 17.6 8 48 44 Variety selection 9.8 84.3 5.9 4 60 36 millet cultivation 7.7 92.3 0 10 44 46 millet sale 11.1 88.9 0 5.3 47.4 47.4 price determination 7.7 88.5 3.8 5.1 38.5 56.4 recipe preparation (food items) 3.9 96.1 0 4.1 63.3 32.7 alcoholic beverage production 4.0 92.0 4.0 0 100.0 0 source: Field survey, 2003 5.4 Marketing of millet and millet based products A market study on the supply of finger millet and its products in urban and periurban areas of Pokhara was also successfully carried out. Data related to the work of four entrepreneurs involved in production and marketing of finger millet and value added products, were included in the study. Sital Agro-Products was involved in the supply of millet grain and its flour and other entrepreneurs such as Annapurna Pouroti, Taja Pouroti and Kundhar Khaja Udyog were involved in production and marketing of value added products in Pokhara. The initiatives on value addition and market promotion increased the demand and consequently the sales of finger millet (grain and flour) by Sital Agro-Products more than 3-folds in the market of Pokhara during the period 2002-04 (Fig. 4). This was due to the increased awareness among health conscious groups (diabetics and intellectuals) and to the development of diversified products targeted to different category of people, both activities carried out through the IFAD-NUS project. Similarly, the sale trend of millet products sold by the entrepreneurs slowly increased and diversified over time (Fig. 5) and as a result, millet products became Fig. 4. Trend in sale of finger millet by Sital agro-products Fig. 5. Trend in finger millet products marketing by entrepreneurs in pokhara
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foreword v Foreword The project,
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foreword vii Foreword I extend my c
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prefAce ix Preface The small millet
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executive suMMAry 1 Executive Summa
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executive suMMAry 3 women. Informat
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executive suMMAry 5 and seed exchan
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introduction 13 Introduction Backgr
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