2023-11-09

Funding Agency: Ministry of Agriculture, Nepal
Client: Netherland Enterprise Agency, Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend, Netherland (RVO)  
Date: November 2020 – August 2023

The project was located in Kathmandu, Pokhara, Bardia, Banganga, Butwal, Hetauda, Birgunj, Bardibas, Ithari, Rangeli where the Government of Nepal has conducted agricultural development assessments. Further research was planned in the Far Western regions near to the Indian border in 2020. One of the main criteria of the assessments is the potential to create modern market facilities including cleaning, grading, and packaging, and are therefore potential locations for cold and dry storage. A second criteria is linkages to the Kathmandu Valley, which contains the largest consumer and export markets.

Objectives of the project:

The overall objective of the project was to identify and develop (a) suitable and sustainable public infrastructural measure(s) in Nepal throughout the agricultural value chain in order to meet domestic demand and increase export potential. In order to develop the infrastructure, project a wide range of studies was undertaken.