A Joint Review Mission was conducted with the staff and managers of HVAP including staff from the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MOAD), the Agro-Enterprise Centre (AEC) of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) and SNV (the Netherlands Development Organisation). The Mission worked with the combined PMU team in Kathmandu and Surkhet as well as conducting field visits covering activities in six out of the seven priority value chains in four of the seven project districts (Dailekh, Surkhet, Jajarkot, Salyan). Meetings were held in Kathmandu with senior staff from MOAD, SNV and AEC. A wrap-up meeting was held with the Project Steering Committee on 28 Jan 2015, chaired by the Officiating Secretary of MOAD, Mr. Udaya Chandra Thakur. The overall goal of HVAP is “the reduction of poverty and vulnerability of women and men in hill and mountain areas of the Mid-Western Development Region” and the project purpose is the “rural poor, especially women and marginal groups, are integrated in high value agriculture an non-timber forest product (NTFP) /medicinal and aromatic plant (MAP) value chains and markets and have improved income, employment opportunities and ability to respond to market demand and opportunities based on marketing agreements with private agribusiness”.
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Keywords:
SUSTAINABILITY, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL SERVICES, PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT, CROP PRODUCTION, MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS, CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT, SEED PRODUCTION, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, TRAINING, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FORESTS, SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, ADVISORY SERVICES, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT, MARKETING, EMPLOYMENT OPPURTUNITY, LEADERSHIP, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
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IFAD
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International Fund for Agricultural Development
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Thesaurus:
04.01.01
- Agricultural Economics And Policy; Rural Sociology
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