Journals / International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Food Sciences / 2018 / Cilt: 2 - Sayı: 4
A SWOT Analysis of Nepalese Agricultural Policy
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- 119–123
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Abstract
Agriculture, which generates two-third of the employment and one-third of the GDP in Nepal, is an important sectorsince Nepal is a small, landlocked country with low income. The government enacted the National Agriculture Policy in2004 (NAP-2004) as an umbrella policy in the agricultural sector to guide all sectoral policies coming in the future. Thepaper has examined NAP-2004 by using the Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat (SWOT) analysis technique.For the analysis, secondary data, the publications of the government and the international organizations as well as peerreviewed articles were reviewed. The strength and weakness were analyzed by using nine different indicators. The resultsof the paper will be instrumental for improvement of the agricultural policy.