Title :	Employment and Income Generation Through Horticultural Industries
Material Type:	printed text
Authors:	Thapa, Prahlad Kumar, Author
Pagination:	34-45 p.
Languages :	English (eng)
Keywords:	elasticity,  gross  domestic  products,  income,  labour  employment  and productivity
Abstract:	Agriculture is the main occupation of the majority of the population of Nepal. As agricultural labour productivity is low it is the main reason for widespread poverty. This clearly shows that there is a need to enhance total agricultural productivity to enhance agricultural labour productivity. In view of the diverse agro-ecological zones and growing markets, horticulture is a promising sector· to enhance employment and income to expedite the pace of agricultural growth in Nepal. Agriculture contributes 33 percent to GOP and lwrticulture contributes 21 percent to AGDP. There is high growth of labour force (2.6%) while employment opportunity is low (5% unemployed and 22 percent underemployed). Underemployment is largely due to self employment in agriculture. In such a situation increasing wage and employment is not possible at the same time. Under such circumstance, there is a need to enhance agricultural productivity. Increasing agricultural productivity would be possible by adopting comparatively high income generating commodities like replacing traditional cereal crops by horticultural crops. Horticultural crops have high income elasticity (about 0.5). There is a large trade deficit of horticultural commodities. On the production side, horticultural crops give higher returns (about twice) and greater employment (about 1.5 times) than traditional cereal crops. The development potential is still under-harnessed, due to which Nepal is importing large quantities of fruits and vegetables from India. Despite its current contribution and potential future, the importance of horticulture has not received due priority in the agricultural development policies. Hence, it is recommended that development policy should focus on horticulture to enhance employment and income generating opportunities in the country.
Link for e-copy:	http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=201

Employment and Income Generation Through Horticultural Industries [printed text] / Thapa, Prahlad Kumar, Author . - [s.d.] . - 34-45 p.
Languages : English (eng)

Keywords:	elasticity,  gross  domestic  products,  income,  labour  employment  and productivity
Abstract:	Agriculture is the main occupation of the majority of the population of Nepal. As agricultural labour productivity is low it is the main reason for widespread poverty. This clearly shows that there is a need to enhance total agricultural productivity to enhance agricultural labour productivity. In view of the diverse agro-ecological zones and growing markets, horticulture is a promising sector· to enhance employment and income to expedite the pace of agricultural growth in Nepal. Agriculture contributes 33 percent to GOP and lwrticulture contributes 21 percent to AGDP. There is high growth of labour force (2.6%) while employment opportunity is low (5% unemployed and 22 percent underemployed). Underemployment is largely due to self employment in agriculture. In such a situation increasing wage and employment is not possible at the same time. Under such circumstance, there is a need to enhance agricultural productivity. Increasing agricultural productivity would be possible by adopting comparatively high income generating commodities like replacing traditional cereal crops by horticultural crops. Horticultural crops have high income elasticity (about 0.5). There is a large trade deficit of horticultural commodities. On the production side, horticultural crops give higher returns (about twice) and greater employment (about 1.5 times) than traditional cereal crops. The development potential is still under-harnessed, due to which Nepal is importing large quantities of fruits and vegetables from India. Despite its current contribution and potential future, the importance of horticulture has not received due priority in the agricultural development policies. Hence, it is recommended that development policy should focus on horticulture to enhance employment and income generating opportunities in the country.
Link for e-copy:	http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=201