A su111ey and an exploratory visit were carried out to idemify the existing situation of large
cardamom producer, production and marketing opportunities in the co1mtl}' and aboard. The
field su111ey was carried out at different cardamom growing areas of Tehrathum,
Sanklunvashabha, Dhankuta and /lam districts. Pre-tested questionnaire was inte1viewed
with 35 farmers in each site. The exploratory• visit was carried out at different places of /lam,
Panchtlzar and Taplejwzg districts of Nepal while Da~jeeling and Sikkim in India. The
collected raw data were analysed in SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science). The survey
revealed that the marginal fanners are growing cardamom and according to them the
production is decreasing. The quality management aspect is very• poor and price information
is lacking to the farmers. The market study identified that Birtamod is the main centre of the
cardamom trading along with Dharan and Fikkal in eastern sector.

A su111ey and an exploratory visit were carried out to idemify the existing situation of large
cardamom producer, production and marketing opportunities in the co1mtl}' and aboard. The
field su111ey was carried out at different cardamom growing areas of Tehrathum,
Sanklunvashabha, Dhankuta and /lam districts. Pre-tested questionnaire was inte1viewed
with 35 farmers in each site. The exploratory• visit was carried out at different places of /lam,
Panchtlzar and Taplejwzg districts of Nepal while Da~jeeling and Sikkim in India. The
collected raw data were analysed in SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science). The survey
revealed that the marginal fanners are growing cardamom and according to them the
production is decreasing. The quality management aspect is very• poor and price information
is lacking to the farmers. The market study identified that Birtamod is the main centre of the
cardamom trading along with Dharan and Fikkal in eastern sector.