A Joint Review Mission was conducted with the staff and managers of HVAP including staff from the Ministry of Agriculture 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 to three project districts (Jumla, Dailekh, Surkhet). Meetings were held in Kathmandu with senior staff from MOF, MOAD, SNV and AEC. A wrap-up meeting was held with the Project Steering Committee on 24 Jan 2013, chaired by the Secretary MOAD, Mr Jaya M Khanal. 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:
FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, DEVELOPMENT OPPURTUNITY, PARTICIPATION, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, ECONOMIC EXCLUSION, ECONOMIC OPPURTUNITIES, ECONOMIC MEASURES, SUSTAINABILITY, AGRIBUSSINESS, AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE COMMERCIALIZATION, ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION, FINANCIAL JUSTIFICATION, AGRICULTURE PROJECT, AGRICULTURE COOPREATIVES, EMPLOYMENT OPPURTUNUTY, MARKETING, AGRICULTURAL MARKETS, SOCIAL INCLUSION, GENDER INCLUSION, AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMME
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Thematic Group:
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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