Title :	Promotion of Horticulture Based Micro and Small Enterprises for Poverty Alleviation - An Inclusive Success .Model of Micro-Enterprise Development (MEDEP) in Nepal
Material Type:	printed text
Authors:	Pun, Lakshman, Author
Pagination:	50-64 p.
Languages :	English (eng)
Abstract:	Present situations of poverty, unemployment and economic growth of Nepal have been analysed and challenges of development posed by the discriminatory sociocultural systems have been presented. The goal and objectives of Three Year Interim Plan (2008- 2010) have been presented and the total budget allocated by the government during the plan period are analysed. It has been mentioned that the percentage of population living below the absolute poverty line has been decreased by 9 point from 42 percent at the beginning of the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002 - 2007) to 31 percent at the end of the plan period which is attributed mainly to remittance. However, during the same plan period the Gini-Coefficient increased from 0.34 to 0.41 indicating that the gap between rich and poor has increased exacerbating the poverty situation in Nepal. Micro-Enterprise Development Programme (MEDEP) has been presented as the inclusive model for poverty alleviation in Nepal. MEDEP has been able to increase the per capita income of entrepreneurs those living below the poverty line before MEDEP intervention by 295 percent and the annual family income of the entrepreneur's family has been increased by 50 percent without considering the income of the other members of the entrepreneur's family. MEDEP has been able to create more than 30,000 microentrepreneurs in a period of about 10 years and has generated employment for about 35,000 people. MEDEP has been inclusive in the sense that among the entrepreneurs promoted so far 20 percent are Dalits, 42 percent are Indigenous Nationalities and rest 38 percent are other castes. About 29 percent of the total entrepreneurs promoted by MEDEP are horticulture based entrepreneurs mainly on vegetable (35. 1 %), Jam making (2. 7%), Lapsi Processing (3.8%}, Juice Making (5.9%), Beekeeping (37.3%} and Ginger Processing (15.2%}. An inclusive model of Fruit Processing of Sweet Orange in Ramechhap district has been presented that is replicable to all other Fruit Processing Industries. Recommendation are provided for co-ordination and linkage development among the stakeholders at the centre and district.
Link for e-copy:	http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=203

Promotion of Horticulture Based Micro and Small Enterprises for Poverty Alleviation - An Inclusive Success .Model of Micro-Enterprise Development (MEDEP) in Nepal [printed text] / Pun, Lakshman, Author . - [s.d.] . - 50-64 p.
Languages : English (eng)

Abstract:

Present situations of poverty, unemployment and economic growth of Nepal have been analysed and challenges of development posed by the discriminatory sociocultural systems have been presented. The goal and objectives of Three Year Interim Plan (2008- 2010) have been presented and the total budget allocated by the government during the plan period are analysed. It has been mentioned that the percentage of population living below the absolute poverty line has been decreased by 9 point from 42 percent at the beginning of the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002 - 2007) to 31 percent at the end of the plan period which is attributed mainly to remittance. However, during the same plan period the Gini-Coefficient increased from 0.34 to 0.41 indicating that the gap between rich and poor has increased exacerbating the poverty situation in Nepal. Micro-Enterprise Development Programme (MEDEP) has been presented as the inclusive model for poverty alleviation in Nepal. MEDEP has been able to increase the per capita income of entrepreneurs those living below the poverty line before MEDEP intervention by 295 percent and the annual family income of the entrepreneur's family has been increased by 50 percent without considering the income of the other members of the entrepreneur's family. MEDEP has been able to create more than 30,000 microentrepreneurs in a period of about 10 years and has generated employment for about 35,000 people. MEDEP has been inclusive in the sense that among the entrepreneurs promoted so far 20 percent are Dalits, 42 percent are Indigenous Nationalities and rest 38 percent are other castes. About 29 percent of the total entrepreneurs promoted by MEDEP are horticulture based entrepreneurs mainly on vegetable (35. 1 %), Jam making (2. 7%), Lapsi Processing (3.8%}, Juice Making (5.9%), Beekeeping (37.3%} and Ginger Processing (15.2%}. An inclusive model of Fruit Processing of Sweet Orange in Ramechhap district has been presented that is replicable to all other Fruit Processing Industries. Recommendation are provided for co-ordination and linkage development among the stakeholders at the centre and district.

Link for e-copy:

http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=203