value chain/ market analysis of the ginger sub-sector ... - Nepal Trade

Dhankuta, Ilam, Panchthar, Tehrathum, Udaypur, Jhapa, Morang, Saptari, Siraha, andSunsari) in the eastern development region of Nepal. The project aims to accelerate theprocess of agricultural commercialization in the eastern development region by building onearlier project initiatives and responding to the needs of stakeholders by strengtheninglinkages and ensuring fair benefits to disadvantaged communities and women.High Value Agriculture Project (HVAP): The HVAP project formally launched this year,concentrating its activities in the mid-western development region. The project primarilyfocuses on Inclusive Business (IB) approach whereby it seeks to mitigate poverty byincorporating lower income communities within the supply chain of larger and moreestablished companies. Ginger is one of the priority sub sectors of this project. The project isimplemented in 10 Midwestern districts, namely Surkhet, Salyan, Jajarkot, Dailekh, Jumla,Kalikot, Dolpa, Humla, Mugu, and Achham. Sixty-six thousand households from 114 VillageDevelopment Committees (VDCs) will benefit from the project.WTO-STDF: Ministry of Commerce and Supplies, Ministry of Agriculture andCooperatives, Food and Agriculture Organization Office - Nepal, Agro Enterprise Centre,and the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry are jointly launching aproject named Enhancing Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary capacity in Nepalese ginger exportsthrough Public Private Partnerships. This project will be launched in eastern Nepal in thelocal partnership of the Nepal Ginger Producers and Traders Association (NGPTA).3.4.3 Non-government Organizations and ProjectsANSAB: Established in 1992, ANSAB (Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture andBioresources) is a civil society organization working in South Asia with headquarters inKathmandu, Nepal. It is committed to biodiversity conservation and economic developmentthrough community-based, enterprise-oriented solutions. Since 2000, ANSAB has beenproviding market information of ginger collecting from various major market centres ofNepal and India. Apart from that, ANSAB provides various supports to farmers, processors,exporters in production, business planning, processing, trading, and export of the products.AEC/FNCCI: FNCCI created the Agro Enterprise Center (AEC) as an autonomous unit inSeptember 1991. It has its own optimal guidelines and policies, and program approval isgiven by a separate Board comprising of FNCCI executive members, representative fromDistrict Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Commodity Associations, and permanentinvitees from various related government agencies or who are donors. The mission of thiscenter is to expand and strengthen market-oriented private sector driven agro enterprises inorder to increase the value and volume of high-value products sold domestically andinternationally.NGPTA: Nepal Ginger Producers and Traders Association (NGPTA), established in 2005,includes 36 farmer groups and 27 traders (mostly from the eastern region) and plans to extendbranches in 22 districts of Nepal. NGPTA works mostly in facilitation activities for the tradeof ginger.JABAN: Jadibuti Association of Nepal (JABAN), established in 1998 and located inNepalgunj, is an association of traders and processors. As a supporting organization to NTFP,JABAN provides market information regularly. Recently, JABAN established a laboratoryfacility with a Gas Chromatography (CG) machine with the support of the Government ofNepal. JABAN is mostly focussed in the western part of the country.Value Chain/Market Analysis-Ginger 25